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Well like many I've found this forum because of the purchasing of a piece of Carver gear, an M-400. I'll post many questions but I thought I'd introduce myself first. I'm electronically challenged. I'm fairly new to the audio world and besides the M-400 I have no other Carver pieces (yet). I purchased the 400 to power a set of Infinity Kappas and AR90's, a good choice? I will attempt to be a contributing member of this forum in any way un-electronically possible. I'm also a member of Audiokarma (hope this is OK). I will eventually get around to creating a profile, signature and avatar

Thanks

Welcome to Carver.

AR90's, a good choice?

Indeed.

Are those Kappa 9s? If so, that ain't enough amp. Kappa 9s are amp killers, and you need a high wattage amp with LOTS of current, because those Kappas drop to around 1 Ohm at certain frequencies. Something like a Sunfire 300x2 that's pretty much load invariant would do.

The AR90s are no easy speaker to drive either. They are 4 Ohm and want at least 150 Watts/channel. If you want them to get loud, you'll probably clip your M-400, which will burn up the tweeters in your ARs pretty fast. I did that to a pair of AR3a speakers.

You might want to use that M-400 on something a little easier to drive. It's still a great amp (I have two of them).

Good advice, Bill.

Welcome, enjoy the ride!

Welcome to the forum.

They are actually Kappa 7's so not the amp killers the 9's are. The last thing I want to do is damage my AR90's (I just refoamed them), I do have a pair of DQ-10's as well so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to match up something with my new amp, if not then the hunt will be on for yet another pair of speakers .

M-400 will drive the DQ-10s.

Welcome to the forum debassige! As you can already see, there is always some Great advice on this board. Glad you found us!

Welcome

WELCOME, debassige~

Welcome to the forum!!! ...that M-400 will be sufficient for the DQ-10's.