Zu Soul Superfly

Bwp,

The choice would be easier if Zu hadn't inverted the discounts. They gave $500 off the cheaper speaker and $300 off the more expensive one. doh!

Gopher,

I have already made my choice in the context of having heard Druid, Presence, Essence and Defs. Defs too expensive for me. Presence ditto and an odd look. Essence lovely but a bit too hi-fi (oh noo!) and with some cuppiness in the vocals. Druids - perfect in size and sound for my room and system (well maybe a bit tall). So, all that said, the Superfly suits me down to the ground in terms of being smaller yet better than the Druid from accounts so far.

What I'm not getting is, unless you are absolutely strapped for cash or unable to save, what would help you decide between Omen and Soul or indeed Superfly. My assumption is that the Omen will be slightly less dynamic and the driver switch will maybe impact on sound dispersion. The internal cabling may also tweak the "house sound" but none of these? to me, make Thr choice clear cut.

So, interesting to see how it's all going to pan out.

Incidentally, given that this is s thread about Superfly, I think it's about time we had a comprehensive update on how yours are doing. I've read plenty about amp changes but how do you currently feel bout the speakers?

Mike

From my talks with Sean, the Omen uses the Druid frd with new phase plug, the Soul the new frd with More attack and faster transients ESP in kick drum areas of bass/mid.

The Soul/Omen could be upgraded to almost superply status for $250 yourself if you don't mind diy. 2x Mundorf sio caps and Duelund resistors = $120 and quietcoat or soundpaint to paint the inside of cabinet for $80. Of course you would lose warranty. You could buy Soul/Omen keep them for a few years and then mod them......

I've modded my Druids with Seans advice to be very close to superply status...... I'll post a separate topic about it later. $500ish which is cheaper than selling/buying/shipping ( to Australia for me) and was fun to do ......

Just got the email, they're introducing the normal version of Zu soul for 1400.
I still think the omen at 1k is a better deal. Anyone with knowledge between these two care to comment?

"Essence lovely but a bit too hi-fi (oh noo!) and with some cuppiness in the vocals."

As Phil has stated in the past, you need to get the amp right with the speakers. I personally do not experience any hifi-ness or vocal cuppiness with my Essence's, to my ears the Essence are much more engaging in all aspects than the Druids.