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.
david_ten
David both reviewers basically just confirm what the Cube Audio owner/designer so openly shares with everyone willing to listen to him. That extraordinary driver he painstakingly developed simply doesn’t need a NFB amplifier with gratuitous DF levels (low output impedance) to control it as many other speakers do benefit from. Frankly I am surprised that the PS Audio BHK amplifier has such a high DF (>350) that’s a lot of NFB being utilized in that circuit design.

Nevertheless wouldn’t it be something if both of khragon’s amplifiers sound terrific driving the Nenuphar? This speaker fascinates me. David I can easily understand why it sounds superb with your 2A3 mono blocks or the LTA Ultralinear amplifier mentioned earlier above.
Charles
The Klipsch is a high sensitivity speaker yet may possibly  benefit from more power due to crossover design and big woofer control. The crossoverless,   very easy to drive load Nenuphar is a different animal. S.I.T. 3 amplifier and Nenuphar is considered to be a splendid pairing. As they say, "horses for coures".
Charles
Since we’re talking about first watt amplifiers that may provide a good match, I’d just like to mention that the F4 doesn’t get enough attention.

25 watts, zero negative feedback, and no gain stage to modify the sound of your source and preamp, all it does is provide current. A very simple circuit. If you’ve got quality upstream components and enough voltage from your pre/source, it is just fabulous. On my Coincident PREs, it beat a diy sit3, pass labs xa25, atma-sphere m60s, a lyngdorf tdai-3400, and Coincident Frankenstein 300b monos.

In regard to this discussion, it has an output impedance of .2 and a damping factor of 40.

And @khragon, I suspect you’ll still love the speakers with your current amps, even if they’re not the ultimate match. If you happen to be in Colorado, I'd happily bring over the f4 & sit3 for a comparison.