Zu Druids - Two years after

How can anybody believe something without experiencing it?

Let's carry this one step forward.

I don't believe airplanes really fly because I've never been in one.

Yeah, that works.

Sorry, I misunderstood the concept.

Well I know you guys are all a twitter with speculation that I have not heard these speakers but.............you are wrong. I have listened to them, at some length. To state the obvious, if 10" midranges were so terrific wouldn't all the big names use them? I have heard other manufactures make a stab at it as well, with perhaps slightly better results.

Speakers used for PA are just that, you pay about $400 for a speaker with two 16" drivers and stand back, way back.

Jim

The Large Advents are one of the most famous of numerous 2 way speakers that used a 10 inch driver for both mid and bass with notable success. Obviously there is no reason why it can't work.

As I said in my first thread, I was certain this would degenerate into a petty argument. I do not understand why this happens time and time again on this forum.

It is a matter of personal taste what equipment we all prefer and we can all simply pass on our own thoughts and experiences but try and do so in an inoffensive manner. This hobby is like a neverending journey which is what makes it so interesting.

As for the question on the Audiopax, IMHO, they were much better suited to the higher efficiency of the Zus than the Merlins. In fact I only really started seeing what the Audiopax were capable of when I started using the Zus - superb clear midrange, tone, dynamics etc - all the usual hallmarks of using a SET type amp with a high efficiency almost horn type speaker.

None of the Zu speakers are 'almost' 'horn-type' - unless you are counting the waveguide on the super tweeter?

They are not horns at all, front or back-loaded.