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Zu Soul Superfly

I just ordered a pair of the new Zu speakers on a whim. I was going to wait for information, but the fact that they threw in the free superfly upgrades to the first 30 people got me.

From a similar thread it sounds like some of you guys have heard the speaker despite information only being released today. I'm wondering what you can share about it?

Also, I am really hoping it works with a Firstwatt F1 amplifier. Can anyone comment as to that? I know the Druid's and Essences worked OK.
gopher
venicelake
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I'd like to know what finish you went with also. I am waiting on some pics from Sean of a brown finish that an early customer requested. He indicated to me that it was only a $100 dollar upgrade. That being said I did like the cosmic gray color on the first pic in natural light. Anybody else able to provide pics?
mahughes
171 posts
 
Hi folks.

Ever since I heard the Druids I Googled loads of images and really struggled with the piano black and silver trim. It was obviously just me but I found it looked a little old fashioned. Nothing wrong with that in many ways but it just didn't do anything for me.

I fell in love with the black trim and have decided to gp for maple with black. No idea how it will look but goodness knows there's enough speakers in maple with black trim and if it looks have as good as those then I will be very happy with that.

Let's face it. Zu speakers are finished magnificently so it should be impressive.

Must admit I can't take my eyes off David's pics. They're very sexy.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
Re. "I fell in love with the black trim and have decided to go for maple with black."

Mike,

Looking forward to seeing your photographs of the maple/black finish. Are you going with a matte or gloss maple finish?

Venicelake,

What type of brown finish?

- David.
themadmilkman
182 posts
 
What type of brown finish?

This brown finish (pardon the mess, I have 2 small children and rearranged the living room to better handle the speakers):

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6408/dsc0094p.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3524/dsc0093l.jpg
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6372/dsc0095cx.jpg

I wish I had better pictures of it. It's a very subtle color but looks great.

And yes, that's Sean Casey's Yamamoto amp on the side there. A very interesting piece of gear, to say the least.
gopher OP
499 posts
 
That brown doesn't look bad at all and I suspect my wife would have liked that better than the cosmic carbon.

I've got the same problem you appear to with a part of the sofa blocking a part of a speaker... I don't hear an obvious imbalance, but it drives me nuts knowing the interaction isn't ideal.

How does that Yamammoto drive your Souls? I've still gotta hear my Firstwatt with JFET update, but my limited experience tells me these speakers love tubes.
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