Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure


Cube Audio (Poland) designs single drivers and single driver speakers. 

Principals are Grzegorz Rulka and Marek Kostrzyński.

Link to the Cube Audio Nenuphar (with F10 Neo driver) speaker page: 

https://www.cubeaudio.eu/cube-audio-nenuphar

Link to 6Moons review by Srajan Ebaen (August 2018):

https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/cubeaudio2/

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Parameters (from Cube Audio):

Power: 40 W

Efficiency: 92 dB

Frequency response: 30Hz - 18kHz ( 6db)*

Dimensions: 30 x 50 x 105 cm

Weight: 40 Kg


* Frequency response may vary and depends on room size and accompanying electronic equipment.
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Showing 2 responses by saleh84

Joined the cube audio club recently with a nenuphar. Mind blown!
One thing of significant importance:
The nenuphar needs the RIGHT amp to show its true colours and abilities.
I was replacing both amp and speaker (had a diablo 300 with kef ref 5s).
The gryphon was still not sold when nenuphars arrived. I listened with it for a week or so, being very careful with volume. The sound was OK. I thought, its break in, speaker will open up slowly. Then tried an old krell integrated. Seems cause it had a lower damping factor, sound started flowing with more ease.
Then, my LM845 premium SET amp arrived!
Words can't even describe the amount of change is speaker character. Opened up, singing with ultimate ease. Dymamics exploded, literally. Better everything. Bass changed a lot, it is so deep, fast and extended. Vs the diablo, the sound was out of control and felt congested somehow.
Word of advice, if you are going for a cube, you must choose your amp carefully to get the maximum of it. Its a speaker to die for with the right amplification!
I agree, the gryphon diablo is a great amplifier. And i believe the bigger gryphons are some of the best amps - the house sound of gryphon is excellent. However I think it was my choice of speaker being the KEF ref 5s which was the wrong move, they need a softer presentation amplifier probably, and in all honesty as much as i tried to make that combo work, it still did not sound right, certainly not a musical/emotion inducing sound but rather mechanical. It had a district colouration as well. If I had a B&W 802 D3 for example, probably I would have been ok with the diablo and kept things as is.
I could have travelled that route, but hearing the nenuphar's over and over again at my friend's, i couldn't resist anymore, also i was craving to get back to tubes - i started with a tube headphone amplifier, changed to SS only when i moved to speakers camp. The nenuphar was made for tubes, so all was good!

The next step for me is getting a pair of the newly announced cube audio sub 12. I always wanted to experience stereo subwoofers, even with the KEF. I was about to buy a pair of REL S/812, then came to know about the cube offering. I opted for it hoping for a better integration, hope that i made the right choice. Will keep you guys posted how it goes!