Anyone have thoughts on the Peak Consult Zoltans?

Here we go again, Sirspeedy, please listen to a pair yourself, or have your friend listen to them.

They do need a fair bit of break-in time and really need a good amplifier.

As for worth, they certainly have the greatest quality parts to be worth what they sell for.

Sirspeedy, I am not sure what you heard, or where you heard it, as well if you knew the music and did you compare it directly to something else in the same system.

But a question does beg to be asked, why so many outstanding reviews and from all around the world, the speaker also measures better than most, all the fundamentals of things being right, and look at some of the latest reports from Stereophile, the audio federations guys, and several other online publications, along with many other individuals who like the Peaks a lot.

The Peaks use drivers from the same company that Verity and Sonus Faber uses and is built specifically for the Peaks, and is in the same price category as these speakers.

You need to spend sometime with the Peaks, with your music and you need to explain at the time of listening what you interpret, so that the presenter can explain his interpretation and what can be contributed to the room, the source or the amps.

So unless all these reviewers are nuts, you may have not heard the best of the Peaks or it may just be a lot different than what you are use to.

The expert reviewer is still the best source of what's happening, it may not be what you like but a lot of these good reviewers are also accomplished musicians and maybe this has something to do with it.

"Allan b,I have heard the smaller floorstanders,and was Not impressed"

I'm just a little confused by that statment maybe??

yep, it does :)

At the risk of invoking more of sirspeedy's wrath for obstinance, I have to pipe in here a touch.

The Ushers are indeed good, I don't think anyone can argue that fact, as a friend of Bruce Jacobs and having sold several Ushers to my own friends, I would be hard pressed to say otherwise but they are not the Peaks, no insult intended but raising cows don't make you the best cook, the Ushers lack something, to me anyway, there is a texture, a finesse, a artistic balance type presentation that the Peaks do, that the Ushers just don't, another thing I've found, is the Ushers are somewhat tough to drive, making what some would say are the better sounding amps, like SET's or OTL's unusable to a certain extent, with them.

So the Ushers may have gotten some things right but they lack the "sophisticated" texture, presentation and even the easy load of the Peaks and some other speakers as well.

Not to say I would not own a pair but I wouldn't try to fool myself into believing they were Peaks, Sonus Fabers, or Verity's.