Zu Soul Superfly

Just got my pair of Superfly. Let the "getting used to" begin.

I'm thinking of spending $xyz on a second system. I see the Superfly being good at $1500 PP. Is it better than that and what is the price point of the Essence?

People paid $5K for the Essence and it sucked and the latest price for the Essence is $1899 new. At this rate a competitive price for the Soul is like...$600?

Just trying to figure it out. Any information about pricing and long term value is appreciated.

SE Michigan guy? me too, Macomb county. Got a pair of Superfly's on Black Friday. Not sure when they ship. There going to have to beat down my Totem Forest to stay. Running off a Peachtree Idecco. I'm thinking there going to do just fine. Keep us posted, what are u running them with?

Gopher: Have you considered sending in your S-30 to Atma-sphere for service?

Bjesien: Just looked on Zu's site. Latest price for Essence is $3600, which is consistent with their pricing after they got out of the more traditional dealer model.

Wilsynet,

My S-30 is on its way back from Atma-sphere via FEDex now after a servicing to bring it up to spec and a few updates.

I'll get to evaluate it healthy for the first time as I bought all new power tubes for it. I also have a pair of Shuguang Black Treasure CV-181s I'm going to throw in the first position followed by my Ratheons in the second two to see what this amp is REALLY capable of.

I have also been talking with 213cobra quite a bit behind the scenes and under his guidance I picked up a pair of 845 monoblocks which are doing VERY well as they burn in. They are the Shuguang S845 MK amps and I believe these are the fifth revision (early revision was plagued with a couple reliability issues). They came stock with Black Treasure CV-181s and 300Bs and with red label 845Bs and with a list of $2400 they're punching well over their price range. Without full burn in I like them better than the Alephs I've been using which I enjoyed quite a bit and found myself prefering to the S-30.

BUT--I suspect the S-30 was never healthy in the first place, so the real shoot out will be between my atma-sphere and the 845 amp over the winter holiday.

On a side note: I ended up with these two amplifiers after deciding NOT to go with exposed tubes for safety reasons with two cats and a soon to be mobile infant... lol. Well done, Fred.