Zu Soul Superfly

Wow. Just began an audition of the Superflys with my Atmasphere S-30 (thanks again Gopher!). Wow. I had heard the combo in Gopher's system when I bought the S-30s off of him, but damn to hear these speakers in my own system and room with equipment I am intimately familiar with is another thing. What a great pairing. Damn...

More detailed impressions to come. But for now, just "Damn." As in "Damn good."

And then the Hi-Cap came off the pre (202) and lo, mid-band warmth of the kind that IME only Zu do suddenly starts to appear.

In the process I've lost a little air and detail around the instruments but gained some slam and finally get to hear that characteristic Zu sound coming from my Superfly. Another way of describing this is to say that we've gone from hi-fi to music. Going to live with this for a week and then see what happens when I pull out the Musicline Powerigel and put stock cables back in.

So, downgrading seems to be the way to go! :)

Awesome, Roscoe!

Did you ever swap the 6SN7s from the stock Sov? I really hated those tubes and was not happy to be using them in the pre to show my rig.

Gopher, you and I are on the same page with the Sovtek 6SN7s. We've not used them in over 12 years. Are they what were in your S-30 when you had it??

Hey Fred,

Yes, I am running some Sylvanias in back and Tung-sols up front at present in my S-30.

Still adjusting to the Soul Superfly's sound in my system. A bit on the forward side at present, would be my main concern. My speakers were floor samples, so not sure how broken in they were. But will see how they change (or I adjust) over time.

I will also be playing around different DACs and some RCA tubes to see how they might affect things.