Anyone receive their Zu Druid VIs yet?

I heard them at the CAF and was impressed. I used to have the Druid V's and the 6's sound more open with better bass.
The cost is a lot more but the construction is much better.

Sean did a nice job with them!

Zu just shipped me some paint samples for my new VIs and I'll be making my decision on color in the next week or two.  We are leaning towards a matte red similar to Zus Sangria color with all black anodizing.  My friend took delivery of his VIs after RMAF last year.  He had the all black pair that Zu was showing off in their room.  I've been over to his house a handful of times and have been blown away at how amazing they sound.  Coming from Soul Supremes (which I love) I can't believe how detailed the VIs are down low.    

My wife and I are moving to a new home and our listening room will be around 700 sq ft.  We are planning to pair the VIs with two undertones and run a dedicated sub amp to help pressurize the space.  Based on so many Zu customer reviews, we are going with the Audion 300B SE.  I was thinking about snagging a pair of the Golden Dreams that were for sale on Ebay a few weeks ago, but was hesitant because of upgrades that had been done to them.  Was that you Parsons? 

Back to my impressions of my friends VIs.  As Parsons said, the sound stage is noticeably higher than the SS.  This is not a bad trait.  To me the difference is like listening to a band that is playing at your eye level with the SS compared to a band playing elevated on a stage with the VIs.  The VIs outshine the SS in every way in my opinion and that is hard for me to admit.  My Soul Supremes were my first Zus and they hold a very special place in my heart.  Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the sound he is getting from his amps and I think the 300b tube will be exactly what I am looking for.  Every person is different and that is by no means a dig at his awesome rig.

Do you have your new listening room up and running Parsons?      

  

Cottguy, it's fascinating to hear of your early, highly positive impressions. 213Cobra/Phil is due v soon to leave a lengthy in depth ongoing review which will build on yr words.

I've been running Definitions for a decade now, initially the 2, now the 4, w Duelund caps and Lundahls upgrades, and the performance I'm getting in my room is simply staggering.

To think that Sean is truly upping the ante from Druid V to VI can only mean the upcoming Definition VI and totl Experience will be quite something.

I really wanted to leave things as they are. But, but LOL...

I'm really excited to get mine set up in our home and start dialing them in.  I'm jealous that you've been running Definitions for a decade!  We were initially planning to wait for the Experience to come out, but we decided to sell our home sooner than expected forcing me to sell my Soul Supremes.  The Omens are amazing speakers for the money, but after living with the SS, it is just too hard to wait for the Experience to come out.  It is going to be very interesting to see how the new driver design trickles down (and up) through their line. 
  

I've been on an amazing journey w Zu. Raucous and exciteable Definitions 2 in my old, v poor acoustic space. Newer more sophisticsted yet familiar full blooded Defintions 4, still hampered by my old space. Move to new, vastly better sounding room, 2 years of optimising inc a critical couple of analog upgrades, and the Zus are reborn, the straight arrow communication, now w vastly better all round performance. 

And now we hear Sean is surpassing himself w Druid VI.