Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers

Look at the Superfly thread. There's more than enough detail there.

Mike

Pay particular attention to 213cobra's (Phil) posts. He contrasts the Superflys with virtually all of Zu's other offerings.

FWIW, I think its Zu's position that even the not yet released Soul (non-superfly) is a step up from the Druid, so if on the fence between the two I'd be inclined to spend $1800 on new Souls over $1700 on used Druids.

I found the 213Cobra (Phil) posts quit informative and detailed - although it seems 213Cobra doesn't actually own the Zu Sould Speakers, it apears he did some serious listening.

However, the purpose of this new thread is to try and get more input from actual new Zu Soul speaker owners, soas to contrast not just the Zu Soul and Druid speakers sonic differences, but also other owner/listener viewpoints as well.

Right, I don't yet own Soul. I'll just point out that I will replace my Druids with Soul Superfly when Zu has time to make me a custom-finish pair. Superfly is comprehensively better than Druid unless you happen to prefer the euphonic characteristics of Druid over a more accurate and punchy speaker, in this case Soul.

Phil

Unfortunately, there appears to be a few individuals who wish to hijak this thread by contending that there is plenty of information out there already comparing the brand new Zu Soul to the older Zu Druid and who wish to limit further input.

In truth, it was only after researching through numerous threads and finding out that the great majority of the threads were in response to heresay or rumor, not actual owners, that I put in this thread as a request to hear from actual owners of the new Zu Soul and get their immpressions, instead of regarding the few new actual owners of the new Zu Druids who have taken time to comment as being the end all in what the new Zu Soul speakers will be like.

I am a loyal Zu Druid fan myself and an owner. However, by changing the sound, Zu will appeal to some, and obviously not to other listeners. It is impossible for it to be otherwise. Anyone who says that there has been a chorus of actual owners posting reviews here on Audiogon about the brand new Zu Soul already has not done their home work and worse yet, may ostensibly have a vested interest in trying to limit any input other than the limited number of reviews by actual owners that have been made.

The new Zu Soul may be a wonderful speaker. In fact, I expect so. But I think it would serve Audiogon members better if those detractors (who obviusly are trying to limit posts comparing the new Zu Soul to the Zu Druids or defend an Audiogon staff member who initially refused to let me start this thread in the first place) stop trying to hijack and limit input to this thread and let actual owners speak for themselves.