Hi Outlaws,

I would like to ask you guys about your thoughts on the Infinity Beta 50's. Are any Outlaws using them, or if you herd them what do you think?

I listened to them at a local A/V store a couple of months ago by accident! I initally went to the store to test a Sunfire sub but spent most of my time there lisening to the Infifnty's and was quite impressed!

I have been leaning toward upgrading to Axiom m-60's but am now reconsidering going with the Infinity's. this would save me a ton of cash as I already am using a Infinity beta 360 center speaker (picked up on a going out of busness sale, as I had no center speaker at the time).

I was quite supprised to see that the Infinity's have recieved the Gold speaker award from Ulimate A/V, thus the 990 + Infinity's would be a "gold" combo(haha)!!

Any comments would be appreicated! You guys have helped convince me to buy the 990, 7100, and a harmoney remote, and I am totally satified with all of them!!

Either no one here has an opinion on the infinity beta 50's or a the old saying goes "If you dont have anything nice to say....."

well,i've not heard the beta 50's.

i did have 4 sterling series bookshelves with the matching center and they sounded ok.till the surrounds went

when i took my buddy to buy speakers we went to listen to infinity's but they were the primus series.but i did not hear a big enough improvement with the 3-way dual woofer tower over the 2 way bookshelf to justify the price difference.so he bought the bookshelves.

if the betas have foam surrounds, i would not recommend them.

If you don't mind the size of the Beta's, they're a very good speaker for the money. As a complete system, they really sound great on movies. I do have to admit I only heard them in a showroom, but I set-up the room personally and did many comparisons in it. (I do NOT work for the audio store anymore.)

In that price range, however, there's a lot of competition for the money. I would take a hard look at Paradigm. They have speakers in the price range, about $3000 for the whole system, that you should listen to. Make sure you listen to music, not just movies.

Good luck!

If I had $3000 to spend and music quality was important to me I'd take a good listen to the Magneplanar speakers (Maggies to those who love them). For that price you could get a pair of 1.2QR's for the front ($900 I think), a pair of MMG W's for surround ($300 online only with a 60 day return privilege), and the MMG C for the center (also $300, same conditions) and have around $1500 for a sub or two. Pretty good 5.1 system. 7.1 would cost $300 more for another pair of MMG W's. You'd have to find someone near you who has them because the MMG's aren't in stores, but all the other Maggies are. Good luck.

I don't understand the "I don't understand this either" at the end of my message. Not from me.

If you're into Maggies and don't have a lot of $$$. The MMGs sell for $500/pair. So for $1500, you've got 6 speakers. 8-) OR you can spend $1800 on a pair of 1.6QRs for the mains and another $1000 on 4 MMGs to fill in the center and surround positions.

The downside to Maggies is that they are somewhat big. But I wouldn't trade them in for anything. The sound is addictive.

Cheers,

Ritz, you're gonna confuse Dirtyshcultz. The MMGs you're talking about are fullrange 2-way models and sound terrific - I know, I tried them - but the ones I mean are surrounds made to be hinge-mounted on the wall (MMG W) or a curved center channel speaker (MMG C) and strictly for HT. I sure agree with you about the "addictive" sound.

Pay no attention to the "I don't understand this either" that might be at the end of this message.

I am using 2 generations back, the Infinity Interlude series, 3-ways plus sub for the L/R and 2-ways for the rest of the surround. The center is the IL36, a 3- way also.

I am not using a outlaw pre, only the 770 to drive them and they are great speakers for the 770 drive. I had been driving them off my pre- a Kenwood 6070, but it lacked the current drive to give the full range power the Infinities needed. Now, with the 6070 driving the 770, I am content and listen to lots of material, DVD Video/Audio, SACD, Stereo and simulated surround modes.

The Beta's are similar to the Interludes and suit my listening tastes very well. The key is to see if you can test them with the config you want to use at home there in the show room.

Yup, Mikey likes \'em.