Altec 19's Vs. Kappa 9's

**SD-50** · November 13th, 2012, 11:58 PM

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.

**cls500** · November 14th, 2012, 12:53 AM

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.

**Altec Best** · November 14th, 2012, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by cls500

But as the old saying goes: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor" and so forth.

Pretty Much ! As I like to say, to each his own..

**Old Guy** · November 14th, 2012, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by cls500

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.

**bowtie427ss** · November 14th, 2012, 09:02 AM

Infinity made speakers that are much better than Kappa's.

Don't see any way the mids could be on the same level as the Altec's.

........... and i think this may hold true with every Infinity model.

IRS Beta was a damn good speaker, and some of the later RS are even better. But, they are such "current demand" hogs that it is difficult(maybe even wrong) to compare them to Altecs. The Infinities have very specific amplification requirements while Altecs are extremely amplifier friendly and happy on almost anything, and for a lot of folks that is the deal breaker right there.

Just my .02 y'all understand..................