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Infinity Kappa 8.1 speaker repair-is it worth it?

Hello!
I have a set of Infinity Kappa 8.1s. I love these speakers but I always had problems with the tweeters blowing out. This happened many times.

After the last time this happened it seems that Infinity doesn't make the tweeters anymore, just a repair kit. Problem is that when I removed them I threw them in the trash so the repair kit will be useless to me without the tweeters.

Should I try to get my hands on an after market substitute? I don't have the spec sheet for the speakers and do not know what size tweeter they require.

Should I just get rid of the speakers and get something else?

Any helpful advice will be greatly appreciated.
berzin

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berzin OP
28 posts
 
The amp I was running was the Carver PM1400, which run
475 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 700 watts per channel into 4 ohms at 1kHz.

So how could not having enough power be the source of the problem?
berzin OP
28 posts
 
No. I purchased them brand new from Stereo Exchange in New York City.

They are nice enough people but sometimes when they get into that audiophile jargon I always get lost.

So I never was able to get to the bottom of why my tweeters kept getting ruined.

But the point for me now is what do I so with them? It would be such a shame to just throw them out but for the life of me I can't source those damn tweeters anywhere.
berzin OP
28 posts
 
I meant to say..."But the point for me now is what do I DO with them?"
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