[HAL]

A friend found a pair of Infinity Kappa 8 speakers that need the Polydome K's and 12in woofers rebuilt.  Picked them up awhile ago. Not going to complain for $80/pair.

These are the original version 4-way speaker with the bipole EMIT planar tweeters, Polydome K, Polygraph K dome and 12in woofer.

Found out that Millersound in PA does the rebuilds, so hope to be dropping them off this weekend. 

Will post pictures of the process along the way of replacing the passive crossover with the DSP crossover from measurements.

[Bemopti123]

Eagerly waiting to hear about this experiment.

[HAL]

Dropped off the two Polydome K midranges and two 12in woofers for repair at Millersound in PA last weekend.

Should be about 2 weeks for them to be repaired and shipped back.

[HAL]

Parts to mod the Kappa 8's are arriving.  Going to use Belden 1309A 14awg stranded cable to each driver that is already here.

Hope to hear about the Polydome K midrange and 12in woofer driver repairs by this weekend. 

Some Parts-Express binding posts to add enough pairs for each driver in the speakers.

[HAL]

The Infinity Kappa 8 drivers being repaired will be shipped back on Monday.  Should be here in a few days from shipping.

Getting closer!

[HAL]

The Infinity Kappa 8 Polydomes and 12in woofers are back from repair at Millersound.

Now to see if the passive crossovers are still working with the drivers connected.

Will be rewiring the speaker drivers to binding posts to use with the DSP crossover and the passive crossover exterior to the original box. 

[Rocket]

Hi,

Thanks for the post. I remember way back really wanting to buy a pair of Infinity Kappa 6's after listening to them but my salary was so low I couldn't afford them .

Cheers Rod

[HAL]

Hi,

Thanks for the post. I remember way back really wanting to buy a pair of Infinity Kappa 6's after listening to them but my salary was so low I couldn't afford them .

Cheers Rod

Rod,
I understand.  Always thought they were cool looking, but never heard them 

Will see what happens with this pair.  The non-polar electrolytics maybe not in great condition, so could be more going on than just the driver rebuilds.

[Rocket]

Hi,

I'm sure you'll do a great job. I enjoy reading about refurbishment of old speakers.

Cheers Rod

[HAL]

Unpacked the repaired drivers for the Kappa 8 repair.

Wiring the drivers directly to a new terminal plate.

[JCarney]

Unpacked the repaired drivers for the Kappa 8 repair.

Wiring the drivers directly to a new terminal plate.

I remember those Kappa woofers from my stint when I was into car audio. They made really good car subs that actually sounded good.

You do some real cool stuff HAL and I enjoy your posts.

JCarney

[HAL]

JCarney,

Thanks!

It is fun restoring vintage speakers and will be fun hearing the results with the EA dspNexus 2x8 with the upgraded AK4499EX DAC's.

[HAL]

Spent some of yesterday making two sets of 14awg stranded wiring for the direct drivers to binding post connections.  Then either the passive or DSP crossovers can be used with the speakers.

Waiting on a response to having a pair of connector plates made for the 5 pairs of binding posts needed for each speaker.   Use the original crossover mounting plates as a template for the replacement plate.