When Arnie Nudell and his partner John Ulrick founded Infinity Systems in 1969 their first product was a 4-piece loudspeaker called the Servo Statik 1: a pair of electrostatic panel arrays, a servo controlled bass module, and a separate amplifier/crossover module.
- Production
- 1968-71
- Condition
- 9/10
- Serial No.
- serial
- Orig. MSRP
- $1999
- Restoration
- Factory Specs
Type Three-way stereo loudspeaker system with two electrostatic panels, separate woofer, and separate line-level crossover/100W amplifier
Tweeter 8 x electrostatic
Midrange 8 x electrostatic
Woofer 1 x 18" (cone)
Recommended Power 100-250 WPC (mid); 35-125 WPC (high)
Crossover frequency 100Hz
Nominal impedance 16Ω
Special servo control unit for bass driver with 100W amplifier and integrated active crossover for midrange and treble
Dimensions 28"W by 36"H by 7"D (panels);
24"W x 24"H x 24"D (woofer)
- The History of Infinity
- 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-Statik speaker system which, as the name implies, consisted of electrostatic main panels and a revolutionary servo-controlled woofer based on the bomb guidance systems Nudell was developing at the time for defense contractor Litton....
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- Liner Notes
Generally, the SS-1's sound could be likened to that of a large horn-type system, in that brasses were superbly reproduced and the sound had some of that "authoritarian" quality that makes you sit up and take notice. It also had another quality that we have noticed in large horn systems: it seemed to produce absolutely astounding dynamic range from music that should indeed have very wide dynamics. The Infinity Servo-Statik 1 is what could be called an electrostatic for people who have never liked electrostatics.
J. Gordon Holt, Stereophile Dec, 1970
- Stock No.
- 7589534695645
When Arnie Nudell and his partner John Ulrick founded Infinity Systems in 1969 their first product was a 4-piece loudspeaker called the Servo Statik 1: a pair of electrostatic panel arrays, a servo controlled bass module, and a separate amplifier/crossover module.
