I bought these speakers in1993.
I heard them in a show room and instantly fell in love. I had never been with another speaker before that. i have listened to others but never gave it a second thought. I have loved them since the day we've met. We have grown old togehter...
But after 20 years (and a foam replacement) we still apreciate each other very much... They still give me rich deep bass, smooth mids and precise highs. And I just upgraded my old tired SIMA amplifier to bi-amp them with a new Denon AVR through brand new Mogami cables that I bought just for them.
I hope they'll stay with me for another 20 years ...at least...

Emit K twetter is superb. Crystal clear highs. Just enough bass. Well balanced. Compares to speakers costing hundreds more.

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GREAT ALL AROUND TOWER SPEAKER. I AM IN LOVE!

accurate highs, mids. Great extension for this small of a speaker

bass a touch boomy

These speakers are everything the reviewers have said. They flat out require a quality amp to deliver decent sound and will glaringly show any deficiency in system design. Rock can occasionally sound "soul-less" but a good jazz or blues recording will make you sit and smile. In listening, it's clear these speakers were built with jazz or classical music in mind. The midrange comes through as light and accurate, occasionally making rock sound washed over. The 6.1 needs a sub to help deliver the deep low frequencies, and the speakers can sound a touch boomy, especially if placed incorrectly. Overall, one of the best sounding low price speakers I've heard, but not without it's flaws.

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Superb Imaging, articulate precise midrange and highs

Recent technological advances have made available less expensive speakers sound just as good

When I first bought these speakers and even now, I think they are fantastic. The clarity, presence, and imaging was nothing like I had ever heard for the price (reduced to $799). The one problem I had with the speaker cabinet was fixed immediately by Harvey Electronics and have never had a driver problem. When I stepped up the power from 85 watts (Denon 625) to 120 watts (sony es50), the speakers sounded even better. My one realization is that there are now many manufacturers with great sounding speakers for home theater and audio (atlantic, paradigm, etc)at great prices. Had I heard these choices before, this would have made it a bit harder than it did a couple of years ago.

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Infinity Kappa 6.1i SpeakersRunning an Aura VA100 evolution amp and Arcam Alpha 5 CD player with my old Mission 718i speakers gave me tremendous sound at higher volumes but a very airy sound at normal and more sociable listening levels. In buying a complete surround sound set up second hand, I became the proud owner of a set of Kappa 6.1s and set out on a new learning curve. Obviously the potential for better sound was there but I too did seem to suffer with a 'boomy' sound that seemed to reverberate unnecessarily when playing rocking greta tracks from artists such as Lenny Kravitz. I doubled up on speaker cable, AudioQuest F18, played with positioning and everything came together once the speakers were moved at least 80cm away from the rear wall.
Now, they are excellent and listening to the Missions makes everything sound hollow and tinny like a cheap Japanese car. Used in conjunction with a home cinema set up, they are superb and whilst the systaem would be improved with a sub, it simply is not a necessity. Bass gets well low enough, the only hinderance being a slight problem at silly levels of volume when showing off the effects of the latest video experience to your mates! I ma now patiently waiting for a replacement bass speaker unit to come in from the States....
At £1000 new in the UK, they are well over-priced compared to the US price (isn't everything?) and never received rave reviews in the magazines. Personlly I am more than happy with them although I may well try out an MK V50 sub to see what happens - the V125 sounded awsome whilst used with the Missions and I have now been sold on the three box system after all these years believing otherwise.

sound, polydome midrange speaker (excellent),

need too much amplification power to sound really well !!!

excellent speakers, if you are able to find a good amp (perhaps harman/kardon, or so). i use a really old yamaha preamp and an even older power amp with 2*200w sin .. and i think that i still need more power to achieve best performance. but.. the speakers are great.. if you have the possibilities to place them in the ideal room position (a meter from the wall,..)

if you can get a pair, and if you want *cheap* good sounding speakers, and if you can find a proper amp, buy them

Incredible high end & voice clarity, handles serious power loads, Elegant design.

Excellent bass for 8" woofer, wouldn't mind a 10" or 12" for more room altering lows.

I love the clarity of these speakers. If a recording was done poorly, these speakers let you know it. I run them using a Carver TCM15CB amplifier, and they handle every ounce of it!!!! Voices are clear, highs stand in a place near heaven, and the bass is tight and impressive. To top it off, they're visually beautiful. Elegant, well-built, strong performer. Highly recommend it for those who listen to well-balanced music. If your in it for crazy db's and distorted, pounding bass, these aren't your speakers. But throw a little Chris Issac or Dave Matthews, and these speakers will make your spine tingle. After what must be 3 solid years of usage, I AM PLEASED!

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About half a year ago, I bought the Infinity Kappa 6.2i (the slightly modified 6.1i) speaker system, European version (bass-port at the back) and I must say ... it's an impressive speaker indeed! Even more so at the price I payed, about1100 dollars the pair. In Germany, they are even cheaper. Kappa 8.2i giants are given away there at 650 dollars a piece, are they crazy or what? Back to my speakers. They sound lively, warm, detailed, dynamic, very "spacy" ... and so on. In principle, they have only one drawback : a tendency to heavy bass. Luckily, that problem can be solved. First, the choice of the amp is critical. I tried the Harman-Kardon HK 680, a competent amp alltogether, but I was not satisfied. Not enough controle, over the whole frequency-range. The mid somewhat sharp and the treble not very refined. Finally, I fell in love with a Rotel combination (power-amp RB 990 BX, 200 Watts at 8 ohms per channel!) , costing more than twice as much as the pair of speakers. Oink!, I said, but bought them anyway. That gave an enormous improvement, but ... I still had a feeling things could be even better. I decided to experiment with speaker placement. First of all, I placed the speakers on bricks, two bricks under each spike. I glued coins on the bricks to put the spikes on. On the coins, I glued a small piece of vinyl (about 3 mm thick), to prevent the cabinets from "walking away" when receiving heavy "bass-pulses". The bricks were glued together and were placed on tiny pieces of plastic on the floor. As a result of all this, the midrange was now at ear level and floor-refelections from the woofer were diminished. Mechanical vibrations could not reach the floor whatsoever. That sounded much better! Bass became less dominant and more "clean", more details appeared overall. Then I started thinking about the spikes themselves. "The spike as spike", an existentialist would say. The spikes are firmly screwed into the cabinets, causing more or less a "drilling effect like Woody Woodpecker" on the surface beneath whem transmitting vibrations from the cabinet. Indeed, laying your hands on the bricks, revealed some vibration. Not much, but some. How to get rid of it? I argued that tiptoe's (cones pointing downwards) could do a better job. I bought six of them, placing two at the front and one at the backside of the bottom-plate. Between the cabinets and the tiptoe's I put a piece of vinyl, in order to damp vibrations from the cabinet. All was firmly glued together using thick double-sided adhesive tape. I placed the speakers back on the bricks, almost overstreching my arm (outch!) and started sweating. The speakers appeared not to stand firm anymore! As a result of the vinyl, you could push and make them wobble a bit. I feared the whole thing had turned into a disaster. I decided to listen first before putting the spikes back. Then I felt like a genius. Even a deaf person could hear the difference! The sound had improved, in all respects! Indeed, almost no vibrations could be felt on the bricks anymore. The speakers now are more or less freely hanging in the universe, pumping all their energy directly into my listening room. After half a year of experimenting, I'm satisfied now, enjoying an impressive and well-balanced soundstage. Now I'm going to listen to music for, let's say, a decade. In conclusion : 1) Buy Kappa's now they are cheap. 2) Spend your money on good amplification and interlinks (Audioquest will do). 3) Experiment with speaker placement and become your own genius. There is much to win and nothing to lose. 4) I forgot to tell you that these speakers should be placed more than 70 cm from the wall and that the tone-controls at the back should be turned down somewhat, the tweeter more so than the midrange. 5) I hope someone will benefit from my experiences. Bye-bye!

smooth; deep bass

rhythmically sluggish; soft-sounding

Sounding like it was designed to play classical music, this speaker is warmly-balanced and smooth-sounding but lacks the transient bite to make it exciting enough for rock music. It sounds slow and rhythmically boring and the heavy (but quite extended) bass only exacerbates this tendency.
Has a big soundstage and may suit listeners who like to wallow in large-scale orchestral works but will probably be anathema to anyone wanting overt detail and transparency.

Wide soundstage, deep bass, crisp hights, good voice reproduction.

None found. (Maybe amount of power it needs to get a tight bass.)

I power my Infinity' s 6.2i with an Arcam delta 290. The combination matches very well. The Arcam is very rytmical and so are the infinity's. The hights are as clear as they can get. (You have to like the clear sound!) The bass is deep and tight. If you know the cd Stonehenge 4 from Hatfields end, you know how deep these speakers can go. Incredibly deep.
The soundstage is very wide, spacious and precise. you can just point out where the instruments are. Love that! Speakers in the pricerange of $2000 and up are more precise, but I just can't affort that right now. The price I paid for the Infiniy's is rediculous, so...I'm not complaining!
The tweeter and midrage is adjustible on the speaker. I just kept it on neutral. I don't like manipulating sound. If you own a good amp, nothing should be adjusted. They're just fine the way they sound. The whole idea of built in that equalizer was that people could adjust their speakers to the room they are going to put their speakers in. (imagine a stone room. What happens to the hights? And in a room totally covert with carpet? PRECISE!)
To be short,
I love these speakers. They're well balanced. Crisp hights, low, low, low bass. (keep your neighbours in mind!) Clear voices.
One advise: get good cable! Sounds a lot better with good cables, well every audio lover knows that!

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