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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Infinity Systems<br />
| logo = File:Infinity_Audio_Logo.png<br />
| type = [[Subsidiary]]<br />
| industry = [[Sound reproduction|Audio]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|1968}} in<br />[[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.<br />
| founders = Arnie Nudell, John Ulrick and Cary Christie<br />
| hq_location_city = [[Stamford, Connecticut]]<br />
| hq_location_country = U.S.<br />
| area_served = <br />
| key_people = <br />
| products = [[Amplifier]]s, [[loudspeaker]]s<br />
| owner = [[Samsung Electronics]]<br />
| parent = [[Harman International Industries]]<br />
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| num_employees = <br />
| website = [http://www.infinityspeakers.com/ www.infintyspeakers.com]<br />
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'''Infinity Systems''' is an American manufacturer of [[loudspeaker]]s founded in [[Los Angeles]] in 1968 and headquartered in [[Stamford, Connecticut]].<ref name="nudell1">{{cite journal |url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/arnie-nudell-here-infinity |title=Arnie Nudell: From Here to Infinity |journal=[[Stereophile]] |date=June 20, 2012 |last=Lander |first=David |access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref> Since 1983, Infinity has been part of [[Harman International Industries]], which became a subsidiary of [[Samsung Electronics]] in 2017.<br />
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Infinity produces packages for a range of audio applications, including multichannel surround sound home theatre packages, in-wall home speakers, and marine applications. Other products include powered subwoofers and car audio amplifiers.<br />
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Infinity products are installed as an option on [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] and [[Kia]] vehicles, some [[Mitsubishi]] vehicles from the 1990s to 2006, and many [[Chrysler]] vehicles.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
Founded in 1968 by Arnie Nudell, John Ulrick and Cary Christie, Infinity has produced home and mobile audio products by employing innovative materials such as [[neodymium]] magnets, mylar diaphragms, and [[polypropylene]] cones. The company's first product was the Servo-Static speaker system which, as the.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
Infinity had an ownership relationship with Eastern Air Devices, later known as EAD. This involved the consumer brand of KLH speakers, and Avid< Perrless drivers, and Kyocera/Cybernet (which produces electronics)<br />
In the late 1970s Infinity introduced the EMIT (electromagnetic induction tweeter) and EMIM (electromagnetic induction midrange) drivers. These were flat quasi-ribbons that worked to move air based on the principle of electromagnetic induction. The system used [[samarium–cobalt magnet]]s, allowing for a very low [[Tweeter#Ribbon tweeter|ribbon driver]] mass-per-unit area.<ref name="nudell1"/> Variants were made, such as the EMIT-R (radial emit), the S-EMIT (super emit) and the L-EMIM (large emim). The IRS (Infinity Reference System) was an ultra-high-end system, selling at US$65,000 in the 1980s. It consisted of 72 EMIT tweeters, 24 EMIM midrange drivers, and twelve 12-inch polypropylene woofers in four towers.<br />
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Nudell left to form '''Genesis Technologies''', a high-end loudspeaker company, founded in Seattle in 1991.<ref name="genesis">{{cite web |url=https://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/about-genesis/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Genesis Advanced Technologies |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730092438/https://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/about-genesis/our-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Genesis' original flagship system, the 1.2, retailed for US$235,000,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myavstudio.com/23.html |title=Speakers - Tweak Studio Chicago |publisher=Tweak Studio |access-date=2014-09-16 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805124243/http://www.myavstudio.com/23.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is basically an updated Infinity IRS system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/ |title=Genesis Advanced Technologies |publisher=Genesis Advanced Technologies |access-date=2014-09-16}}</ref><br />
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Since the departure of Nudell, Infinity speaker designs have taken a more mass market-oriented approach. The efficient SM (Studio Monitor) series incorporated a polycell tweeter and graphite-impregnated midrange/woofers. While not as elaborate or high end as previous Infinity efforts, they filled a popular consumer niche.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Infinity Audio|Infinity}}<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.infinityspeakers.com/}}<br />
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