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| Zu Druids upgraded Vs Essence Zanon: Soul gets *more* bass extension from the smaller cabinet than Druid, because of the Griewe model working inside a tapered cabinet. They've also eliminated, in a different way from Essence, the Druid's ultra-sensitivity to the floor-to-base ... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly A friend of mine received s/n 0001/0002 last week. I had a chance to listen to his speakers, which are Soul Superfly, extensively, with a few different amplifiers. The FirstWatt will be fine. That is to say, if you like the FirstWatt F1, you'll li... | |
| Zu Druids upgraded Vs Essence Regarding Soul: A friend of mine here in Los Angeles just took delivery of s/n 0001/0002 Soul speakers. His are Superfly. This speaker is better than a Druid Mk 4-08 in every way, for less cash. The FRD is below the supertweeter so that it would f... | |
| Zu Druid upgrade kit The 845 SET powering the Zu FRD in any configuration is synergistic; a perfect fit. One of my systems has Audion 845 Black Shadow monoblocks powering Zu Definition 2, and I sometimes switch the 300B PSET monoblocks I run into Druid Mk 4-08 with th... | |
| rega heavyweight for zu 103 Clearaudio Turboweight works.Phil | |
| CD and SACD player under $500 Pioneer Elite DV-58av universal player. They are disappearing but around new for $299 - $399. These are universal players with careful attention to the analog output section, and great DACs. On 2ch audio, this deck is richer and more musical than ... | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green Eric Clapton doesn't play blues. There are 50 or 100 blues guitarists better than Clapton -- at blues. Clapton plays blues the way rock guitarists think blues should sound but since he doesn't really feel it, he can't play it convincingly. Blues g... | |
| Blue ray player with good audio Pioneer BDP-09fd if you plan to use the analog audio ouputs. Sound is tonally richer with more body and transient slam than either version of the Oppo 83, though I can't comment on the Nuforce Edition of the Oppo. Visually, Blu-ray video and DVD u... | |
| Any Tom Waits Fans? Between the release of "Closing Time" and "Heart of Saturday Night" in the early '70s, I used to see Waits in bars and clubs on the east coast, no cover charge. I could all but stand right next to him. After "Saturday" was released, it cost $1 - $... | |
| mcintosh 501's treble extension; yes or no? Find a pair of MC1201s used or the newer MC1.2Kw. All these audiophile obsessions vanish when you step up to the 1kW threshold in that McIntosh quad-differential circuit. Below there, buy the amp in the Q-D range that fits your budget. The MC602 i... | |
| Best Amp for McIntosh sys.- MC252, MC402, or MC501 If affordable to you, you'll want to choose from the McIntosh amps that have the quad-differential circuit. In power amps, that's MC402 and up through the top of the line. Nothing wrong with the MC252, but it's not quad-differential and not quite ... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? >>Tzed: Welcome to the monkey house. Perhaps we can team up and ask Phil for tips on setting up our Southers.<<Happy to take questions. -Phil | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Audion Golden Dream 300B PSET monoblocks. And quite possibly my Audion Black Shadow 845 SET monoblocks as well. Little known both, but infused by exemplary musicality.I'll also add: McIntosh MC1201 monoblocks.Phil | |
| Has anyone heard the Denon 103-SA? I've been using Denon 103 variants continually since 1974. The SA has the essential qualities of the 103r, but with the usual advantages of a stiffer body. The advantages over the 103r aren't as great as, say, the ultra rebody and potting of the Z... | |
| Next upgrade? Put a set of Aurios media bearings under your VPI. Preferably four if you have leveling feet or cones on your VPI. This will cost you under $300, and will make a bigger sonic improvement than anything else sensible to be done with your existing ge... |