In Reply to: Opinions from Kappa owners requested posted by Wayne Parham on December 15, 2001 at 15:37:10:
The Kappas are really wicked woofers for the money... I did an intense lookover of the Eminence line and I found that the Kappa 15LFA's (talking 15" woofers of course) are the best compromise... run well ported in small to medium sized boxes, have the longest xmax of all the Kappa drivers, low cost, high power handling. They really get soooooo damn loud in ported boxes and they have tight, clean bass and pretty good response throughout 40-1,500 Hz. I still think I can detect response peaks in the 2 kHz region with my ears, but this is without a crossover. I think a 12db/octave filter at 1500 that I use is enough to deal with the problem. They also do really well in the lower bass area, and they'll pound out serious SPL without bottoming out.The Kilomax drivers are I would have to say nearly identical to the Kappa LFA's in most respects except power handling xmax and frequency response. It's important to weigh your priorities here. The Kappa and the Kilomax have nearly *identical* sensitivity ratings, which means there is little point in paying extra for the kilomax woofers if you can only throw 300-400 watts at each speaker, they won't get any louder. I took a long, hard look at both speakers before I made the purchases... If you have money to burn and 1000 watts per channel on tap, get the kilomax's. If you want to be slightly more economical and practical, go with the Kappa's.
Good luck
Adam
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