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Infinity BETA 20 - Speaker - 2-way - black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Harman
Category: CE
List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $95.00
You Save: $104.00 (52%)
New (2) from $95.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16
MPN: BETA20BKS
Model: 20
UPC: 050667097837
EAN: 0050667097837
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm Technology | | • | Frequency Response (3dB): 58Hz 20kHz | | • | Rec. Power Range: 10 150 Watts | | • | Dimensions: 13.75 X 8-7/8 X 13 Inches |
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Product Description
The Infinity Beta 20 bookshelf speaker is magnetically shielded. Infinity's patented Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm (CMMD) technology delivers accurate performance with dramatically reduced distortion for incredibly lifelike sound. The Infinity Beta 20 also features an improved tweeter that delivers extended high frequencies out to 40kHz. Perfect for SACD or DVD-Audio recordings. The tweeter is mounted in a patent-pending Constant Acoustic Impedance waveguide for improved high-frequency dispersion anywhere in the listening room.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 *** Great Small Speaker **** October 24, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am run a set of these with a 40 watt amplifier and they sound very good. These speakers have plenty of base response for that old time rock and roll. You do not need a big amplifier to drive these speakers. Highly recomened!
 very nice not-so-mini monitor December 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got these to give as a gift as the price seemed too good to pass up.
Compare well with my JMLabs Chorus speakers: different sound, to be sure, but both speakers are a step above their respective price classes. The cabinet is solid. Compared with the JMLabs, the Betas are more detailed whereas the JMLabs seem to have buttered up the sound a bit albeit with a slightly larger soundscape. (I am not an audiophile; this is my attempt to couch the audible differences I appreciated when comparing them with my Audio Refinement Complete setup.) The Betas have rear ports and are rather chunky - better suited for stands than a bookshelf. Decent bass for small room alone, better with sub for moderate to large spaces.
 sorry Infinity, this one does not sound good. July 24, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have owned a pair of Infinity Beta 20 for 4 years, and I am not a happy owner, not at all.
First, the good ones - their high frequency reproduction is pretty good, and they do have little resonance.
Now, the ugly, they have very poor mid-range, it is muddy and unclear, at any volume level. This is especially apparent for low pitched vocals. Just how bad does it sound? Well, my $15 Altec Lansing desktop speaker sounds clearer, and I paid $400 for them.
Because of this experience, I have lost confidence in Infinity speakers. The C.M.M.D. is more of a marketing scheme, than real benefit.
Excellent Speakers May 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These Infinity BETA 20's had sounded incredible as part of the sides of my 7.1 Surround System. They were matched up with the Infinity Beta 40's and Alpha 37C Center Channel Speaker for the fronts, sides were the Infinity Beta 20's but now Beta 40's, and the rears the Beta ES250 Surrounds. All are driven by the Onkyo TX-SR805 powerful 130 Watts x 7. I have moved these to my Living Room...Crank up the sound!!! You simply can't go wrong with these excellent CMMD speakers.
Check out this line...excellent, full sound, top notch Audiophile quality!
Giant Killers! October 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Infinity Beta 20 are perhaps the very best bookshelf speaker in the sub-$1000 category, they compare favorably with models offered from B&W, Paradigm, PSB, NHT, Wharfedale, Monitor Audio, and Mission, and the fact that they routinely sell for less than $200/pair makes them the singular best bargain in Hi-Fi today. I've owned mine for several years now, and absolutely love them.
The reviewer who stated that they have poor mid-range could not be more wrong, IMHO. Mids & voices are airy & holographic, bass is plays extremely deep & tight due to the use of that C.M.M.D. which is a proprietary material also used by Infinity's sister company Revel, and highs are very well dispersed as a result of the use of a wave-guided tweeter, which is also composed of C.M.M.D., which contributes to how well integrated this speaker sounds.
The speaker is substantial, attractive, and very solidly built.
I use these speakers in a simple 2-channel set-up along with the equally excellent Harman Kardon HK3485 Stereo Receiver and DVD37 DVD/CD Player, with some budget cables & stands, and the result is simply breathtaking, and for a system that cost about $500, you could do no finer.
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