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
those tweeters do pop up on occasion on ebay, there were some a week or so ago actually

But I agree, if they are blowing something is wrong & it's not your speakers. You need a better amp!!

I just purchased a set of these speakers & I am amp searching
I had a pair of Kappa 8.1 and ran them with a Sunfire Signature amp rated at 600wpc @ 8 ohms and 1200wpc @ 4 ohms and never had a problem with the Kappas. All of the old Kappa series love lots of power.

You've got to get an amp with testicular fortitude.
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?
They are eluding to your amp clipping - which will take out the tweeters. But your carver seems pretty stout to me!
You it must be your amp. I am using a Kappa 7.1 as the center channel in my home theater powered by a Carver Silver 9t monobloc at 900wpc @ 4 ohms with the speaker set to full-range large in my home theater. No problems with the speaker as it is subject to a serious onslaught of sounds throughout the spectrum and it hasn't missed a beat yet.

If you bought the speakers second hand, the original owner must have changed something. I have owned all of the Kappas from 7 thru 9 and they have all performed yeoman duty as long as they have been fed good power.

It has gotta be your amp or your Kappas have been tampered with.