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Zu Soul Superfly

I just ordered a pair of the new Zu speakers on a whim. I was going to wait for information, but the fact that they threw in the free superfly upgrades to the first 30 people got me.

From a similar thread it sounds like some of you guys have heard the speaker despite information only being released today. I'm wondering what you can share about it?

Also, I am really hoping it works with a Firstwatt F1 amplifier. Can anyone comment as to that? I know the Druid's and Essences worked OK.
gopher
david_ten
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Re. "I fell in love with the black trim and have decided to go for maple with black."

Mike,

Looking forward to seeing your photographs of the maple/black finish. Are you going with a matte or gloss maple finish?

Venicelake,

What type of brown finish?

- David.
themadmilkman
182 posts
 
What type of brown finish?

This brown finish (pardon the mess, I have 2 small children and rearranged the living room to better handle the speakers):

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6408/dsc0094p.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3524/dsc0093l.jpg
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6372/dsc0095cx.jpg

I wish I had better pictures of it. It's a very subtle color but looks great.

And yes, that's Sean Casey's Yamamoto amp on the side there. A very interesting piece of gear, to say the least.
gopher OP
499 posts
 
That brown doesn't look bad at all and I suspect my wife would have liked that better than the cosmic carbon.

I've got the same problem you appear to with a part of the sofa blocking a part of a speaker... I don't hear an obvious imbalance, but it drives me nuts knowing the interaction isn't ideal.

How does that Yamammoto drive your Souls? I've still gotta hear my Firstwatt with JFET update, but my limited experience tells me these speakers love tubes.
venicelake
14 posts
 
So, madmilkman you are the guy with the brown soul. Thanks for the pics. Now we need a full report on how they sound and what that yammy is doing for them.
mahughes
171 posts
 
Good to see more pictures but what's up with you people? You scared to go round the back or something? :)

Suspect there will be quite a few of us who recognise real world rooms like that. Good to see and, yes, actually the brown looks good.

My maple is wood rather than gloss or matte after much domestic negotiation. She's convinced it will look like the (supposedly maple) fireplace. I'm convinced it will look like the copper beech Hutter Racktime.

I shall post pictures and sound reports when the speakers arrive, however, I long ago abandoned any pretence at real photography when I acquired an iPhone. I suppose I could be sad; film it with the Flip HD and take some stills off of that.

Mike
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