Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3?

Hi CharlesDad,
I honestly think Zu plays loud and crazy music at the shows for marketing reasons and to show that they are different from the typical audiophile speaker company. I live in an old Victorian and I listen at 65-75 dB max and the speakers are really exceptional on vocals, and on acoustic instruments, and I think jazz also. Would love to hear how they compare to your Coincident speakers.

I agree with Morganc about the marketing issues. . . that Zu tries to differentiate themselves from other vendors using their choice of music. Whenever Sean Casey has been at my house, I have played only acoustic music - jazz, vocals, some classical - at very modest levels; and the sound never lacks for tone or dynamics. Actually, I never crank my Def 4s; I have an aversion to music being played loud just for the sake of loud. I have an open-plan house; while the primary listening space is at one end of the 45' x 25' x 16'(high) volume, my goal in selecting speakers was to be able to fill this space with music without having to crank the volume. I wanted speakers that could project.

Morganc,
Thanks for your reply.The Coincident model I have is really fine. Simple 1st order crossover and only 1 capacitor per speaker(no resistors at all). The Zu DEF,Horning and Ocellia(PHY drivers) are efficient-easy load speakers that seem special,at least in theory and concept.They seem to be built for music rather than current high end standard hifi(if you know what I mean).
Regards,

Gsm18439, I didn’t mean to suggest that the Zu’s ability to play loud was at the expense of all the attributes you mentioned, but rather that I was getting the impression that those attributes were maximized at relatively higher volumes.

Phil et al, can you pass an opinion on this? I'm sitting 12' from my Def4s with them 8' apart and 4' from the front wall. I've absolutely LOVED them playing cd, but have struggled a bit otoh playing lp's, to the point of distraction that no amount of altering tracking weight/speed stability/vta/phono loading has made any difference. Up until now I've had the 4s at the same layout to my 2s ie gentle toe in with line of drivers intersecting slightly behind me.
But in sheer desperation I've ended up toeing them in SEVERELY ie intersection of drivers at least 4' in FRONT of me. WOW! WHAT a difference! On analogue replay, focus has really tightened, dynamic snap has returned, and unbelievably now that I'm seeing a good proportion of the outside wall of each speaker, there appears to be minimal diminishing of soundstage spread. I am really suprised that such an extreme layout would work so well, and be needed for me to hear of their best.
So, are all of you other 4s owners settling on such extreme toe in? And why would this be so necc for analogue replay when cd replay was quite happy with more normal toe in?
I am one happy bunny, but holding off on final ok re playing lps until I experiment a little further.
All opinions welcome.