Shameless Poll: Pearl vs Ohm vs Zu

Anyone in the area and interested in hearing F5s I’d be glad to talk about providing a listen. Same for super Walsh 2 (smaller driver, no level adjustments).

I also run Sonus Faber, KEF meta, Vanatoo, and Boston Acoustics live for compare. 

Glad to hear the Ohm tradition of going the extra mile for customers has survived.  👍

Well in general, consider this:

1) My Avatar and I own 3 pair of Ohm speakers

2) Zu has never won me over though whatever model was being demoed at CAF last year was the best Zu I have heard.

3) don’t think I ever heard Pearl

Regardless, three very different designs with very different dispersion patterns I would assume, so that would matter depending on specific application and preferences.

When in doubt, hard to go wrong with Ohm. Just be prepared for something completely different and no flea powered SET amps need apply. For a tube amp, I like the Rogue Cronus Magnum recommendation for a tube amp. Otherwise go Class D all the way. Recommend newer GaN amps in particular. Class D audio makes a very affordable one I use with my big Ohms these days that checks all the boxes. I’ve also used Hypex and IcePower. Each will sound much different. YMMV. Ohms are very transparent to what is upstream.

Also Ohm and Zu US made if that matters.