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| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure FWIW, Art Dudley's review is about the newer Cortese. The one I have is an older model designed by Shindo pere, Ken. There is a review and picture here at Dagogo:www.dagogo.com/shindo-cortese-f2a-tube-amplifier-review/Does anyone know how they dif... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure As I mentioned upthread, my class D SPEC amp is now driving my Boenicke W8 speakers. It was now time to explore tube amplification (fronted by Vinnie Rossie DHT using Takatsuki 300B tubes).Where to start? As I looked at listing on Audigon and Audi... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Re the Ansuz cables, I have a set of D1 which, given the improvements from the 1 generation to the 2 generation, may be equivalent to the C2 level. Agreed that their power products are the place to go; I bought their other wires in a package deal ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure <<I thought it would be interesting to know what speaker cables you are liking with the Nenuphar’s?>>I've used three types. In order of preference:AnsuzLessLossStealthOf course the amplifier plays a significant role as well. - Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Some might find the SPEC to not be incisive enough. If so, that can be cured by pairing it with your favorite preamp....DB2 | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "Funny, I was talking about SPEC CORP the other day with the U.K. dealer friend of mine and he rated them."Rated or hated? | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Another data point in our continuing, vaguely perverse, search for solid state amps that play well with Nenuphars -- SPEC RSA-M3EX from Japan (the EX stands for export model). Jeff Day at Positive Feedback wrote a lengthy review back in 2015 with ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I did ask Jon why he didn't use tube amps. He smiled and said he was good friends with Nelson Pass....Jon also used Pass/FirstWatt amps and preamps back in his Lowther America days.Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "It’s interesting and surprising that we don’t have mention of 300B - Nenuphar pairings."For whatever reasons, this thread got started with a focus on solid state amplifiers and has discussed/explored tube amps only minimally. I suspect it is beca... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Re the different solid state amps:I wanted to note that the main difference for me was that the FirstWatt amps had a bit more of the mid-range-icity that is a major attraction of tube SETs.Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure My first comparison was between the Electro Harmonix 300b that came with the amp and an EH 2a3 set. I preferred the 2a3 as the 300b tubes were 'slower' even though they had a richer sound. That trade-off was solver with a set of Takatsuki 300b -- ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "Could you elaborate please on your particular set up for evaluating these amps, the make of preamp and/or dac used with the First Watt amps and dac if any with the Bakoon and LTA? Do you use the VR with its dac board?"The source is an Aurender N1... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "I am curious how the L2iSE would stack up against some of the better lower watt SETs out there but none have found their way through my door. "I'm thinking that would be a good project for this winter....Currently I am trying different tubes in t... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Well, I've followed stephendunn down the Vinnie Rossi integrated path. Definitely recommended.Here is my ranking of the amps I have used with my Nens:Vinnie Rossie L2i-SEFirstWatt SIT-2FirstWatt SIT-3Bakoon 13-RLTA Z10 | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Question for Stephen:IIRC, the Vinnie Rossi integrated has a pre-out. Did you listen to the DHT preamp feeding your SIT amps? - Robert |