miklorsmith
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| Best Bass Amp Strategy for Zu Def Pro While the rear arrays of the Pro's seems easy, with their high efficiency, my experience has been anything but.First, I had a Bel Canto e.one 300, which should have plenty of output. It didn't. Sean at Zu told me to try a conventional Class A/B am... | |
| Question about ZU speakers I understand Zu has always had trouble with their setups at shows. I assure you this has no bearing on how they sound at my house. Multi-hour sessions are common, with no fatigue. | |
| Question about ZU speakers I'm using my Pro's with a Yamamoto A-08s 45 SET amp currently. I have ordered Red Wine Audio Signature 70 monos also which will be here the week after next. I'm using an old Hafler 220 for the subs, to great effect.The "brain" of my rig is a TacT ... | |
| TacT, Altmann DAC not connecting The TacT has been sent back to TacT. We'll see . . . | |
| Most Impact on Sound Stage/Imaging? Machina Dynamica? Please disregard - no further mention. | |
| TacT, Altmann DAC not connecting Update - I tried an Ack! 2.0 in the system yesterday. It had the same noise issues. I used to own one and it was quiet, I think it must have been before I upgraded from the 2.2X to XP. | |
| TacT, Altmann DAC not connecting Upon further review, the Squeezebox is not nearly as noisy as the TacT. | |
| Zu Definition 1.5 vs Merlin VSM-MXe As an owner of Def. Pro's, I completely disagree with the classical music "limitation".Between two such different speakers, I certainly would make any and all efforts, including traveling, to hear both before buying. Give the Def's some time, as s... | |
| Recommend Speakers For Yamamoto Some high efficiency speakers tend to be tipped up in the presence region from 1k - 4k. I built a pair of bass reflex boxes using Fostex 206E's that exhibit this characteristic. They are great speakers with intimate fare but get boring (into your ... | |
| Recommend Speakers For Yamamoto I'm using the Zu Definitions with my A-08s. Their Tone model is a standmount that retails for a little less than $2k and offers high-90 sensitivity.Good luck! | |
| Dali, Amphion, Zu And, don't be afraid to put big juice through them. Those drivers are stiffies and will never break in unless you play them at uncomfortable levels. Translation - do the heavy lifting when you're not home.Having owned Druids and Def's, I speak fro... | |
| WILSON AUDIO/ cost vs. value I recently heard Wilson Alexandrias, Dali Helicons, and DeVore Gibbon Super 8's. All were set up at dealers with electronics befitting their pedigree. I liked the DeVores best, then the Dalis. I expected amazing things from the Wilsons, a reorient... | |
| About the new Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 8 To be fair, my system has been built with my ears and priorities. Since the veracity of my statement is in question, I'll posit a few specifics:The tweeters sounded like the drum kit was 10 feet over my head. The midrange obviously emanated from a... | |
| About the new Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 8 I've heard the Alexandrias in a dealer's room with $60k worth of electronics. I was with a friend. We both agreed my Definition Pro setup smoked them.I didn't expect this. The room had over $200k worth of equipment playing and I expected to be blo... | |
| Soliloquy 6.2i vs VS vr4jr , Zu Druid & Usher 6371 With bigger amps, the Druids are unusually dynamic, IME. |