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Your last concert was to see who and when?
Saw Two Cellos with my wife and 13 y.o son. Highly over-rated IMHO. However, the hundreds of cello playing middle/high schoolers and most of the women in the crowd, seemed to really enjoy it. This included my wife and son....... 
Can i disconnect the cavity bass driver from Kef 104/2?
As already suggested, put a plug in the port. If you want to try the quick and easy test, just double up a pair of socks into a ball and stuff it in the port. Be careful not to push the plug all the way into the port and have it fall inside of the... 
REFERENCE 3A De Capo BE
Jim,I never felt the need for a subwoofer in my room with the DeCapos. Admittedly, I'm not a bass head, but the Decapos had plenty of bottom end for my taste. 
Help Me Choose (new) Bookshelf Speakers, and Integrated Amplifier for $1300 and under!
Rega and Rega....... 
REFERENCE 3A De Capo BE
@jimspov - Sounds like a perfect fit. Enjoy..... 
REFERENCE 3A De Capo BE
@bigshutterbug - Good point about the ease of driving this speaker with just about an amp. I used them in a moderately sized room using 2A3 tube amp (3.5 w/ch), 300b tube amp (8 w/ch), 35 w/ch solid state and 150 w/ch solid state. All of them drov... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Procol Harum - "a Salty Dog" 
REFERENCE 3A De Capo BE
Jim,I'm not sure about the current BE iteration of this speaker, but the previous version had just a single capacitor used as a high pass filter for the tweeter (I think this is still the case). The mid-woofer runs full range, connected directly t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw - As a matter-o-fact, I do have Glen Hansard - "It was a Triumph We Once Proposed" songs of Jason Molina. 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Steve Earle - "Jerusalem" 
What are you listening to right now?
Steve Earle - "Jerusalem" 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
+1 @slaw for Glen Hansard "Drive All Night". Really great stuff...... 
Adding a turntable to my system
@thirsty93 - Excellent! Let us know what you think once you've had a chance to set it up and take a listen. If it's new, the cartridge might need a bit of break-in. I think my Ortofon 2M Red took about 10-20 hours playing time to open up. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Who - "Live at Leeds" 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
David Gray - "White Ladder"