Infinity Kappa 8's

I want to know what power amp, pre amp,and cd player that match with my infinity kappa, thanks ( I have Belles Ones power, and adcom 555, and arcam cd62 ) thanks

So what's a good bi-amp setup under ~$2000 for these speakers? I see the 565's going for $900 as described. Are those good for the low's? What's good for the highs?

Thanks!

The Odyssey Stratos amps are a perfect sonic match for the Kappa speakers and will supply plenty of current. And at a price that won't break the bank. Peace of mind with the 20 year warranty. I use 4 Odyssey Monoblocks for my Kappa 9's and a Odyssey HT-3 for my Kappa center and Kappa 8 rear surrounds. Sounds fantastic.

As a long time Kappa 8 owner I can strongly recommend a simple bypass modification to the crossover that makes the speaker easy to drive and actually better with a more natural and full bass response. Simply unsolder or cut one side of the 12.5 mh coil from the crossover and solder in a shorting bridge across any one of the three 500uf (1500uf total) capacitors that are the first thing after the woofer binding posts. This takes the 'reactor' out of the woofer circuit. Now your amp will just see a common 4 ohm load and the bass will be very natural without the 'thump' where that cap and coil reactor stores a charge and throws it at the woofer while melting your amp in the process. I listened carefully using the famous Hok-Man Yim Poem of Chinese drum CD and it actually hits harder with better decay after the mod and the amp doesn't overheat in the slightest. The Kappa 8's punch that track harder than anything I have owned with just one 12 per side. If you want to keep protection against a DC short from your amp, ignore shorting out the (series) capacitor, but by all means get that evil 12.5 mh (shunt) coil out of the woofer circuit.

Has anybody else performed this mod?

I know this is an old thread but I hope to bump it. Regarding heyjay's modification. I am very interested in doing this. I have been clipping first, my Adcom 555, then a Carver M1.0t, and now I bought a new emotiva xpa-2 rated at 500 watts into 4 ohms. Listening to Jesse cooks Freefall album track #4 (Freefall) has sent even this sturdy amp into protection mode. That track has some very powerful lows (as do tracks 6 and 8)and I am at my budget limit trying to satisfy the needs for these kappa 8's. I am an electronics n00b and would ask if there would be any chance that heyjay could send me a PM with pics and all? Just a thought and thank you