Zu Soul Superfly

Whew! Finally finished reading all 11 pages of this thread. Took 4 days!

Jslate, your preference for the Superfly's over the sttaf's and Model-1's, could you elaborate? Before I started researching Superfly's, these two Totems were in high contention for me. Could you give me a comparison on how they differ? And why you prefer them? Or anyone else experienced with Totems that now have Superfly's (Rockn, did you get yours yet)? I have heard the Model 1 and was very impressed with them many years ago, but would prefer a lower bass extension, and a speaker that would perform well at my late night, low-level listening levels when the rest of the fam is asleep, and they need to rock once in awhile. My music consists of mainly rock/pop/adult contemporary.

One thing is sure- you won't have any troubles getting a set of ZUs to rock. Totems on the other hand- all the ones I have heard have needed a lot of power to get going, but once they did have that power, they did quite well. Overall though the ZUs will have a greater dynamic range.

Troy, I've had my Superfly's for almost a month & I couldn't be happier. Sound is very dynamic, clean & detailed. I'm a big Totem fan, having owned the Model 1 & now the Forest, so clean dynamic sound is what I'm after & the Zu's have it in spades! As far as low level listening, I'm listening to Radio Paradise on my Squeezebox Touch right now through my Peachtree ideeco with the volume at about 7 o'clock with 6 being off & it sounds full & detailed..awesome! If u want to rock like I do sometimes, volume at 11 or 12... u better close the doors & windows. These speakers r like Totems on steroids! Must be the 10" full range driver. BTW a lot that is said in these forums is true as far as break in & placement. Mine r still breaking in, maybe 300 hrs & getting better. Played around with toe in & once u find the right spot & they lock in you'll know it!

Atmasphere is right about the Totems needing power. When I had the Model 1, I was running them with a big Aragon amp & they were fantastic. Same with the Forest. This full range thing is a whole new game & I'm diggin it. Down the road I will be trying some tube amps, which is recommended. Another big tweak... can't wait!

Looks like some big new things are going on at Zu... new website and new speakers announced it appears.

Definition MKIII and a $31,500 number called "Experience". Sadly, it looks like the Soul Definition is no longer in the works. A darn shame as from emails with their former CEO it sounded like its pricing wasn't going to be much higher than the Soul Superfly. He'd also promised to send me out a pair for amateur review... doh!

Soul Supefly's pricing is up to $3750 now and it appears the standard Soul isn't an option... I'm also seeing an Essence bookshelf for $4k.

Actually... hmm, it looks like the prices of everything have crept up. Even the standard Omen is up to $1875 which is more than the Standard Soul was supposed to be....

Interesting....
Hmm... for that matter, it appears the standard Soul isn't an option anymore