Absolute sound loved em'
Just ordered them from Amazon for my son
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/infinity-primus-p363-loudspeaker/
Going to run them with my Fisher 500c
Supposed to be great...will let you guys know how great a $335 pair speaker sounds.
Crazy Mike... congrats! From reading I want a pair. So cheap how do they do it????
:)
I am sure China has a lot to do with it!
Been looking for an efficient speaker for the Fisher 500c with 32 watts of tubes. Beautiful sounding receiver BTW, only needs efficient speakers to make it shine. The Infinity are 93 db at 8 ohm, so pretty easy load, and the tone controls on the Fisher should be able to level things out.
Seems like a lot of mods are coming out for this speaker, but I am going to leave it stock :?
Amazon $353 with shipping, I will let you know how they sound after break in.
Mike
Nice, I look forward to your updates :thumb:
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Quote from: topround on March 03, 2015, 03:50:00 PM
Going to run them with my Fisher 500c
Excellent receiver from the early 1960's... Rumor has it that JFK had one in the White House at the time... they do have a fantastic LP selection there... I hope Obama doesn't steal any! LOL!
I have a mint 500C at my Dad's home in upstate NY. It has the original tubes and is hooked up to a pair of vintage Klipsch Heresy's... I really tames the Heresy's bright tweeter with beautiful sound... Also cool is the dual L-R channel tone controls... you never see that anymore!
Cheers,
Pete
My 500c has Sylvania tubes, new electrolytics(of course) and new Jupiter yellow caps for coupling.
Volume control was a bit off in balance so I ordered a new one, a Alps, was very tempted to use a Goldpoint, but too much money right now, although I am sure the Goldpoint would be killer in that receiver.
I had been playing with some nice SS vintage receivers, Macintosh, Marantz and Tandberg, but the Fisher eats em for lunch hands down.
Not trying to generalize but every Fisher I heard I really liked, don't know if it s the circuit or the iron, or a combo of the two, but they made some very musical gear. Restored with modern parts you can have great sounding gear for not a lot of money, in fact I heard some of their upper end mono blocks, and I don't know how much better it can get, after they have been restored and updated.
Only problem with tube gear I find is tubes themselves.
Good tubes are so expensive these days. I toy with SS once in a while because I get sick and tired of the rip off of tube prices. So I get pissed and say hey, I am going SS fuck it, try it for a while and then put a tube piece in and...oh well you know the story..get sucked back in bythe tubes, glorious pain in the ass tubes! They are such a pain in the ass, but they make music like nothing else....come on we all know it...like nothing else, but they do suck! money that is
They look good, that midrange driver is too close to the top of that speaker by the looks of it. Maybe some dynamat or something attached inside behind the driver at the top of the speaker would help the cabinet.
I love mtm configs :thumb:
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the Infinity P363. My brother in law is looking to get a stereo system together with a PS Audio Sprout. These speakers I believe are efficient enough for the PS Audio Sprout and match the form factor he is looking for. Me I'm wondering if the aluminum tweeter will sound good. I've always liked soft dome type tweeters. Aluminum tweeters in some Athena speakers sounded harsh to me.
Also if you ever are going to put that Fisher 500C into storage let me know. I'd be willing to rent it from you. I'm curious to know how the Fisher 500C or tube integrateds like it sound. One guy I met LOVES his HH Scott 299C.
Quote from: Triode Pete on March 04, 2015, 03:06:47 PM
Quote from: topround on March 03, 2015, 03:50:00 PM
Going to run them with my Fisher 500c
Excellent receiver from the early 1960's... Rumor has it that JFK had one in the White House at the time... they do have a fantastic LP selection there... I hope Obama doesn't steal any! LOL!
I have a mint 500C at my Dad's home in upstate NY. It has the original tubes and is hooked up to a pair of vintage Klipsch Heresy's... I really tames the Heresy's bright tweeter with beautiful sound... Also cool is the dual L-R channel tone controls... you never see that anymore!
Cheers,
Pete
Never mind dual L-Rs, you hardly ever see tone controls anymore, period.
I think I love all things Fisher.
And yes I had a Scott as well another great integrated.
They need work at this point, and really benefit from new electrolytics.
No Solid State receiver can come close to these old units in my experience. Not as good as separates but very nice indeed for such little fuss. With separate amp and preamp, comes simplicity and better power supplies, both better for sound IMO, they pack a lot into these receivers and expect a lot out of them, with separates a lot of useless features are gone in the way for a simpler, cleaner circuit.
But the price of entry for these receivers is quite reasonable, you will always have the nut trying to get a ton of money for his unit on ebay, discount that nut, and the prices are very reasonable, or at least should be, remember we make the market, it is us that cause spikes in prices. look at garage sales and estate sales, these units are there for no money.
Still have my Fisher 101 integrated. Also have Fisher speakers tucked away. Enjoy Mike.
charles