Just more bass! Not any lower! Eight 12's? Sell those hard-to-drive Kappas and get a pair of nicely restored Bozak Concert Grands - each has four 12's - total of 8 per pair! Rudy Bozak made some of the best speakers of the 50's and 60's! A man ahead of his time!
From Four 12 inch Woofers To Eight 12 inch Woofers, Will I Get Deeper Bass Or More Bass?
I have a pair of speakers that have two 12 inch woofers per speaker. That pair of speakers are wired in a veritcal bi-amp config with 4 monoblocs. I want to add another pair of those same speakers as fronts, but only power the woofers in the second pair with another pair of monoblocs. The mid-range and highs will not be connected in the second pair of speakers.
The speakers with a total of four 12 inch woofers go down to 29 hz. By adding an additional four woofers for a total of eight 12 inch woofers, will I get deeper bass, or just more bass?
This is the pair of speakers that I will be using...(or two pairs)
http://www.soundsgoodtomehouston.com/kappa9_black/kappa9_pairopen.jpg
These are the specs for these speakers.
http://www.infinity-classics.de/technik/manuals/Kappa_9_technical_sheet.pdf
This is my room.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/876
The speakers with a total of four 12 inch woofers go down to 29 hz. By adding an additional four woofers for a total of eight 12 inch woofers, will I get deeper bass, or just more bass?
This is the pair of speakers that I will be using...(or two pairs)
http://www.soundsgoodtomehouston.com/kappa9_black/kappa9_pairopen.jpg
These are the specs for these speakers.
http://www.infinity-classics.de/technik/manuals/Kappa_9_technical_sheet.pdf
This is my room.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/876
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Those 2000uF NPE caps prevented the bass go lower, additional woofers will give you more bass but won't help much to get lower. You can use a class d pro amp with active crossover to low pass at 80Hz or lower, directly power the additional woofers (bypass the passive crossover) to get deeper bass. https://www.crutchfield.com/S-IQfbmg9ktUj/g_394150/Pro-Amplifiers.html |
jafant...I'm very familiar with the Kappa 9 and the power that they require. That won't be a problem. I still have the Pass amps. The whole reason for this approach is to get more bass in the room to emulate the Infinity IRS Beta speakers that I have. The Betas are excellent speakers....when they are good, but can be inconsistent in the bass area on some recordings and are showing their age (31 years). The Kappa 9 are extremely consistent on all recordings. But, the Kappas are no match for the Betas in total bass output and depth (16 hz). I've entertained adding a pair of subwoofers, but I cannot get a consensus on whether or not a subwoofer will seamlessly integrate. I do know that adding more of the identical woofers and amplifiers will give seamless integration. The max I'd like to spend on a pair of subwoofers is $4k period....but, anything but perfect integration is out of the question...I just won't live with that. |
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