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Infinity Kappa 9's Tweaks?

Calling all classic Infinity Fans. I have a set of Kappa 9s and they are a bit much for my modest listening room. They are so dynamic that they tend to fatigue, and moving away from them helps but room restraints prevents this. Also sound batting is not an estetic option. Does anyone no of a tweak with covering part of the tweaters with felt? This was mentioned on audio reveiew and I am not willing to permanently change them with crossover or wiring mods (they are getting to hard to find stock). Also I have tryed EQ's but always seem to go back to my foreplay tube preamp only.Thank you for any help. Audiogon is a great site. Guycom
guycom
gammonit_2000
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Try a tube pre-amp along with your solid state power amp, you won't be disappointed. The "harshness" in the tweeters is your solid state pre-amp. I have run the Kappa 7s for years with a Conrad Johnson tube pre-amp into a Denon 200 watt amp and they sound great.
audiotommy1
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I'am running the Kappa 8's through a McIntosh MC-2205 amp , with an Elite pre-amp, and they sound awesome.
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION IT.... NO PARTICULAR REASON..
THANKS...
m4024fb2
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I have Kappa Eights with a single Onkyo 504/304 combo (tried bi-amping with two 504s, but they still weren't up to it), and Monster cable. Now while I would love a high current amp,(I know, Onkyo is kind of...basic) I can still crank the volume somewhat-and still get sound that is not only non-fatiguing, but sweet without bring overly bright.
rossq
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Hi Guycom:
The answer is a very simple one GOOD Power.Altough my set is the Kappa7.1 i I think this would apply to the 9s as well.
With power you will tame the Emmit tweater,therefore you will not fatigue when listening for long periods of time.
Also if you can try bi amping ,and playing with differnt cables.I have two Linns LK 140 and have never heard my Kappas the way I do now.Even though the are 8 years they sound better than most speakers out there and I have had a few . Shame that Infinity is now puttin out a lot of junk .
Ross
Ross
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mitch4t
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I ran mine in a horizontal biamp config with a pair of sunfire signature stereo amps ( 1200 wpc @ 4 ohms).....very good results.

I changed to two pairs of Carver Silver 9t monobocs ( 900 wpc @ 4 ohms )in a biamp setup and it has been head and shoulders above the biamp setup witn the Sunfire amps. While the Sunfires were good, they didn't deliver the bass slam that the Carver monoblocs do. The bass with the Sunfires sounds "round" compared to the slam I get from the Carver monos. I am using an Audio Research Ref 2 Mk2 tube preamp with Signal Cable interconnects and speaker cable.

If you can afford to biamp, please do...or, buy as much power as you can to throw at those beasts.

I tilt mine back and I don't have a problem with tweeter harshness.

I have owned the the Kappa 7 and Kappa 8's also...never had a problem with the tweeter being untamed...I've always run them all with at least 900 wpc @ 4 ohms. They are all really great speakers if fed enough power.

Photos of my Kappa 9's can be seen at the website below.

http://aaudiogon.photosite.com/MysystemonAudiogon/

I also used them in a home theater setup with two Kappa 7's in the rear and a Kappa center......no subwoofer was needed.
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