Yes the Kube certainly gives you a fuller bass response but it significantly detracts from the quality of the speaker. Perhaps with some better internal components or there may even be some information on mods or improvements listed online. I have listened to the 103s, 104s and 107 with and without the Kube and the difference was significant.
New or Old
Go easy on me, first post, returning older guy.
I imagine the topic has been done to death, but I cannot find this particular example.
Looking to get some speakers to go with my recently purchased Naim 152xs/155xs. Sources will be CD, streamer and a Linn LP12.
I see JBL Studio 590s on sale, so that would be the new option.
Also, locally to me, there is a pair of KEF 107s with Kube. Cost would be not much more than the JBLs. The four woofers have been re-foamed by the owner, who appears to be flipping them after only 6 months of ownership. The tweeters and electronics are untouched.
The JBLs I can send back if the home audition fails, but the KEFs I would be stuck with.
Is new tech going to compare with old reference speakers, or will aging speakers and crossover and Kube just not sound as good as they should?
Has any one compared speakers that are 35 years apart?
I look forward to your assistance.
I imagine the topic has been done to death, but I cannot find this particular example.
Looking to get some speakers to go with my recently purchased Naim 152xs/155xs. Sources will be CD, streamer and a Linn LP12.
I see JBL Studio 590s on sale, so that would be the new option.
Also, locally to me, there is a pair of KEF 107s with Kube. Cost would be not much more than the JBLs. The four woofers have been re-foamed by the owner, who appears to be flipping them after only 6 months of ownership. The tweeters and electronics are untouched.
The JBLs I can send back if the home audition fails, but the KEFs I would be stuck with.
Is new tech going to compare with old reference speakers, or will aging speakers and crossover and Kube just not sound as good as they should?
Has any one compared speakers that are 35 years apart?
I look forward to your assistance.