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Originally Posted by grey9hound 
Could you please post your thoughts on the sound of the 8.3 versus what you had prior to that....and i DO understand that it is your opinion what they sound like comparatively . or have you not been able to drive them correctly due to the receiver problems that you mentioned
Thank you in Advance for your reply .
Could you please post your thoughts on the sound of the 8.3 versus what you had prior to that....and i DO understand that it is your opinion what they sound like comparatively . or have you not been able to drive them correctly due to the receiver problems that you mentioned
Thank you in Advance for your reply .
I bought an Emotiva UPA-7 amp to drive a set of Infinity Interludes, IL40 mains and IL30 surrounds. That picked up the mid bass response by a large margin. I had been using an HK AVR 520 before that, an adequate - if somewhat dated AVR (2001?). The UPA-7 revealed to me the harshness of titanium tweeters better than the 520 ever could. I decided to look for a better speaker, and what better choice than from where I bought the amp from? I had by that time already bought the Emotiva ERD-1 surround speakers, which I am completely delighted with. I figured if the 8.3s didn't deliver, I could send them back (costly yes, but better than something I could not live with - bad speakers) if I didn't like them.
I AB'ed the 8.3s and IL40s for less than an hour. Thats all it took! - even with the 8.3s not being broke in yet - to realize how much better they are in the mid range - and how sweet the highs are with a soft tweeter vs the titanium tweeters in the Interludes. With 2 8" woofers vs 1 8" in the IL40s, well that outcome was easy to predict.
The 8.3s have a more imposing presence throughout the audio range - not just louder - better dynamics.
And at higher volume it simply was no contest at all. The 8.3s just get louder with the same clarity as at lower volumes, but the Interludes get a bit shrill at those same volumes.
The 8.3s are as close as I've had to live music without actually being there. But remember, even "live" is broadcast through preamps - amps - and speakers - unless its an unplugged session. For the asking price of around $1500 they are very good. I've said many times - if you buy a pair tell your audiophile friends you paid $3900 for them, they'll never question it.
