Zu Soul Superfly

My wife and I were at the RMAF this year and went to a couple of the Zu rooms (big room where the Omens were sharing space with a couple of other systems and their dedicated room with the Soul Superfly's). We really enjoyed both speakers as we like speakers that have some life and dynamics to them. They proved equally adept at providing fine detail and musicality. In fact, to my surprise, my wife ordered a pair of the Superfly's while at the show (while I was checking out gear in some other rooms) and they will be shipped either this week or next. Now I'm glad I brought her along as I thought she'd find the show boring and tedious.

Monsieurguzel,I am using a Rogue Tempest III with the soul superflys and it is amazing. Tight solid bass,very detailed presentation, great sound stage.Vocals, especially female are scary good.Even my wife, who sadly could care less how things sound was impressed.At 90 watts per channel it does not strain to play loud. If there is one drawback it is the lack of a 16 ohm output. It does raise the hum level some but is really inaudible when playing music.

300B Mastersound.

I've been doing a lot of listening lately with an Atma-sphere S-30 with NOS 6sn7s and feel it is a very solid matching. It took me some time to get used to such an accurate and transparant sound as I was coming from a Dynaco, but I'm growing fonder of it by the day and can recommend it.

213Cobra heavily recommends pairing the Zu speakers with 845 SET amplification. Though I haven't heard that particular type of SET with the Zus (or ever for that matter) he's has a great ear.

I am not sure what the question means as to whether monoblocks are overkill for the speakers. Mono configuration doesn't have anything to do with the power output of the amplifiers. I've owned 2.5 wpc mono blocks for example.

I think that these speakers are good enough to leverage the merits of any amplification I'm likely to be able to afford in the next decade.

In the UK Simon handles Zu stuff but he also handles Atma-sphere. When I heard them at a show I was less than impressed but a show is rarely a true measure of any kit. When I get my Superflys, and we're now moving in the sooner rather than later direction, and assuming I like the finish and get through the sale or return period without trauma, I intend to live with them for quite a long time before changing anything. However, I may well look at the Atma-sphere and see if I can get a demo.

Mike