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KEF Reference 1 v 107/2

I replaced KEF Reference 107/2s with Reference 1s because I was concerned about inserting the active unbalanced KUBE between an Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp and VX-5 Twenty amp.  I had had a bad experience adding an active balanced Bryston high-pass filter between the preamp and amp, and was warned by Charles Hanson to avoid inserting active circuits between the two.  I regret I never tried the 107/2s with the Ayre gear.  A balanced passive Marchand high-pass filter does no harm. 

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The point of my previous post was I never compared the Reference 1s with the 107/2s.  Anybody made that comparison?  Anybody with experience in inserting a KEF KUBE between an Ayre preamp and amp?

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I’m not tracking. What does the Kube have to do with KEF 107’s or Reference speakers?

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Curiousjim if I remember the kef cube does make the 107 sound better, my friend said it has a room correction ability. My experience the 107 they sound better with it, The have a better and wider soundstage.This is my audio mentor system.So I did grew up listening with the 107.

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