Considering Zu Dirty Weekend over my current B&w 702s2

I’ve been wanting to try a Zu speaker for awhile, so when they came out with the DW6, my ears perked up and I recently bought a pair. I’ve owned and loved 3 pairs of more expensive Devore speakers for the last 10 years, so that’s where I’m coming from. First, be warned, the DW6 takes awhile (probably 150 hours) to get to where you can hear what they are capable of. If you are not patient and go by initial impressions, you will think you’ve been duped. Once broken in, they pretty much play like Steve Guttenberg describes in his YouTube video. I’d describe them as intense with an immediate, visceral connection to the performers and songs. My wife rarely comments on the system or makes requests, but after we listened to some classical music radio for awhile one afternoon, she said she noticed they were really starting to break in and sound good, and asked me to play some Steely Dan. I put on "Countdown to Ecstasy" streaming on Tidal (through our Naim Unity Atom) and she couldn’t stop raving about everything she was hearing. And we weren’t discussing the "highs" and the "bass" but the great lyrics, interplay of the musicians, and just digging the songs. Right now the DW6s are in our large living area so they can break in on the Naim Atom, replacing a pair of Sonus Faber Lumina 3s, which we both really like. But the Zu speakers are more full-bodied, direct and intense and I’m afraid I’ll never be able to get them back into my dedicated listening room to compare with the Devores. They are that good.

webking185 Have you compared B&W speakers with Zu? If not, how do you know which would have "better sound," or "better tone and mid-range." Who are the "lot of people" who say Zu speakers are bright and fatiguing? I own a pair (I believe the least expensive one they make) and they sound nothing like a guitar amp speaker. Like you say, the only way to know for sure is to own a pair, and they have a try-it and return policy. As far as having a 200-watt amp, there is really no hard rule about what type of amp would mate well with a given speaker.