213cobra
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| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Anyhow, I shall drop you a line soon. We'll need to have lunch or something.<<Hugh,Just ping me when you have time. Being 70 miles apart should be easy but we have the entire breadth of the LA metro between us, complicating rendezvou... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>...speakers are well away from the rest of our gear (mine, some 22'), that aftermarket footers will be of no advantage over the stock feet?<<When speakers are well away from any proximity to the sound sources and amplification, wheth... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Could I request you to comment on the Zu Libtec speaker cable versus the Zu Event (if you have personal experience)?<<Libtec is more like Mission in the current line. It is to Ibis what Mission is to Event, and Event is a bit more fo... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Have either of you heard the Melody SET-PSET 845 amps<<I have heard the Black series Melody 845 amps, but not on Zu. I heard them on speakers I had some familiarity with and they are consistent with the Melody traits I hear in my Pur... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >> there is growing discussion on improving support to the Def4s and DruidVs by replacing the stock spikes.<<Coupling/decoupling, mechanical grounding or isolation are highly situationally dependent. Nearly every hifi component's sound... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>...is Phil saying that any Cap is great?<<The Radian 850 puts every cap in its best light. The former stock cap, Mundorf Silver-in-Oil sounds fine in isolation and that's the bottom rung insofar as Druids and Defs in 2012 mostly had ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>What are you thoughts on the merits of Druid V with a pair of Submissions vs. Def4's?<<The choice here will be made in a variation of the trade-off between Druid V and Def4. Running stereo Submission subs will give a more massive sub... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>...comparison of the Essence, which I have had for 3 months, and the Druid Mk V...<<I have had Essence in my Druids system. The Druid V will be a huge upgrade, but essential differences are easy to outline. As anyone who read my prio... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Keithr's A23 speaker cables sound very fine. Great balance of smooth, toneful & resolution. If you're not for some reason going to use Zu speaker cable, A23 is a great alternative which also in today's non-rational cable market is affordable. ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Phil,any revised thoughts on the SIT-1 amplifiers with further listening?<<No; SIT-1 is a dead end. Great tonality, body & speed for solid state. Closer to realism than anything else silicon I've ever heard. But while bass charac... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Charles1dad,Re: Srajan and the speakers divide -- exactly. It's not perjorative to point out what the crossover-intensive/multi-drivers speakers cannot do that Druid V does, but it is a clear choice and the migration path tends to be from the main... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Most vitally, a slight stridency in upper frequencies is replaced by a mild hint of smoothness which really allows extra levels of info to be revealed. This is not at all at the expense of excitement or involvement, it's an even more addic... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Curious, (not a factor anymore)but can a layman install the Caps (Def4) we're talking about?<<Yes, but it's a PITA. You have to lay the speakers down; drivers have to be removed; you have some three-hands maneuvering. Better to just ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>I'm sorry but that color commentary isn't ideal to promote a particular sound one fancies while, by direct implication, calling anyone who disagrees deaf, moronic, misguided etc. That's the real balderdash -:)<<Don't read too much in... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>I'm curious how a Berning ZH230 amp would sound with the DruidV?<<The Berning should sound fast, transparent and controlled on Druid V. I beleive the ZH230-12 Class A monoblocks will sound even better, and more sublime. That amp main... |