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My Kappas sound AWFUL
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<blockquote data-quote="skylineqrt4" data-source="post: 5373412" data-attributes="member: 605422"><p>I'm new to this site and i know its a little late being mid december and the last post was three weeks ago with the end result of a pair of new boston's... (nice choice!)... Their are two possiblity's that might make your kappa's may sound like crap.</p><p></p><p>1st. Kappas have two ohm voice coils. Most amps under $700 are not 2 ohm stable in bridge mode. I'm actually surprised that you did'nt fry your amp when you wired it in bridge mode.</p><p></p><p>2nd. Did you use stock speaker wire in the doors? ( 18 to 22 guage?)</p><p></p><p>the reason that i ask this is that infinity say's in its manual that it is safe to run 2ohm kappas directly from the head unit because stock speaker wire increases the resistance so as to not fry your decks amplifier. If you went with the stock wiring (a short cut for people who don't want to spend money on good wire or for people who don't want to hassle with wiring bigger wire threw to the door) you could possibly be running as much a 8 ohms from your amp (or around30 watts with peak power severely reduced). that would make just about any mid level or higher speaker sound like turds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skylineqrt4, post: 5373412, member: 605422"] I'm new to this site and i know its a little late being mid december and the last post was three weeks ago with the end result of a pair of new boston's... (nice choice!)... Their are two possiblity's that might make your kappa's may sound like crap. 1st. Kappas have two ohm voice coils. Most amps under $700 are not 2 ohm stable in bridge mode. I'm actually surprised that you did'nt fry your amp when you wired it in bridge mode. 2nd. Did you use stock speaker wire in the doors? ( 18 to 22 guage?) the reason that i ask this is that infinity say's in its manual that it is safe to run 2ohm kappas directly from the head unit because stock speaker wire increases the resistance so as to not fry your decks amplifier. If you went with the stock wiring (a short cut for people who don't want to spend money on good wire or for people who don't want to hassle with wiring bigger wire threw to the door) you could possibly be running as much a 8 ohms from your amp (or around30 watts with peak power severely reduced). that would make just about any mid level or higher speaker sound like turds. [/QUOTE]
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