OK, it was worth a shot. Fairly often we had customers who did not realize that.
Do you have the stock feet? Too lazy to lift my 107s now but I seem to recall some speakers had the spikes inside the feet. You just pulled off the outside foot part and voila, you had spikes.
I placed a down payment on a pair of 107's at a shop in Chicago today, will pick them up next Sunday and will post pics when I get them home and set up. They are in very good condition and came with the Kube. I have registered them in the KEF Registry thread.
I thought I had read it somewhere in this thread but I'll be darned if I can find it now. Someone had mentioned changing out the old opamps in the Kube to newer ones and stated which ones they used. Could whoever did that post which ones they used again? Thanks. If at all possible, any cap changes (BOM) would be greatly appreciated too.
Any other 107 owners use the Kube with other speakers? It's just a "low-level equalizer, right?" The reason I ask...sometimes I swap in the occasional other speaker into my "main" system and it's a pain in the rear to take the Kube out of the system if I can just hook up the other speakers and leave the Kube in place.
I'll tell you the Kube sounds great with these Klipsch RF-35 speakers!
It's been awhile but I think I accidentally left the Kube in place with my Quad 57's, and the amp immediately went into protection! So, yeah, no Kube with electrostatics...but it seems to be fine with "conventional" speakers.
Just wanted to get a consensus here as to whether this is "okay"...not for long term, but for occasional use, a few hours here and there.
No worse than using an EQ and the same rules apply, keep the volume moderate, don't play with the tone controls or loudness to add even more bass and you should be fine. Since the 107 has the best natural bass response of any of the speakers of that series, the 107 Kube has the least bass boost and would be the least risky to use in this way. The 102 Kube had a pretty massive boost IIRC and things could get out of hand quickly if you turned up the volume and added any extra bass.
Glad your Quads survived, lovely speaker.
Makes sense, in my retail days the Klipsch had great dynamics and bass impact but not a lot of particularly low bass so the Kube might be a good match in moderation.
What amp are you using?
And yes, I would keep the Kube away from the Stax!
Again, I guess the Stax will be OK with the Kube if volume is kept moderate but turn it up and you might get some nasty sounds from the diaphragms bottoming out. Not really dangerous, just unpleasant.
Which model Stax do you have?
BTW, I was very impressed with the increase in sound quality going from the XDA-2 to the DC-1. More natural, more realistic to put it briefly. The Quads would show that easily.