213cobra
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| Are Zu Druids really good HE speakers? Druids are competitive with a wide range of speakers in a very broad price range above and below their $2800 list. If you value very high tonal fidelity, holistic sonic representation, focus, intimacy, domestically-usable frequency range, phase co... | |
| Myth: low-power high-efficiency There's really no problem listening to rock or full-orchestra classical music on SETs if you have enough speaker efficiency and the impedance is reasonably consistent. A good SET amp using an 845 output tube on a 100+db/w/m speaker will rock as we... | |
| Preamp recommendations for a Butler TBD2250? The Butler 2250 is rated at 250/250 watts output into 8 ohms, but the input sensitiviy on Butler's web site also is listed at 2V in yielding only 150 watts/channel out into 8 ohms. This is a relatively low voltage gain power amp and will require m... | |
| Myth: low-power high-efficiency I've been through this kind of transition in the past couple of years, slowly making a transition to high-efficiency speakers + SET amplification which was fully completed in 2005. I began a few years ago by buying KT88 and 300B single-ended amps ... | |
| Luxman PD-121 Your turntable is capable of very fine performance. The Luxman direct drives from that era are some of the best sounding direct drives made by anyone, which is not the case for some of the later models. The tonearm you have is not stock. It would ... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 At RMAF I think I would not have liked Definitions either. The reason being that the room was too small to allow enough distance between the speaker and the listener. If you're too close to Definitions, your perception of tonal balance will be tor... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 Well, Jack, in fact crossovers have always been blatantly in evidence and intrusive to me, so I have no reason to expect that I won't hear it in the DB99. What's changed is that the ABSENCE of a crossover in the middle in Zu's speakers has made my... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 Uh...Tireguy...If you read my text about the DB99, you'll see an IF, as in "If this is true, it would likely be the primary weakness compared to the Definitions." The "if" refers to whether the DB99 is a true 3-way with a passive crossover in the ... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 Thank you MJ, and you're welcome too. As is the case with many good ideas that come from small companies, lack of awareness limits the rate at which Zu finds its rightful place in the market. The company is small, and clearly has very limited fund... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 I haven't heard the VS DB99s. And specs seem sketchy. I own Zu Druids and Zu Definitions in two different systems, placed in two different rooms, but I have directly compared both Druids and Definitions in the same rooms, using each system and mov... | |
| quandary: inefficient speakers, low-power amp Based on your room and alternate amp experiences, borrow if you have to and try an active preamp. Get some voltage gain going into your power amp, then tell us what you notice. I think the sources are not driving the input section of the Anthem po... | |
| quandary: inefficient speakers, low-power amp There are many things to consider here. First, don't worry -- you're not straining anything other than possibly your voice coils if in fact you were clipping your amp. I don't think that's the case. More likely, your passive controller is the firs... | |
| Sub-woofer for Cremona Auditor The Auditor is very fast. Most subwoofers, even an REL, will sound slow and disintegrated by comparison. The Zu Method is efficient, way deep and fast enough to mate with an electrostatic. Zucable.com. That would be my choice.Phil | |
| Ultimate Amplifier for the next 20 Years Nothing on the original post list is a 20 year amp. And the $5,000 budget is a serious constraint. I can imagine a pair of Audiopax 88 monoblocks being satisfying for 20 years, but they are $15,000/pair.However, there is one choice at $5,000 -- a ... | |
| Avantgarde..... Still a contender??? Actually, the lack of driver integration is part and parcel of the AG Duos and the rest of the line. It's just that not everyone is equally sensitive to this phenomenon. Fine tuned to the nth degree, with perfectly matched associated gear, the cha... |