INFINITY BETA--Anyone who owns them-who loves them


Y'ALL..I'm looking for those who own,or have owned, the INFINITY BETA. I would like to benefit from your wisdom and share with you mine. I purchased in 88 and still happily own! Please advise me of your findings???? Crossover tweeks, cable updates, etc. I would like to find folks who have discovered some of the JOYS this system lends itself to. THANKS,,,JOHN
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Rwd....I know absolutely nothing 'bout the RS 1-B, don't think I've ever heard them----Home for me is Atlanta, which has NEVER been even close to a "High End" town!! Any dealer that attempted to do any gear fancier than Pioneer was bankrupt before they opened the doors..(Hell,give us a fifth of Jack Black, a BoomBox with Skynyrd's "FREE BIRD" on a loop..now your tawkin..!!!). What I'm trying to say is, I think the BETA "Active Woofer Control BOX" is unique to the BETA System; I've never used it as a crossover,as such, I have always run the Mid/Hi panels straight out of the PreAmp, the Xovers in that panel assembly doing it's thing, and the "Active Woofer Control BOX" also getting it's lead from PreAmp and then the MODIFIED(w/servo feedback) going to Dedicated Amps for the wooooofs. Have I explained this right? In other words, I don't think anyone has made a "CROSSOVER" which can replace this "BOX" with it's phase issues, etc.....BUT....that's what I'm lookin' for..the answer, or how to MODIFY,Bring up to date this wierd/weird BEAST!!! Thank ya'll JOHN
VALVESANDVINYL...Thank you for your reply to my Infinity BETA questions/AudiogoN/3-28-03. If I may impose on your obvious experience with the "mods" you suggested (part replacement with Quality Part), before I order the parts, I'd like your advice. In replacing the 100VNP Electrolytics..super cheepies..with Polypropylenes, which is no inexpensive mod, do you see any problem with using SOLEN METALLIZED POLY CAPS??? In my x-over "o15-3457 REV G", the SOLENS were used as the Basics with the cheap 100VNP's over, with in two positions, a .01uf Wonder Cap as a parallel. I'm looking in the "PARTS EXPRESS" catalog #22, and the easiest solution seems to be to use the SOLEN to replace. Am I approaching this wrong, or will this achieve the AUDIO results I'm looking for ??? If you have the time, I'd be most grateful for your thoughts. THANKS AGAIN, Regards, John Paul Wayne Voice (770)9922820 houseofmouse@earthlink.net