Zu Soul Superfly

I've forgotten if anyone had mentioned seeing the superfly in something other than the Cosmic Carbon? Any insight into the upcharge for that?

Just spoke with Gerrit, who indicated that Cosmic Latte was a $100 upcharge. There is a picture of the Tone in that color on the website. He didn't mention other colors or charges, and I didn't ask (Cosmic Carbon is fine with me).

My Firstwatt came back today with the F1J mods! Aside from the prescribed updates, I had two power supply caps replaced which appeared to be worn.

Honestly--my first impressions are not particularly good with this pairing. Lower noise flood, much better top to bottom extension, and superior resolution than the Dynaco, but initially at least, it does not sound musical--kinda sterile and disjointed.

I'll let this sucker burn in/warm up more before commenting further, but I hope time brings out the goods.

Regarding First Watt F1, IMO 10WPC is insufficient for any Zu speaker.

YMMV

Dealer disclaimer

Very well could be playing a part BUT I recall liking the F1 a bit more before the Semisouth R100s were installed. I'll give it some time for everything to break in as new PSU CAps were installed.

That said, Zu has officially updated the Superfly page to emphasize the recommendation of tube over solid state for the Soul.

Did anyone happen to save the list of amps with the short description that was originally listed on the Soul Superfly page as being the amps used to voice the speaker?

It seems to have been lost in the shuffle when they updated the Soul page.