I noticed a thread over on the AK Speaker forum indicating that the Kappa 9's will, in effect, blow the doors off the Altec 19's !! Any thoughts on this ???? ( I have never heard of the Infinity Kappa 9 so I have no clue on the comparison). Seems they need a ton of power to operate which would put them at odds with the effecient Altec 19's.
They do NOT sound similar at all. Anything thus said has to be rendered as opinion only. I do not care for Kappa 9's. The guy who wrote that probably likes blondes as much as I like redheads. But sounds like he is being arrogant and proclaiming his opinion as fact. I try hard not to do so.
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I didn't know Altec 19's had doors!Originally Posted by cls500
- Mike
Phrases like "blows the doors off" hold little credibility with me. I'm not an expert, but I'm certain neither come equipped with doors. It makes him sound like a teenager.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. As a matter of fact, believe very little that you read on the internet.
I think it would be hard to blow the doors off the Altec 19's because the Altec 19's doors are made of brick and the Kappa 9's are made of straw
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I had the 7.1s way back, and while I've don't recall hearing the Altec 19s, the 7.1 are not even close to my tweaked out A7s.
Looked them up: they are kind of a tower arragement with two 12" woofers,a 5" mid-bass, a 5" mid and 2 EMIT type tweeters. Power requirements are 60-320 watts RMS. Produced in the 1980's. Cost in the range of $1500ea. at that time. Would be interesting to hear them A/B'd with Altec 19's in the same environment. Don't see any way the mids could be on the same level as the Altec's. Did not mean to start anything ugly, it's just that you don't often see a post saying something is better than the 19's. for regular living room use. But as the old saying goes: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor" and so forth.
Remember, there are those who rant about anything. On the Cerwin Vega forum they brag about those...but IMHO overly aggressive and obnoxious speakers. But see, an overly aggressive obnoxious person might like that. Most Klipsch fall in the same category IMHO. And be aware human hearing flattens out at higher power levels, so speakers played loud sound smoother than they really are. They key is those letters. IMHO. If somebody is bragging about a speaker without including that disclaimer, just assume they are an idiot*. You will be right 90% of they time. Note about CV and Klipsch- there ARE good points, and models I might own, But most I wouldn't touch.
* this is based on the theory that 90% of everything is crap, the corollary is 90% of internet posts will be made by people with no clue. Posts without disclaimers are the majority of these. Your mileage may vary.
Last edited by Old Guy; November 14th, 2012 at 08:47 AM.
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