Zu Soul Superfly

Thanks Everyone.

I have B&W 683 system in my HT room, love the sounds for movies, TV and music. Seriously no complains, 683's rock, to me they sound exactly what a serious speaker in its price range should sound like. 2.1 music sounds great, however After a year with them i think i was left a little uninspired. I had never heard a Zu speaker before, but I really wanted something made me feel like I was at a show (I love live music) figured with 60 day trial why not.

The sound differences between the 683's and the Souls are completely different. Not sure what the real buzz words are, but they just have a personality to them, where as the 683's sound exactly how I imagine a HT speaker to sound the Soul's really excel in voice and guitars. Keep in mind they arent fully broken in, but i would say they sound forward and tight. Guitar solos sound so much better its kinda scary. Jeff Buckley's voice on Lover You Should have come over makes me feel as if hes playing a few feet away. Been listening to RHCP, Pearl Jam, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Eat World, Guess Who, CSNY. I think im going to have to look into a good DAC or different amp b/c im really loving the sound of older music on the Souls (sounds warmer), the newer music sounds a bit bright/digital/harsh. Keep in mind Im using a HK3490 receiver, with Trends USB dac running Apple Lossless. So a very low cost set up considering must people here are rocking $1k + amps. I just cant afford that right now.

Placement sucks, they are just in my loft, probably 5 feet apart with one wall against the right speaker. anyways, i can get one chair in the sweetspot and thats my happy place. I move into a house next month so ill get a chance to really set them up right and let them breath.

Ill take pics this weekend and submit them. THX!

LOL!

HK3490 will be step up from what I have now. I am serious, it's the amp I'm going to get.

The horn mounted supertweeter means Soul will probably still be pretty directional, so toe-in will make big difference to how soundstage resolves. You can do this in your space.

Druids with whizzer were even more directional, so once you were toed in and correct from wall etc. you were done. Since Soul has wider dispersion, I would consider placing small treatment in 1st order reflection on walls, but only if you fear attack is not as clear as it could be (time smeared)

Sweet spot is small with Zu's -- this is actually good thing. Big sweet spots do not exist IMO.

Anybody pair Zu's up with Naim? I have the Superfly on the way and have both a Supernait and Nait 1 at home to drive them.

ha, thats pretty funny, i figured people would laugh at me for using a $400 receiver with $2800 speakers.

Really want a peachtree nova, If anyone wants to send me one, please send me a note, ill even trade the 3490 ;-)

On the subject of imaging---I think it's a lot more a function of the room and placement, than speaker.

Since I had a Rives L1 solution installed in my room, imaging has been very good an every speaker to enter the room.