Daddyjt 9,858 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Yesterday I satisfied my 20 year lust/craving for Infinity Kappa speakers. I have been looking for a set of nines, but they are harder to come by than ALIIIs... So I seattled on a Gorgeous set of 8.1s that were a local p/u about 3 hours fom home. Hooked them up tonight, and I must say, definitely worth the wait:-) However... Talk about power HOGGS... they forced my 500t into shutdown mode!! In the 500t's defense, I WAS pushing it pretty hard. Tomorrow I'm going to slap them with my Rich P 1.0t mkII - that should keep them happy, and if not, I'll feed them with TFM 55x & 35x bi- amped. A special thanks to Gene for the advice and council on Kappas! I'll post some pics tomorrow:-). 20 years... Sometimes, good things DO come to those who wait:-)
Gene C 1,753 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Ah ha! You know you can't just run one amp on those. Post up some pictures home slice.
dennismiller55 4,824 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Congratulations. Pictures would be nice.
zumbini 6,153 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Nice score Mark. I've had a sweet spot for Infinity speakers since the late 70's.
Nahash5150 10,999 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Congrats! Gotta love it when you can push your system to the limit.
Daddyjt 9,858 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Posted April 26, 2013 I only took the one picture with my Iphone - I will shoot another of them pegging my 500t meters, before I hook the 1.0t mkII up.
soulofsound 40 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Congrats on your new speakers. I love and own a pair of Infinity,s now! ROCK ON! AND CRANK IT UP !
Bean 384 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Yup, the Kappa series is one I would love to try on for size at some point, and the 9's are on my list to boot lol.....
Gene C 1,753 Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Congrats on your new speakers.I love and own a pair of Infinity,s now! ROCK ON! AND CRANK IT UP ! Which ones?
Ratamahatta 437 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 Nice I had a pair of those and still kick myself in the ass for getting rid of them, especially for the price I got them for. Yes they do take plenty of high current power, not as much as the Infinity's I have now but they still need a lot. The Kappa 9's were notorious for frying even the best amps because they would dip below 1 ohm load so unless you can find a really beefy and amp I would take them off your list, they dont really sound any better than the Kappa 8's anyways with a sub IMO.
Gene C 1,753 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 Nice I had a pair of those and still kick myself in the ass for getting rid of them, especially for the price I got them for. Yes they do take plenty of high current power, not as much as the Infinity's I have now but they still need a lot. The Kappa 9's were notorious for frying even the best amps because they would dip below 1 ohm load so unless you can find a really beefy and amp I would take them off your list, they dont really sound any better than the Kappa 8's anyways with a sub IMO. I take it you never got to biamp those Kappa 9a's with 4 Silver 7t monoblocks? And I've had a chance to hear those 8.1's on a Krell KSA amp. Those 8.1's have a little more thump than the original Kappa 8's but the Kappa 9"s are in a whole class of thier own if you have the room and the power to boot. Arnie designed those speakers perfectly.
Bean 384 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 The Kappa 9's were notorious for frying even the best amps because they would dip below 1 ohm load so unless you can find a really beefy and amp I would take them off your list, they dont really sound any better than the Kappa 8's anyways with a sub IMO. The Kappa 9's test an amp. They are the Gandolf of LOTH. Most amps end up like the Balrok "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!" I would run them with a Carver M1.0t which is enough of an amp to run them IMHO.
Ratamahatta 437 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 I never owned a pair of the kappa 9's or regular 8 series but I have heard them both, I just owned the 8.1's. The 9's I heard were Bi amped with a pair of a McIntosh amps. They sounded great, the regular 8 series I almost bought and he was running them with a m1.5t and they sounded great as well be just to my ear just a little bit less bass. I didnt get them because he was asking too much and would not come down. But it did make me go get my M1.5t. Then latter on I came across the deal on my 8.1's. Latter runs of the 9's were easier on amps so I hear. these were mine, arg why did I sell these?
Gene C 1,753 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 Yeah I had a pair of Kappa 8's in high school powered by 1 M-4.0t. The bass response on the original series was optimal when the speakers were 3 to 4 ft from the wall. I did run a test on them upstairs in the living room at my parents house. The bass response was way better on hard wood floors than in my bedroom in the basement with carpet. Didn't have enough room to bring them out more than 2 ft if I remember.
Daddyjt 9,858 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Posted April 27, 2013 Here's a short video of the new Kappas pegging my 500t!
Daddyjt 9,858 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Posted April 27, 2013 Is it me? I don't see a video Mark. I'm sure its me - fighting getting an Apple generated video into the site...
Daddyjt 9,858 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Posted April 27, 2013 How about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYQEOn_lR0
Gene C 1,753 Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 Nice! Noticed the left channel was out gunning the right channel? Or was that camera angle playing tricks on my eyes?
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