Infinity Kappa 8's



What to do? My infinity Kappa 8's keeps eating amps for lunch.The 1st failure was with a Yamaha 200 watt per channel model P2200. Amp went black, I replaced the main fuses on the back of amp, it powered-up with new same rating fuses and then amp died again for good.Tryed another P2200 fuse blew again. I've decided not to try the amp again, for fear of completely damaging my last P2200. This is getting expensive! I'm not cranking the volume at full tilt or pushing the bass tone control past 12 o'clock. The speaker can be Bi-amped, but I've just used a single robust P2200 on them. The speaker wire uses large 1/4 inch bananna connectors, so no bare wires can not touch positive to ground on the back of the amp or speakers and the 4 binding posts on the speakers flat metal plates to connect the two binding posts together for single amp operation. Could a faulty cross-over wreak this havoc upon me. Any helpful suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
audiosaurus

Showing 1 response by brettmcee

Hi All,

What do you all think about using more budget Class H and Class D amps....say Behringer Europower EP4000 and Crown XLS series?  I am using a EP4000 for my Kappa 7's and they sound excellent, maybe a little midrange 'breakup' or distortion at high volume, but really excellent control of the 7's.  The EP4000 however cannot handle my newly purchased Kappa 9's. 

Any suggestions of what amp might be a nice mid/high amp for the Kappa 9's in a bi-amped setup? I am looking for excellent holographic imaging and silky suite highs. ;-)

Also, I am confused as to how to split the signal coming from my pre amp for proper bi-amping.  Do I just buy a split balanced or RCA cable? Or do I use the additional outs on my preamp? My preamp is a Sonic Frontiers Line 2. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Brett