Zu Soul Supreme Recap -- Owners, what are your preferred system pairings with them?
My interest is to hear from other Zu Soul Supreme owners...not may posts in this forum from owners that I can find. I'd prefer to focus this discussion on the Soul Supremes, as there is a lot of great info already on the Druids and Definitions (which I assume are more prevalent in the wild), even though I'm sure have a ton of overlap in system synergy.
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What system components are you finding to be great/phenomenal matches to the Soul Supremes, what have you compared them to, and what hasn't worked as well? Anyone running them with what you consider to be really high-end gear? I'm super curious to see how far these speakers can go before a speaker upgrade makes way more sense.
Jay
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@mahughes Look for class A integrateds. The only SS amp I’ve used with DW and SS is the Schiit Aegir. Of course I used tubed preamps, Saga+ among others. I’m using the Aegir right now in fact. It’s only right after I switch back to my much more expensive tube amp that I find the Aegir lacking and then only by comparison. If you have the budget something like the Pass Int-25 would probably be great. |
I had an original set of Druids 10+ years ago - loved the sound of those speakers. Have tried lots of others since but still good memories of the Druids. I took advantage of the sale price on the Soul Supremes and should arrive in the new year. They will replace Harbeth 30s - so very different speaker. I currently have a Hegel 390 amp so not sure how that is going to match with the Supremes in a fairly small room (12x13). Have read S Casey's recommendation for power with his speakers but very few report on big power solid state amp with them - probably for a reason. Love the functionality of the big Hegel - that would be tough to change but part of the adventure..
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I have had my Soul Supremes about a year now. One thing I have been disappointed with is that the speakers are not as dynamic as I had hoped. I have not played with the floor gap til today - just put the speakers down when I received them - looking today it seems the gap was pretty minimal. Maybe 3 mm. Doubled the gap today so about 6 mm and amazed and how different these speakers sound. There is a new lightness, sparkle and punch to the music.- should have played with the gap long ago!. Heavy speakers to move around but play with the gap you will be surprised at how different just a little change makes. |
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