Infinity Prelude Composition P-FR

I would spend the extra money and at least get the Intermezzo 4.1ts (which, coincidentally, is exactly what I did). I've never heard P-FRs but from what I've read there is a substantial increase in performance when you go to the Intermezzos (or better yet, the Prelude MTS).

I'm not sure what P-FRs generally go for though. I've seen Intermezzos as cheap as 900ish a pair (although 1500ish might be more the norm) so if they're significantly cheaper than that they may be a better bang for the buck choice.

The Intermezzos are definitely kind of an ugly duckling. I love the look of the MTS but when I bought my Intermezzos the MTS cost a heck of a lot more.

RABOS is nice but it's not the best substitute for a more advanced separate bass control unit, and setup becomes a PITA when you have three different RABOS woofers and the powered 5.25s in the center. Thank god I have the passive 2.6p surrounds instead of the powered 2.6.

Currrently my system is in a boxes in my basement, waiting for me to get off my keister and finish the sheetrock ceiling. Moved into a new house recently and the basement was divided into a 9x17 bedroom and 14x17 family room by a hideous poorly installed wood panel wall topped by an old, ugly drop ceiling. Within literally 20 minutes of getting the keys I was tearing the wall apart with a sledge and pulling down the ceiling.

So now I've got a 23x17 family room, HDMI and power wired into the ceiling for a projector, nine new recessed lights installed, wiring run through the walls into a closet for 7.1 sound, etc. Just need to finish the sheetrock, but have been sidelined by about a million other projects that were deemed more important by the wife.

Here's some pics of the system in my old rental though:

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And the woofer from when I had it out for an amp problem, it's pretty beefy:

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Sold the 61" Samsung DLP (which I actually ended up getting for free due to it developing a problem and having bought an extended BB warranty) and replaced it with a 55" LCD upstairs and will end up with probably 120" projector downstairs.

I agree that the P-FR, intermezzo, and MTS are definitely overlooked which causes them to be spectacular bargains. Seems like very frequently the type of audiophile that is willing to spend thousands of dollars on a pair of speakers doesn't like them to come from a company that also makes 39 dollar car speakers, and would prefer they came from some esoteric company that no one has every heard of and is manufactured out of a storage garage. If any of these speakers were made today they'd be sold as Revels rather than Infinitys I would guess. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but whatever.

Electronics are kind of wonky in my Intermezzos at least, as well. I bought them from a used dealer in Canada and one of them showed up with amp problems in one woofer. He paid for the repairs, ended up costing about 150 bucks. Bought the center later from someone in California and it had an intermittant amp problem as well. Would work fine and then if it lost power it wouldn't turn on for at first a couple days, then a week, then a couple weeks, and then eventually at all. I'm guessing the guy knew about it when he sold it, but don't know for sure. Ended up just buying another used one, shipping the center two ways to a repair place would have cost almost as much as another one (I live in Juneau, AK).

Any pics of your setup?

I still own my original pair and still love them! When the time comes, I will have them refoamed.

I still own my Composition Preludes P-FR as well as the center and surrounds. I using a 25 watt class A amp (Aleph J) to drive the left and right channel, and they sound so good, you don't hear the speakers, just the music.

I know this thread is a little old but has anyone compared compared the Intermezzos to a Cascade set up? Trying to decide whether it's worth the Shenanigans in trying to sell my Cascades to buy an Intermezzo set up. Or to just get the Intermezzos and use the Cascades 9's and 7's as surround speakers. Although I'm anal about matching speakers unfortunately.

I have a pr of PFR's I had to reform the 12" drivers last year and I'm getting ready to refoam the 5" drivers next week, I do it myself, cost $26 a Pr for the 5" drivers, they sound Great! I've had them since I bought them new in 1998! I would buy another pr in a second if they ever came up for sale by me here in Long Island. I use them in a 2 channel system, I use JBL Synthesis for my HT Setup in my ManCave/HT. Once you refoam the drivers they sound just like new! Great Speakers.

I know this is late in reply to the other comments about the Infinity Compositions, but I own a 7 speaker system (4 - P-FR - 2 front and 2 rear; 2 - Quadrapoles for sides; and the P-CC center channel). Love 'em! Enjoyed and will continue to enjoy all types of music from them. Just moved into a larger place and in the process of setting them up. Will forward photos when set up is complete.

I'm thinking I might just send them in to be refoamed because my glue jobs are effective but don't look that good, and I don't use grills! Lol

Well I ordered 2 Prs. Of Re-Foam kits for my 5.25 Mids, it seems like the top and bottom 5.25" mid on both cabinets need to be done but not the other 2 on both cabinets! Strange stuff! Lol I'll let ya know how it turns out.

I'll take some Before and After Pics! I did the 12" in both Cabs about 18 months ago, sound is much better but my Glue job? Let's just say Function Over Looks! Lol thank goodness for Grills for those! Lol

What is it that you do not like about the Infinity Cascade 9's and 7's?

Yes, full blown 9.2 system with all Cascades.

Nothing much to see. If you want to hear them, send me a PM.

Here are some pics of my Preludes waiting on their new Re-Foamed Mid Drivers, and the Mids waiting on the new Surrounds.

Thanks! I nvr tried raising them up, the tweeters are pretty close to Ear Height already, maybe one day I'll raise them to chk for any Difference. Here's a Pic of the Re-Foamed drivers, they came out pretty good, I'll put them back in tonight.

Hi Aboroth00!,
I think I'm the guy who gave you the idea of using a P-fr as a center channel. It really opens up the center sound. In fact, I bought a Emo XPA-1 for the center channel. I sometimes listen to multichannel stero and movies extremely loud! I can get the XPA's led's jumping!
I'm using 3 P-fr's for my front 3 channels, Overture 3's for my sides, Overture 1's for the rears, heights and wides for my 11.1/3.
I've thought many times of getting more P-fr's to replace some of the Overtures but it would be Very Difficult for any (except maybe the Overture 3's) due to all of the Overture 1's are elevated at various heights around the room. And I really cannot imagine it sounding that much better. I have auditioned many Very Expensive systems, and although I will not say mine sounds the best I've ever heard, I will say, Overall, I have never heard any that sounded any better.

I have acquired a bunch of Infinity parts over the years so hopefully I'm set for awhile.
I replaced all the foam surrounds for the midranges and mid bass drivers. I did a total of 24 drivers at appx 1 hour each so it took me awhile last year (I also put P-fr midranges in my Overture 3's and in the rear Overture 1's and P-fr tweeters in these speakers as well). The only Overture's WITHOUT P-fr tweeters are my heights and wides. It really made a difference in the sound of the Overtures. I took a chance on them working properly due to the slight differences in the crossover freqs, but they work great.
Like I said before, I sometimes drive my speakers hard. I have the sides and surrounds powered by an XPA-5 and have driven them many times until I smell crossover components starting to smoke and have to turn them down for awhile, with no audible damage done (except maybe to my ears!). I say all this to say; These Amazing speakers sound great for both music and A/V. They sound great at low volume and even better when driven hard.
I really hesitate to brag on them so much because they are such a sonic bargain when found. They may not be the latest and
greatest, and maybe not the best looking (even though they look very good with all of the drivers), but they are Excellent speakers. I think in today's market the B&W's and maybe the Paradigms would be comparable in sound.
Enjoy Your Speakers! Blessings,Brian

P.S. If you still have the extra drivers, let me know. Thanks!