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Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@toetapaudio The powered version?  The Reserva version?  
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@dspringham Hi Dave.  Yes, the DAC2 module for the VR L2iSE was one of the first I compared to my Totaldac D-1 Dual.  I found it to be surprisingly close in sound (especially for the $$--the Totaldac being about twice as much), but the Totaldac wa... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@charles1dad Thank you. @david_ten  Thank you, as well, and what a clean and striking set up you've put together.  As Charles mentions, it looks like your Nens have room to throw an enveloping wall of sound with great depth.  I'm always amazed at... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@cal3713 Thanks. I haven’t put up a thread about my DAC search and probably won’t because it was less than comprehensive. Meaning I auditioned a number of DACs--Aqua, Denafrips, Lampizator, to name a few--that were quite a bit less expensive than ... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
I have taken great pleasure in building a system around the Nenuphars, first concentrating, like most new owners, on optimal pairings of pre amp and amp--optimal to my taste of course.  I never thought I'd be one to indulge more than one "taste" b... 
GIK alternatives
I ordered two GIK diffusers in November. A couple of months later I called and was told they would be shipped within a couple of days. Nothing. I called again a month later and was told something similar. Nada. I called again and was told I would ... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@david_ten Thanks. Considering the amps that have been stepping stones leading up to the Enleum AMP 23R--LTA ZOTL Ultralinear, FW SIT 3, FW SIT 1, Tektron 2A3, Pass Labs 25 INT, Vinnie Rossi L2iSE, Decware 25th Anniversary Zen Triode--yes, I think... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
David, At the top of my list of why I like the Enleum AMP 23R so much is: Visualization  The closer to the real thing the audible information is, the more I "see" the music, performers, instruments, and recording space.  And, consequently, the ... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
Darko Audio's entertaining YouTube review of the Enleum AMP 23 is now online.  He uses an interesting analogy--his uncle's go cart--to explain the amp's volume control. My only caveat is that he seems to think it's expensive for what it does.  Con... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
Darko Audio's review of the Enleum AMP 23R:      
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@ricevs I’ve been thinking about your detailed suggestion for rewiring the Nenuphars and wonder why you wouldn’t just procure enough of the wire you are using internally to go from voice coil to amp, skipping "speaker cable" altogether?  
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@jonwatches1 I auditioned the Voxativ Hagen speakers with a Voxativ sub driven by a Voxativ tube amp on three occasions--separate listening sessions at the same dealer, same set up. This was maybe 4 years ago, long before I had ever heard the Nenu... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
The higher powered Enleums have been discussed by the designer but not released--unless there are some betas out there.  So not sure where I got the impression they sounded different than the 23R.  My bad.  
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@debjit_g  Nuts it is.  And pls report if purple SR fuse is the ticket. @riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook  I have heard the higher powered Enleums don't have the magic of the 23R but I'm sure it's speaker dependent.  Was your buddy driving Cube ... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@ricevs My apologies for the mistaken identity and appreciate your understanding.