Zu Soul Superfly

Hey, Rockn!

I'm still around and loving my Superflys. They are really special speakers, but during my ownership I've come to discover they're a real pain in the butt to get placement right.

Its easy to make them sound good, but making them shine in a mixed use domestic setting is a chore! I reconfigured my den a few months back and spent a very frustrating 3 months trying to get my magic back. I'd nearly given up on the speakers and tried something else when a buddy finally got me back on track.

When my system is sounding its best its stunning now. I have had two zu haters (one of which owned 40k pipedreams) admit there ismagic.goin on.

I'm currently using a Decware Torii mk3 which is a very nice amp ill probably keep for a while and that's being driven by an excellent Audion preamplifier. A very nice pairing.

Give a Decware amp a whirl, they're verygood, but plan on a preamp and some tube rolling.

Lmk if you have any specific questions. I've had a good bit of associated gear with these things.

Gopher, what were the pitfalls and windfalls of placement in the new den arrangement? I have a new pair of Omens I'm moving all around my living room in search of said magic.

tipped up tonal balance, thinning of the wonderful harmonic development these speakers are capable of, just an edgy yet non-defined, unemotional sound.

I turned off my rig after 20 minutes of listening tonight in favor of finding something on TV... I gotta get my balance back... I thought I was close but I'm completely unsatisfied again... Sigh.

Maybe its just this difficult because I'm bad at it, but the fact that Zu haters have enjoyed my rig should mean something.

Gopher......same problem for me now! Changed pre-amps, changed to a different version of the Frankenstein, and my magic has gone now also!

Thankfully, I have a Dodd Pre-amp mkii on the way and am going to start tweaking placement again..........until I read your details, I thought I was just imagining it all!

I hope the gear swapping helps you lock things in, but the problems I'm referring to are more of the room interaction variety. When properly set up it is difficult to make the Zus sound bad via associated equipment, IMO.

I'm thinking of trying some of those herbies decouplers or threaded gliders for my Souls (on carpet). Supposedly a sonic up tick and if nothing else it may make it easier to experiment with placement to lock my sound.