Customer Reviews

Infinity SM255 Speaker

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For a person that listens to rock, heavy metal or rap, these speakers are great. If you like your music loud and clear, these speakers are tough to beat at the price listed here.

Firstly, these speakers are huge. With their 15" woofers and dual midranges, these speakers resemble a pair of coffins! Of course, size here equals high output and dynamic bass. These speakers produce a sound pressure level of over 100 dB per watt of input. In plain english, they will play very loudly w/very little power. And because they will handle a lot of power (over 200 watts per channel), they can play w/o strain at any volume you could bear to hear.

And you'd expect any speaker this large to really belt out the bass. Again, you wouldn't be wrong. No, they can't reproduce the really, really low bass, say the 20 hz region of the deeper pedals of a pipe organ. But they'll really rattle your inerds with drums and bass guitars.

The multiple drivers and dome tweeters give the 255's a real sense of ease, even with densely mixed rock played at maximum volume. They have a really lively sense of rhythm for a speaker this inexpensive.

This would likely be the best pair of speakers many music fans have ever heard. You may be very surprised by the details you've never heard before, even on CDs you've had for years.

The downside? Well, these speakers aren't really all that great for classical and other acoustic music. And while they're very dynamic, they will sound a bit muted or muffled next to a good audiophile two-way monitor. If you're old enough that you think that Limp Bizkit means you didn't wrap the bread tightly enough, look elsewhere. In other words, great rockers, but not audiophile-approved.

Hope this helps.