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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
khragon
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Has anyone replace the rear rubber feet with something else?  How do you handle the mount?  I wanted to try isoacoustic Gaia but can only replace the front spikes since they are threaded and the rear ones are just wood screw.
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riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook
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Why not try a Townshend Platform instead of Gaia or similar products. Suppose to be better for optimal performance.
david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
@khragon  I replaced the rear rubber feet with edenSound regular brass hemispikes. These are NOT threaded (they have a flat surface). I used double sided adhesive discs.

I don't recommend using isoAcoustic GAIA for the front since it's important to maintain the angle (and height) that Cube's designers/builders chose. You can play with both the height and angle, should you choose to experiment, however results will vary.

I used Townshend Audio's Seismic Isolation Platforms specific to the Nenuphar's weight and size (footprint). I ended up removing them. Others, I believe, continue to use them. Mentioning this as your results may vary based on a number of factors.

If you search for Eden Sound and Townshend within this thread, you will find posts and discussion regarding isolation.
khragon
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Thanks for the response guys.. couple reasons, mostly I got the Gaia with a deal so thought I give them a try, and my listening room is in the garage, with the floor slope downward already, at what I think is around half (or maybe a bit more) compared to the Cube design, so I think having the speakers level would be more inline with the original design.  I could always use a shorter spike, but thought I try the Gaia.  I order a set of the NSMT outriggers: https://www.nsmt-loudspeakers.com/content/speaker-outriggers.
We'll see how that go.. if not I can always resell them.


david_ten OP
5,480 posts
 
@khragon No harm in trying since you already have them.

My reason for not recommending the GAIA footers is because of the soft rubber base...which will bend and result in only a portion of the GAIA to be in contact with the floor due to the design of the Nenuphars. This will be exacerbated due to the tilt of speaker. GAIA footers are effective when they are evenly compressed and fully in contact with the floor surface.

AND their height, which introduces another variable.

BTW, I have GAIA footers.

Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
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