ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms??

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.

So if I wanted to go the tube route, I could get a pair of Omens and drive them easily with a small 20 watt or so tube integrated without strain? My elite receiver has 110 watts per channel.

Absolutely, 20 watts will be more than enough.