Thinking about buying Zu Definitions, need advice

Just spent all day Saturday at a Zu House Party in Atlanta. They are scheduling events like this, taking the demo to the customers at several places aroung the country who do not have a nearby dealer and who were unable to fly out to RMAF. Check the Zu site and e-mail them to see if a House Party is coming to your town, or nearby enough. They demo'ed Def 2's, Essence, and their new prototype which is targeted for under $2k. The Def 2's are impressive monsters, but honestly, they had the Essence set up in a large HT room with no sub and it was great - no sub required. Not just because it can hit LFs, but it is in no way lacking in body or depth for mids and LFs. Unless your space is gigantic, the Essence, IF properly set up (very important) will likely be all you need. I played jazz, rock, organ, cello music - all excellent tone, body and clarity. They were being driven with Cary 2A3 monos. Amazing sound and SPLs with those low power amps.

And as a TREAT, Mark Selby and Tia Sillers performed for us live. REALLY AWESOME!! Very talented and very nice people. Not sure if all House Parties will have such great talents like these two perform, but even still it is worth making one to hear the speakers PROPERLY set up.

Even a used pair of Druids would be plenty for a room your size.

Yah, but I ultimately don't want to end up with the druids. I have the gallos now and I feel like sound wise those are in the same range (though I know they probably sound totally different from each other). I really would only do this if it would be a significant upgrade. But yes the room is small so it may not jive with the definitions.

Any other input?

Presence probably would work better than Definition. it was designed for smaller rooms.

Zu is a speaker that frankly you need to demo before purchasing. I would call Zu and see if someone in your area has a pair and you can get a demo. Then you can order a pair and after 60 days figure out if its for you or not.

Buying used is nice, but it's nicer to get something that really works in your room instead of going through years of hit and miss and ultimately spending more on several used speakers. Perhaps you should bite the bullet and go for a home demo from ZU?