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From the 11/75 edition of Stereophile:
" The SS-1 is appallingly expensive. The basic speaker system, consisting of two electrostatic panels, a bass "commode," and a combined electronic crossover and bass amplifier (100W RMS) costs $2000, and that's only for starters. (On top of that you need two power amplifiers —a very high-powered unit for the midrange electrostatics (Infinity recommends the Crown DC-300, at $685), and a more modestly-powered but equally distortion-free amp for the tweeters. This pushes the total price up to around $3000, which ain't peanuts."
.. and hot dogs weren't a nickel in 1975, either.
... INFINITY SYSTEMS..nuclear engineer responsible for the first servo controlled speaker in 1969 infinity servo static 1A was $50k back when hotdogs were a nickel ...Huh? Your memory has failed you.
From the 11/75 edition of Stereophile:
" The SS-1 is appallingly expensive. The basic speaker system, consisting of two electrostatic panels, a bass "commode," and a combined electronic crossover and bass amplifier (100W RMS) costs $2000, and that's only for starters. (On top of that you need two power amplifiers —a very high-powered unit for the midrange electrostatics (Infinity recommends the Crown DC-300, at $685), and a more modestly-powered but equally distortion-free amp for the tweeters. This pushes the total price up to around $3000, which ain't peanuts."
.. and hot dogs weren't a nickel in 1975, either.