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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 8211539" data-attributes="member: 624844">That&#039;s gotta be the problem right there. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp; Mostly kidding.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can&#039;t stand the sound of the Infinity Kappa speakers.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if they fixed some of the tinny-ness in the Reference series.&nbsp; Every Kappa setup I&#039;ve heard has a lack of mid-bass and a huge bump in the high end harshness.&nbsp; It sounds like their tweeter is made out of&nbsp; a garbage can lid powered by dynamite.It can also be the amount of equipment you have in your chain.&nbsp; When you start stacking EQ&#039;s and other processing equipment, the sound quality can degrade greatly.&nbsp; It is similar to guitar equipment, if you have ever played electric guitar.Sealing the doors, using a solid baffle made of MDF, plywood, or fiberglass will also help with a fuller sound.If you can&#039;t get it to sound good with the HU and amp alone, with maybe a -3DB cut on the harsh frequencies around 7Khz on up - it probably won&#039;t sound good with those speakers.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you&#039;ve swapped HU&#039;s and amps, it has to be the SQ of the speakers in your particular install.&nbsp; If you have another set of speakers you can test, swap them in to see if SQ improves.I have demo&#039;d 100&#039;s of speakers through the years.&nbsp; Some of the best sets I have heard were only $60-80, compared to $500+ sets.&nbsp; I have a pair of $60 coax Orion&#039;s that I would put up against any $200+ components I have heard.&nbsp; I&#039;ve even had some Polk Audio and Alpines that have surprised me.&nbsp; It&#039;s more about the actual model and speaker than the brand or published specs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 8211539, member: 624844"] That's gotta be the problem right there. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Mostly kidding. I can't stand the sound of the Infinity Kappa speakers. I don't know if they fixed some of the tinny-ness in the Reference series. Every Kappa setup I've heard has a lack of mid-bass and a huge bump in the high end harshness. It sounds like their tweeter is made out of a garbage can lid powered by dynamite. It can also be the amount of equipment you have in your chain. When you start stacking EQ's and other processing equipment, the sound quality can degrade greatly. It is similar to guitar equipment, if you have ever played electric guitar. Sealing the doors, using a solid baffle made of MDF, plywood, or fiberglass will also help with a fuller sound. If you can't get it to sound good with the HU and amp alone, with maybe a -3DB cut on the harsh frequencies around 7Khz on up - it probably won't sound good with those speakers. If you've swapped HU's and amps, it has to be the SQ of the speakers in your particular install. If you have another set of speakers you can test, swap them in to see if SQ improves. I have demo'd 100's of speakers through the years. Some of the best sets I have heard were only $60-80, compared to $500+ sets. I have a pair of $60 coax Orion's that I would put up against any $200+ components I have heard. I've even had some Polk Audio and Alpines that have surprised me. It's more about the actual model and speaker than the brand or published specs. [/QUOTE]

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