Infinity kappa 9 or kappa 9.2?


I tend to like the driver complement of the original kappa 9 because it is what I am most familiar with, but I have heard at least two people claim that the 9.2 is a better sounding speaker. I have even considered the Kappa 8's to avoid all of the potential problems. I hope to drive these speakers (9's) with two Parasound HCA-1500's, but then hear one person who had trouble with even an HCA-3500 which specs with 8,4, and 2 ohm ratings from the factory.
Any help here would be much appreciated before adding another large set of speakers that are sometimes hard to re-sell. For whatever it is worth one parasound hca-1500 does just fine at high volume for extended periods of time on my current pair of Infinity RS-IIIa's. Many thanks in advance.
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Showing 1 response by ngjockey

Biamping? I assume you meant with one amp for bass and one for mids/highs. I get confused with the vertical/horizontal terminology. Anyway, only marginal advantage that way. Power supply capacity is still determined by bass and intermodulation distortion is relatively minor compared to speaker/room distortions. The other "possible" option of bridging the amps is not a good idea into either of the Kappa's impedance. Better to get the right amp in the first place.

Best advice I can give you is: neither. Not saying that the Kappas aren't very good, they are, but more of a commitment than you expect. Don't make me use the old car analogy. Jump a few generations to Genesis V's (do a search). Ya, it's mo money (probably 4X) and both have proprietary drivers but it's a "sound" investment for the longer run and a better upgrade path.