Zu Soul Superfly


I just ordered a pair of the new Zu speakers on a whim. I was going to wait for information, but the fact that they threw in the free superfly upgrades to the first 30 people got me.

From a similar thread it sounds like some of you guys have heard the speaker despite information only being released today. I'm wondering what you can share about it?

Also, I am really hoping it works with a Firstwatt F1 amplifier. Can anyone comment as to that? I know the Druid's and Essences worked OK.
gopher
>>Superfly is the best transducer of guitar I have ever heard<<

Among hifi speakers, without a doubt. I'm a 42 year guitar player. Even in Druid 6 years ago, it was guitar reproduction that first made me pay attention to what Zu was up to.

Now, for a treat, rig a guitar cable to connect the output of a tube guitar amp to your Superfly. Mask the super tweet with thick cardboard or something & listen to that FRD as primary guitar speaker...

Phil
Ha, Phil are you sayin' my 50 year old D'Angelico never sounded so good as being played back through a pair of Zu's? Oh my, think of the money I could save combining guitar needs with audio needs. Only on AG!
I wonder it we could get them to make custom guitar amps in those awesome finishes!!!
Coltrane,

(I can't help but think of "The Royal Tennenbaums" starting with that salutation...) First, a half-century D'Angelico will sound fab through a plastic computer speaker, but that wouldn't nearly do it justice! You're a fortunate dude. But yes. Try it with one speaker before a pair, and via a tube guitar amp. The combination of speed and tone density from the Zu FRD beats a 12" guitar speaker except for someone wanting cone breakup -- the Zu driver is too hard to drive into that condition. My Archtops, solid bodies, 335s and all my amps gain tone through the Zu FRD, and if you leave the super tweeter unmasked on a Druid or Superfly, it makes a great speaker for an acoustic guitar amp.

I keep my living room hifi relatively uncluttered, but my secondary Druids system has both hifi SET monoblocks and a couple of tube guitar amps in close proximity at all times.

Phil
Phil you're crackin' me up! I can see the marketing genius of it all now. Hey you guitar player's, if you really want to give that Les Paul a modern twist, hookup that 50 year old Fender Deluxe Reverb to a pair of Zu Superfly's. OMG, where is Curtis Mayfield when we need him?! :)