Zu Soul Superfly

Nah, surely the anticipation is always the best bit until they really settle down! Or was it Tom Petty who said that the waiting is the hardest part.

Must admit you've reminded me that longer term I may experiment with taking the Naim power supplies out of the loop. My recall is that the Druids upstairs at Audio Counsel were incredible, utterly compelling, on a bare cdx2, 202, 200, which is my system minus power supplies. Weren't the Presence on the end of the sake thing? Thus my calculations re: Headline, Hi-Cap, XPS2 and indeed possibly bodily organs!

I wonder if anyone here can explain this phenomenon of the improvement you get when you remove Naim power supplies?

Mike

I gave the Virtue Audio TWO.2 4 days straight to burn in with my speakers while I was away from home and things have improved greatly. Class D amplification may be a very legitimate option for these speakers.

Its a trade off of strong points between the two amplifiers.

The presentation of the Virtue is musical warm and relaxed with the Zus while the F1 is more neutral and aggressive leading to a more raw presentation.

The Virtue seems to throw a larger soundstage than the Firstwatt and may be a little more delicate and neuanced while the Firstwatt kicks the Virtues' tush in the bass impact department although the Virtue is still nice and extended in the low end.

I should mention this Virtue TWO.2 is using batteries rather than AC.

I'm getting the feeling that it will be difficult to make these speakers sound bad.

Well, I for one have broken down and ordered these without a preview session. After reading some of the posts here, I can hardly wait until "mid to late August" to receive them. It is promising when I hear comments about how versatile they seem to be.

I took delivery of Superfly #'s 21 and 22 (11th pair, presumably) on June 29 and am still putting some break-in time on them. They have replaced a pair of B-rated (Stereophile) speakers that I still like very much, but not nearly as much now as I used to. I have listened to them with both SS and lower powered tube amps (the latter is typically sweeter, though for me not necessarily better). The only music source tried so far is digital (Apple TV) running through a Theta DAC. All I can say is that for $1,800 (plus $109 shipping), the Soul Superfly's are the best audio money I have ever spent. I had not previously listened to Zu speakers, and ordered the Superfly's based upon comments/reviews of other Zu speakers. Construction and finish are excellent, and the overall listening impression is (for me in my room) much bigger than their size would suggest, and they go much lower than I had imagined they could. Detail in the highs is very good, not great, but where they REALLY shine for me is in the mids. Voices and single instruments are particularly clean. If there is something else out there that is even close at this price, I'd be very surprised.

So the questions are surely:

Would you feel the sane if you'd paid $2,600?

How big is your room?

How is it furnished?

What do you think is missing from the top end and what would we have to pay to get that?

Sorry, for all these questions but I'm an impattirnt purchaser waiting for my own and I am craving detail and pics from others.

Actualt, how about some pics :)

Mike