213cobra
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| MAC Autoformers? I don't own McIntosh, but for the last 10-15 years, their amplifiers have been excellent and increasingly desirable sonically. I am a SET tube amp listener, yet ironically I am most likely to become a McIntosh owner when I can find the money and s... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>You need 40-50W minimum.<<I recently had another experience that undermines any notion of a hard-and-fast rule about minimum power requirements for Zu speakers. Again, for the record, while I understand the enthusiasm some people, in... | |
| audio physic virgo and valves The thing to remember is the Virgo is designed for very wide spacing, and to sit well into the room, away from boundaries. Many people who loved the speaker just couldn't make practical use of it for this reason. But if you can accommodate the set... | |
| audio physic virgo and valves Probably the best, most musically realistic sound I heard in the entire decade of the 90s was a system with Virgo speakers powered by a simple VAC Avatar integrated amp -- 30/30w of EL34 push-pull tube beauty. Of course the power sufficiency depen... | |
| Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers Right, I don't yet own Soul. I'll just point out that I will replace my Druids with Soul Superfly when Zu has time to make me a custom-finish pair. Superfly is comprehensively better than Druid unless you happen to prefer the euphonic characterist... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>My 10wpc Firstwatt F1 sounds better to my ears than my Dynaco ST-70 (Zu recommended)<<It's not surprising you'd prefer the F1 over the Stereo 70. A stock ST70 is certainly pleasant but in modern teems also quite flavored, however eup... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>One of the things I haven't seen here is how people might define the Superfly in relation to the Presence.<<I've had a pair of Presence in my own system for more than a day during a Zu Los Angeles tour. Presence was not a "Griewe" mo... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>However, at 10WPC Soul is underpowered.<<Ten watts per channel would be too few for me but I think as a blanket statement this isn't a valid claim. I'm pretty sure Bill is extrapolating frm his experience with Druid & Essence rat... | |
| Amp for Sonus Faber Cremona - old model The Cremona can punch way above it's class if powered correctly. Forget about it's 90db/w/m efficiency rating. It needs big, smooth, creamy power.By far the best I've ever heard Cremonas was powered by a pair og McIntosh MC1201 mono blocks, 1200w ... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >> I must say that I loved the perceived euphony of the Druid. Are you saying that I might feel it has gone or just lessened slightly?<<I'll try to separate characteristics here. Druid has known midrange response anomalies that give it... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>I do not feel Druid is "beamy" in negative auditory sense<<Like the beamy nature of the original Quad ESL, Druid's directionality is boon to some, bane to others. Every beamy speaker ends up controversial at least in part for that pr... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>"just plop them down" <<That wasn't advice, it was merely a statement of what the non-audiophile music listener can do and still be happy.I was talking about sound, not gear. Any gear suggestions are strictly for purposes of reaching... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>You say one thing, then you say opposite thing. This zig and zag you do, it is like talking to serpent.<<I think you must simply not be reading carefully what I write. Maybe your busy or just don't want to; I can't say. But in nearly... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>Phil does not believe that room impacts sound, especially in bass.<<Uh...I haven't written or said this, ever. I said some people may not care enough to do anything about it, yet still find $2000 - $3000 speakers worthwhile.>>h... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly >>Insensitive as in "not as critical" or insensitive as in irrelevant?<<Meaning not critical, verging on not relevant. Large differences can have some effect but the design doesn't intend requirement for futzing with floor gap height. ... |