ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms??

>>01-09-11: Cwazz
"Can we get back to the original question ,,,and has any bought the Omens yet and have a review of them?"<<

I bought the Omens and have probably less than 100 hours on them, so too soon to do an in-depth review.
I drive them with a 2A3 SET in a 12' x 13' room, and I will say that so far I really like them. Definately keepers @ $1,000. I also got the Zu Mission cables during the Christmas blowout sale and they helped quite a bit.
In this room with this amp I have had Klipschorns (too big for the room I'm afraid) and Tekton Katz Meow (last year's model). The Omens and Katz give a different presentation, I could easily live with either, both work very well with SET. The Omens sound bigger, more dynamic. The Katz are smoother, probably a little more holographic. I have yet to side-by-side them, but will soon. I think I'll end up determining that each does some things and some music better than the other.

Hi Zman. I had a friend come over who sent his Superflys back for a refund and he preferred my Omen Defs. I did not do a comparison myself nor have I heard the Omens, but he did prefer them and I am loving mine. Having said that, I was using a bett amp, a larger room, and a better DAC than he was so I am not sure which was the key to the improvement that he noted. He stated that the soundstage was larger, more dynamic, more live sounding (I forgot which audiophile term to use there:)).

Having said that, with the return policy, you don't have much to lose and when I called Zu to ask the same question that you are asking, they just told me to order both and they would take back the loser......I decided against that and am content with the Omens.

Thank you Morganc.
Sounds like a new concideration.
I haven't thought of the Defs.
Cheers

Zmanastronomy
Have you tried a pair of the Zu's yet? You can't bet the deal Zu offers for trying their speakers, remember you can buy the Omens cheaper from Music Direct in Chicago than from Zu and with the same return policy in place. The answer to your question...which speakers have I compared them to well I'm "Old School" I like the Klipsch Heresy's and La Scala's. Lately I've been using a Class A solid state amp, but I've also got a VTL ST85 that really sounds nice with the Zu's. As for a pre I usually use a Placette passive. By the way the room treatment looks pretty cool what exactly is that product, and was it easy to find?

I picked up a pair of Tekton Design Lore's. I'm very pleased with them so far.
As far as the room treatments, one of my freinds has an air/heat business and I got them through him. The stuffs call Duct Board. The black kind like I use is a mold treated duct board. After a few hurricanes (Florida) the Gov. made use use a mold treated duct board and it just so happens to be black. So I cut them to legth and spay painted the edges to match the rest and the look pretty good and do a great job for room treatments.
I have $150 in the whole room. Thats bass traps too. But I got everything at cost.