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| Best Phono solid state under 2K? Lewm,I haven't heard the new MkII but observed the same things you cite. Having spent quite a lot of time with the 2.0 > 2.0SE comparison and listened to some of the company's amps, and knowing Jasmine's track record for making content improvem... | |
| Best Phono solid state under 2K? Easy: Jasmine LP2.0SE or Mark II. Less than half your max.Phil | |
| Experience with Transcriptor Turntables? I may have sold more Transcriptors turntables back in the '70s than any other single person in the US. The turntables weren't as quiet as their best competition nor today's better options. The main veering was good but not great from a noise stand... | |
| Desktop Speakers for 10 wpc 300B Integrated Zu Druid Credenza. You can find them around and Zu might still build a pair for you. JohnBlue JB4, able to make 10 watts go further than their efficiency spec suggests.Phil | |
| Zu Soul Superfly All other quality matters being equal, monoblocks are always worthwhile.The Zu single FRD speakers have tremendous application elasticity for pure music uses. It's efficient and easy-to-drive and get good sound from a plethora of modest amplificat... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly The Ampino's power will decline to 12-15w/ch into the Superfly's 16 ohms impedance, and perhaps to 15-18w/ch into Essence. But Essence is 4db less efficient than Superfly. On balance, aside from Superfly being the better-sounding, more tuneful spe... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>...Superfly in the RMAF room to especially in light of the comment they tweeted that it was less than refined and not especially detailed. This doesn't chime with much that's been posted here....<<I wasn't at RMAF and haven't heard O... | |
| SET amp recommendations for Zu Definition II's 845 SET amps excel with Definitions. Lots of choices driven by your budget. The 845 drives Definitions energetically, with bass definition appropriate to the speaker's deep response. There are significant differences as you climb the price ladder,... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... I'm listening to a matched quad of Shuguang Treasure KT66 in Quad II Jubilee monoblocks. Right out of the box they are bold, beautiful, dimensioned, toneful and quiet. The improvement ramp on burn-in is quite steep: they were a little creamy for t... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly Jack,Sean recently characterized Omen to me as "Druid 4-08 in a three foot package," further explaining that Omen will have the essential sound of the D4-08. I don't know how bass response in the new cabinet will compare with Druid 4-08s that are ... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly I'm confused by this pricing as well. Omen ends up being a dorm speaker for 6 weeks, after which the people it's aimed at will opt out, and the existing audience for Zu will opt for Soul or Superfly. They are moving quickly on reflating their busi... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly Superfly price is as it was. Zu has a code problem on the web site that they, for whatever reason, haven't been able to fix.The new speaker should be startling for the $1000 entry price, but it doesn't undermine Soul or Soul Superfly. They'll cont... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly Dave,I'm familiar with the Harbeths. The Quad II Classic monoblocks *may* meet your dynamic needs if you are satisfied with what you get from the 300B amp, but understand that the Harbeths' 6 ohms impedance isn't optimal for the Quad IIs, which pu... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>Is anyone here affiliated with the manufacturer in any way?<<CW,You must mean to ask about there being over 300 responses to the original poster in this thread, correct?I think everyone here is either a Zu customer or someone interes... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly Dave,The Quad II circuit combines a long measure of the holistic presentation and tonal purity of a fine SET amp, with some of the bottom end discipline of a push-pull amplifier, without the excesses of either. My Audion 300B PSET mono blocks are ... |