Anyone receive their Zu Druid VIs yet?


Things seem to have gone a little dark on these speakers, or am I imagining that?  I ordered mine in September and didn't receive them yet.  Was curious if anyone has received theirs yet?

Haven't seen any new online traffic regarding the speakers either, which makes me wonder if any are really out yet?

If so, are they as expected?

Emailed Zu but didn't hear back on the status.
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Wow, I was just wondering why nobody had posted on the Zu Roundup thread regarding Druid VI.  Looking forward to reading some owner impressions.
Srajan updated the 6moons review this week.  Looks like Sean made some final tweaks to the VI, resulting in the delays.  
Nice... keep the updates coming.  Right now you are carrying the torch on this forum for Druid VI owner impressions!  

I've been tempted to get Druids.  I love my DefHeads (top half of Def IV's) to death, and I also enjoy cranking my Omen DW's.  I just sold my Superflys as they were spending too much time on the sidelines.  I really enjoyed my Superflys, but they are a bit more fussy than the Omens or the DefHeads.  

I've always been curious about Zu's matte finishes.  Having gloss finish on my Superflys always made me nervous... too easy to get marked up.  My parents would come visit and set something on top of them and it would drive me crazy.  Walnut and hickory finishes make me breathe much easier.  My hickory Omens almost look indestructible.  With that said if I were to get Druids I'd probably get V's mostly due to budget but also because I don't think Zu offers wood finishes for the VI.  
Zu does not use off-the-shelf Eminence drivers, they are built to Zu's spec and then Zu does additional assembly.  Lots of speaker companies do this.  DeVore has SEAS drivers built to spec.  To me it's like the choice of a chip in a DAC, it becomes just one of many factors when listening to the end result.

Looks like Srajan has finished his Druid VI review.  When I fire up my Srajan translator he seems to be saying Druid VI is more of a hifi speaker that will appeal to more types of audiophiles such as the chamber music crowd, basically a more resolving version of the V. 

He mentions more speed and attack, which I think Parsons is also alluding to with the increased decay and blacker backgrounds.  This seems astounding, as I considered Superfly to be a lightning-quick speaker to begin with.  I need to hear a pair of Druids.  Any Druids, LOL

Zu is running a good sale on Druid V right now.  So tempting.  I've got both pairs of my Zus nicely dialed in right now, so I'm hesitant to mess with it, but I've lusted for a pair of Druids for a long time and that's a good deal...