Who actually heard the Infinity IRS?


I've been looking at the very high value Arion speaker and it's called to mind a vintage speaker, the Infinity IRS.  They are not the same speakers, but honestly I never actually got to even see an Infinity IRS in real life, let alone hear one.

I'm wondering if anyone has or even owns a quad (pair would be wrong) of them could talk about the sound quality and compare to anything today.

erik_squires

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I was out in Denver about a week early for RMAF 2019 hanging out with my son.

Drove over to PS Audio specifically to listen to the IRS V.  They were very busy getting ready for the show and I had no appointment, but Paul was gracious and let me in to hear the IRS.  One of the sales people demo'd the system for me and then handed me the iPad and left the room.  Quite a bit of fun...playing what they called reference recordings of all types streaming from a hard drive.  Probably there about two hours, I suspect they forgot about me. 

They throw an enormous sound stage and even in that large room could have used more space.  Seemed like they never broke a sweat.  

One of the best I have ever heard, top tier.  But, oh kind reader, please be aware that every driver in the system had been upgraded by their chief speaker designer, Chris Brunhaven (sic?).  Along with custom x-overs and amps for the bass towers, so they were no where near "stock". 

I'm actually sort of surprised that so many people have heard them considering there were only 78 systems produced.

Regards,

barts

 

 

@rajugsw 

I certainly didn't intend to mislead anyone, so I apologize for that.  I understand that Chris did not actually "build or repair" the drivers.  My term "upgraded" could have been clearer.  Thanks for adding more info to the story.

Would you agree that the PSA pair could have used a bigger room to their advantage?

Regards,

barts