
A port lets the bass trail behind the signal. The Kube 8 MIE does without one: the driver works in a sealed cabinet, and the trapped air acts as a spring that pulls it back into position the moment the signal stops. Extension stops at 34 Hz at −6 dB, a little higher than a bass-reflex model of the same size, but every bass note begins and ends when the score says so.
The 200 mm (8 inch) cone moves air that the woofer of a floorstanding speaker never will. Behind it, a 300 W RMS Class D amplifier keeps the cone under control up to 105 dB of maximum output. That reserve counts less for volume than for what happens below it: at normal listening levels the amplifier is never straining.
A subwoofer in a corner booms, a subwoofer halfway along a wall fades away. The MIE processor of the Kube 8 MIE corrects what the room adds: five placement profiles, a low-pass filter adjustable from 40 to 140 Hz and an LFE mode are set from the rear panel. The adjustment is made by ear, from the sofa, in a few minutes.
Two RCA phono inputs and a speaker-level input cover the integrated amplifier as well as the home cinema processor. An expansion connector takes the KW1 wireless kit, sold separately, when running a cable to the subwoofer is out of the question. The cabinet measures 293 × 293 × 310 mm for 9.4 kg — small enough to slide under a desk or against a low unit.
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