Krell amp with Zu Essence speaker

Thanks for all your input. Within a year I plan on buying Revel Ultima2 speakers and think the Krells that I already have will work well with them. I bought the Zu's on a whim because they seemed unique. I currently have Paradigm S8 speakers that I use with the Krells. I heard Emotiva has new small 200 watt monoblocks for $329 each that might go well with the Zu's.

I have not listened to the Essence yet. I am new to this hobby. I have never even heard a tube amplifier. I would like your opinion when you get your Zu's.

I did get the Zu Essence speakers few weeks ago. I got the desert dune with black accents. The color is the only bad thing about the my Zu's. The brown and black looks very institutional. I am running them with my Krells. The sound definitely is forward with an airy and open mid-range. I love the highs. I am interested in hearing them with tube amps. I can't imagine the sound getting much better with tubes. I also have a pair of revel F12s that can't match the Zu's mid-range open airy sound. The Zu's ribbon tweeter is a step above the Revels tweeter. The Revel does have just a tad more low end solidity than the Zu's. I am very happy with my Zu's. I do still worry that somehow I might be damaging the speakers with my big Krells. For fun I will be hooking up a Rel subwoofer this week to work with the Zu's. I usually use the sub with the Revel F12's only.

Afc,

What color did you get? I should have spent the extra $800 on an upgraded color.