I just ordered a pair of Zu Omen Def's


I was looking at Tekton and ZU (I actually was leaning toward Tekton due to price). My current polk speakers are the weak link in my system. I emailed both with some questions about my system etc. I never heard from Tekton, however Sean at Zu sent me a pretty informative email. I was considering the Superfly's in the ZU line. Since my current system is a Pioneer Elite SS receiver (I will upgrade at end of year, not sure if I'll go SS or tube), Sean mentioned that the Omen Def's play nice with pretty much any amp/receiver I throw at it. I ordered a pair plus WAF is a plus. Great service. I still have not heard from Tekton. I have heard Zu's before (I believe Druids) and loved how they sound. I'll give a review once I receive them
aberyclark
I'm sure that you'll love the Omens. I listened to them at a friends place and was really impressed. I almost ordered a pair.

Funny how we've had different experiences contacting Tekton. I placed a call to Tekron, left a message on their machine, and Eric returned my call within two hours on 4/18.

Results - I ordered the M-Lore in gloss Ferrari red!

I know that neither of us will regret our decisions.
Aberyclark,

You will not be disappointed -- the Omen Defs are a terrific speaker. I have had a couple of pairs now for about 4 months (one upgraded pair and one regular pair) and they are giant killers in my opinion. A few things I have learned that might help if you have not had Zu speakers before. First, they take a while to break in -- about 300 hours or so is what it seemed to get the bass to really start coming together for me. Also, they take some tweaking to get the bass right with the gap distance between the bottom of the speaker and the floor. Mine are on carpet, and I ended up using a piece of 12" x 12" .75" MDF under each speaker, and that seemed to really help tighten the bass (also a whole lot easier to 'slide' around during setup than dealing with the spikes). By raising and lowering the gap at the bottom you can really fine tune the bass. I think a lot of people conclude they do not have deep bass because they are somewhat finicky about this gap distance. When I finally got mine dialed in, they are pretty much flat down to about 30 Hz (my gap is about 1/4" to 3/8"). The bass is good enough that I do not find a subwoofer necessary, and I am kind of a bass freak.

The other thing I discovered is that they like to be farther apart with greater toe in than other speakers I have owned. My room is about 15' x 35' x 8', and I have them on the short wall, about 20" from the side wall and about 5' out from the rear, toed in where they would cross a few feet behind my head (I sit about 11' away). They are tone champs, and are capable of tremendous imaging. I found that changing the toe in even a 1/4" or so can make a large difference.

I am interested in hearing your thoughts once you get them set up. Just be prepared to do some tweaking to get the full potential out of them, but once you find the 'sweet spot,' they are something special.
I am a tweaker all the time. I currently have Polk stand Mounts and I got them dialed in pretty decent. It took a while, plus we added new furniture, rugs, drapes etc that required new tweaking. The only issue I'm going to have (this is a wife issue) is our room arrangement. There is no sitting place in the ideal sweet spot (tip of -V- ). I have nice chair on left of tip and couch starts (kind of caddy corner) along right tip. I could not get the Polks really to my liking with imaging. Experimenting with toe-in, etc, they are alright. I'm hoping for better success with the Zu's. When we move to a new house at end of year, I will be able to set up a listening room to my liking. So I purchased really thinking ahead. I was told that if we were to stay at our current location (which we are not), the ohm 's do a nice job with odd listening areas