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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
aberyclark OP
1,355 posts
 
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
azmaudio
2 posts
 
Anyone able to summarize the main sonic differences between the Zu Omen Def and the Tekton Lore---Pros, cons of each. I've never purchased speakers without listening first....Treble response/detail (dome tweeter vs. horn type), bass response, front firing vs. bottom design, etc.
joncourage
185 posts
 
Haven't heard those speakers, but I will tell you the guys at Zu are really good to deal with.
aberyclark OP
1,355 posts
 
Looking down the road, there seems to be a lot of nice SS and Tube amps that will mate well. I will have to do much research for the right amp/pre combination. One thing that is important to me for a pre is a remote control.
I may go used. As far as tubes are concerned, the Decware's look really nice
morganc
255 posts
 
I have owned the Omen Defs and paired them with Decware and it is a great combination. I auditioned many more expensive amps in my system and the Decware Torii and Mini Torii were two of my favorites with the Omen Defs. The other two were the Pass XA 30.5 and the Art Audio PX-25. The Zu's paired with the Mini Torii were so correct tone and timbre wise. The XA 30.5 brought amazing speed and clarity and powerful bass and the Torii was a middle ground for the two. The Torii brings a lot more bass than the Mini Torii but loses a little (not much) on the Set magical midrange. However the Torii is massively revealing of any weaknesses in your system or in your room acoustics. The Mini Torii and the new SE34.3 are much more forgiving.

BtW, if you like to modify, then you absolutely should upgrade the caps in the Omen Defs to Mundorf SIO.
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