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| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Gopher,Druid is a form factor iconic for Zu and you could view it as Zu's most "architectural market" product. Until we hear both Soul Supreme and Druid V, we won't know the relative results but I expect Druid V to have more sophisticated cabinet ... | |
| Best suitable 845 Tubes for NAF 845 SE The most reliable current production 845 tube is the Shuguang 845B. It sounds good, it handles the highest B+ voltage circuits and lasts. I have a seven years old pair in my Audion Black Shadow monoblocks and they still test well. You may find som... | |
| denon dl 103 w/ origin live silver mk II: help I am going to assume here you are referring to the standard, current DL103. The Origin Live tonearm's effective mass is marginal for a standard Denon DL103. It's a medium mass tonearm with 12g effective mass. The stock DL103 will perform more comp... | |
| Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device? >>The better the system the more the Qol will impress.<<I don't agree with this. My experience listening to QOL on a few systems is the opposite. The perceived gains of having a QOL in the system tend to be more favorable on less resol... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? There is further bracing of the Def2 cabinet internally to make it a Def3, and some added quieting of the structure. But Def3 does not get the immense stiffening of the front baffle resulting from the inclusion of the compression-mounted Radian 85... | |
| Upgrade Druid IV to new Superfly 1.B driver? Because of the pending Druid V, you're likely to get an upgrade option for existing Druids more comprehensive than just replacing the FRD with HO or nano. Other than the extensive hacks (that's not a perjorative term) undertaken by Hew and Naggots... | |
| Upgrade Druid IV to new Superfly 1.B driver? I made similar queries about earlier drivers. Sean Casey has so far discouraged updating Druid 4-08 with any of the newer Zu FRDs, beginning with the 2010 HO driver. One problem is that Druid to-date did not have a full Griewe implementation. The ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? I unequivocally recommend Zu's B3 cable geometry continuity via the Speakon connector. Zu had abandoned this for several years in favor of the Cardas multi-way binding post. But because my Druids are early models continually upgraded, they were bu... | |
| How would you rate Luxman Turntable PD121 or PD272 For the vintage Luxman direct drive turntables with an integrated tonearm, the PD121 outperforms and is preferable to the PD272. Now, regarding the PD441/444/555:The PD444 is a monster but it's not "magnetic direct drive" unless you simply conside... | |
| Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device? Peterayer,I heard QOL in two systems, one of which I wasn't familiar with much of the gear. The bulk of my time with it was in a meticulously built system in a Rives-designed room, and I was highly familiar with the gear. This was a six figures sy... | |
| Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device? I've read both new reviews and after having been able to listen to a QOL for a few hours, I don't agree.I found QOL effects seductive but not more realistic. Spatially, it does perceptually enlarge the sonic stage but more by pulling apart the cen... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Spirit,The ASR sounds neither notably "fast" nor "slow" so I don't think speed in a hifi sense is a notable trait for that amp. I'll say it's "fast enough." Given where you are starting (Hovland/Hovland) the ASR will probably strike you as the lea... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? >>>The major problem I had with the Omen Defs was the high frequencies which I thought was related to the tweeter. However with the same tweeter in the Def iii's, this problem is completely gone and everything sounds better. I think it mu... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Gopher,As I wrote in a much earlier post, compared to Def1.5, Def2 had a little less snap, in exchange for which it delivered a more relaxed presentation than the excitable MDF cabinet in the v1 speaker. First the HO drivers from 2010 and now the ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? >>...twice the footprint, 25% taller, and 250% the volume of the Def 4s. Not insignificant for real-world applications.<<When Zu says Definition offers the maximum loudspeaker performance available in about 1 square-foot of floor space... |