srivats
Active Member
no, you are right...The III's are limited by the size of the bass drivers...but, a proper sub will cure that (not a lot of money) and you get the parts of the speaker that shine, and the bottom will also be taken care of...
Glad to know my ears are not lying. Unfortunately I have little interest in adding a sub-woofer .. just not my thing ..
III's are different animals than the IIIa and IIIb, which have 10" woofers and polydome mids. the 1250 had plenty of juice to drive the III's, but 8" woofers can only give so much. also, the pic you posted seems to show mismatched woofers which could be the issue. there are not many who would put the III on their must have list (hence the "red headed step child" reference). personally, i'd suggest you wait for something better. at that price point there are several options in the infinity line up.
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I still don't see the mistmatched drivers - do you mean they are mismatched on one of the speakers, or there is a one on each speaker that does not look matched to the other one? Either way, the seller said he's not done anything to them other than the refoaming.
Given what I am reading, I think I am going to pass on these and keep looking. I hope to someday find a nice set of Infinity in the future.