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Zu audio advice

I have been looking at their speakers lately and was wondering what people thought . I would like to demo these if there is anyone in the Tacoma Washington area willing to share it would be appreciated 
trrevell
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Reading between the lines from the many ZU speaker posts on here it looks like guys who don't mind doing a LOT of placement work like ZU and those who don't, don't .
trrevell OP
4 posts
 
Thanks evank I was looking at the soul superflys or the omen def 
wadav
84 posts
 

Are Zu speakers transparent? What is their sonic signature? Does that big 11 inch driver have beaming issues?

The Omen mkII seem very interesting. I think its interesting they are so efficient, get 3 watt SE amplifier and one can have a party.


wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
I like the Lore with the blue main driver and cool looking gold metal tweeter…98 db efficiency? You could drive it with thoughts from your head. Nice. Less expensive than Zu.
cymbop
315 posts
 
I lived with the Omen Mk. I for a couple of years. Strength was speed (dynamics) and satisfyingly thick and meaty tone. Weakness was imaging: when most of the information is coming from a 10’ driver, it won’t disappear in the room. There is still a stereophonic effect, but I’m not sure they will ever do the holographic imaging thing.

It also likes power and may not be quite as efficient as claimed.  38 watts of tube power was enough, but I don't think an SET would have brought them to life.


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