.. however they are rated at 50w nominal rms, 150w peak. My head unit is capable of 24.5w rms per channel... should they run ok on the headunit itself?Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
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MegatronUK
Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
May just stretch my budget to the Kappa 42.5i instead of Reference 4012i... however they are rated at 50w nominal rms, 150w peak. My head unit is capable of 24.5w rms per channel... should they run ok on the headunit itself?
.. however they are rated at 50w nominal rms, 150w peak. My head unit is capable of 24.5w rms per channel... should they run ok on the headunit itself?Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
Fine and dandy. Thats quite a good "safe" gap. AFAIK you want to have at least 30% more than you are going to be running through them.
Scott=oP
Thats quite a good "safe" gap. AFAIK you want to have at least 30% more than you are going to be running through them.Scott
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im sure i will be corrected if im wrong, but i was led to believe that rms figures shoud be as close a match as possible on the source and the speaker to acheive optimal sound results. 
maybe ive been told wrong though, but have utilised this theory with my own setup with pleasing results, jim
maybe ive been told wrong though, but have utilised this theory with my own setup with pleasing results, jim
Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
Depends on the headunit aswell, if it has a mosfet amp etc. My alpine has a mosfet 4x60w output n sounds great with the infinity kappa 4" and 3.5"
My alpine has a mosfet 4x60w output n sounds great with the infinity kappa 4" and 3.5"-
MegatronUK
Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
Head unit has something like mosfet 4x45W plastered along the front... but real figures in the manual (once you decrypt the japanese lettering) give it as 24wrms.
TBH, I'm thinking about just going with the 4012's as they're closer to the ouput rating of the headunit(35wrms) and a tenner cheaper (59.99). I'm happy with the Reference kit in the Supra so I guess I can't go far wrong if I keep it all the same.
.. but real figures in the manual (once you decrypt the japanese lettering) give it as 24wrms.TBH, I'm thinking about just going with the 4012's as they're closer to the ouput rating of the headunit
(35wrms) and a tenner cheaper (59.99). I'm happy with the Reference kit in the Supra so I guess I can't go far wrong if I keep it all the same.Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
Shop around, i got my 3.5" kappas for 35 and the 4" for 48 quid.
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MegatronUK
Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
un1eash wrote:Shop around, i got my 3.5" kappas for 35 and the 4" for 48 quid.
If I could find some I would! Cheap as chips on ebay via the US, but none of
'em will ship internationally. craraudiosecurity.com is the cheapest I've found so far.Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
Really depends on the head unit. My old Sony MDX6500 (or something like that) had roughly the same rated power as my Nakamichi CD400, but the Sony couldn't drive the speakers loud enough without distortion. With the Nak CD400 I can turn it up loud enough for motorway listening without any problems.
Try it and see..... at the very least they'll be tons better than the original speakers.
Cheers,
Jon
My old Sony MDX6500 (or something like that) had roughly the same rated power as my Nakamichi CD400, but the Sony couldn't drive the speakers loud enough without distortion. With the Nak CD400 I can turn it up loud enough for motorway listening without any problems.Try it and see.
.... at the very least they'll be tons better than the original speakers.Cheers,
Jon
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MegatronUK
Re: Infinity Kappa without amplifier...
jrleech wrote:Try it and see.
Cheers,
Jon
Yeah, no contest there.
.. wired up the pioneer last weekend and just left all the original speakers in so at least i could tell if it was working...pooo-ey.
.. what a stink they make! 