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| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? It's more important to preserved Zu's B3 all the way to the amp than it is to futz with alternate cables, for getting the most out of Def4. This is the thing that All Def2 owners as well as Zu owners who have owned only their speakers during the "... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? It's always helpful to have more of your volume control's range be useful and accessible than less, if all other things are equal. But would you be happy with a preamp you like less just to get more useful range from your preamp's volume control? ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? The Berning 30/30w ZOTL amp has a push-pull output topology, using two of the 33JV6 tubes per channel. They are not, as I understand the circuit, wired PSET. It nevertheless is a clear and highly resolving amp.Regarding the question of TVC: I head... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? The Hovland combination is excellent by any measure. As I've written before, despite the high efficiency, Zu speakers, especially Definitions, make good use of moderate to high power. The main issue to consider is that at 125w/ch, you are running ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? My Definition 4s are painted in a high-gloss 2011/12 Cadillac color, Opulent Blue Metallic, with the exposed aluminum parts natural. My Druids are gloss Ferrari red. My first Definition 1.5s were gloss Maserati Blue Nettuno (this became a standard... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Regarding the questions raised by Spiritofmusic:The downfiring sub driver has several advantages, in no particular order: In Def4, the driver is bolted to a 1.5" thick machined aluminum plinth, plus it's a cast-basket 12" driver. Mounting the sub ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? By getting short notes up sooner, there are many aspects of Def4 I haven't yet commented on. It's true that the sonic spray into the room is wider. For me, it was already excellent with Def1.5 compared to most floorstanding speakers, though less b... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Definition 1.5 was a livelier speaker than Def2, and its tonal center of gravity was shifted toward the upper midrange compared to Def2. The downside of Def1.5 was the MDF structure and the "cabinet talk" resulting from it at high SPLs. With Def2,... | |
| Proac E.B.S Extended Bass Studio 3 I once had ProAc EBS in my system in the late 80s. While something like an ARC D76A sounded beautiful, you're right that an amp of that nature didn't yield good bass discipline with EBS. However, the tweeter is ruthlessly revealing of solid state ... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Yes, Glory has it right. I've been too busy listening to my Def4s to take time to write about them. I bought about 50 more CDs and vinyl discs since they were delivered, and I'm plowing through my thousands of existing discs. It's cutting into my ... | |
| Best current 845 Tubes I have both 845 and 300B single-ended amps. My answer is, yes the best 845 can compete with 300B in the midrange. The quality of the driver tube might be more important in the 845 than in the 300B, in getting equal midrange. There will be greater ... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks The Bel Canto SET i40 was a great amp, as is pretty much everything Bel Canto has fielded in any type of electronics. It was the first modern 845 amp I heard and I nearly bought one, then decided to spend more to go further up the development path... | |
| Mach2Music mini and Amarra : Huge disappointment I've heard hard disk and SSD-based systems that sound fine, but system complexity was inappropriate for domestic conditions, especially for conveniently ripping a large CD collection. Also, the discrete componentization introduces inter-box variab... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks I'm in Los Angeles. -Phil | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks >>How does the 845 offerings from Cary and Antiquie sound Labs fit into the excellent amps mentioned above?<<While it is difficult to find an 845 SET amp that performs poorly, I don't put the Cary or ASL in the same category as what's ... |