Acoustic Zen Adagio, How Good Are They?

they are very good. I heard them. They require about a week of continues play to break in to a degree that they become listenable though. After that, it just gets better.

Recommend tube electronics with them. I heard them with Bel Canto integrated and Blue Circle integrated and Blue Circle hybrid integrated sounded better, although Bel Canto was no slouch.

Speakers are beuatifully finished, they look great.

At the time, I found no shortcomings for a speaker with a proce tag of $3700, but now I heard the price went up. I don't know how much they cost anymore.

I think these speakers are suitable for a wide selection of music, including classical, jazz and rock.

I would not hesitate to recommend these speakers.

check out this other post I left some comments on right after I auditioned these speakers. My memory was fresher then than it is now about how they sounded.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1136561626&read&keyw&zznew+acoustic+zen

where are you? If you are in NY/NJ area, I can tell you where you can audition these.

Rja, that's too bad. I am assuming you won't travel to NJ just to audition these speakers.

yeah...me too. if I only didn't work there...

Katzs02,
Contact audiogon member Philnyc. Phil is a dealer for Acoustic Zen cables and loudspeakers in the NYC area and has a demo system set up with the Adagios.
E-mail me if you have any questions.

Yagbol2, you may have just opened a whole new can of warms with a comment like that.....

Yagbol2, I didn't think it would come across like that. If it was offensive to you, for that I appologize.

My ICs and speaker cables are all Acoustic Zen and Robert Lee is one of the best cable designers today and I have not heard better cables than AZ in the price range. When someone wants a cable recommendation, AZ is the first brand of cables I recommend.

What I was trying to say, and I probably had to be more clear about it, is that if the Adagio speakers are indeed made in China, it should not be a hidden fact, don't you agree? I have no problems with where equipment is made, as long as it is high quality and sounds good. I just think if it says made in USA it can not be made in China or anywhere else for that matter.
And to let you know, I just listened to Cayin, VAS and Aurum Cantus Volla speakers and thought all of these components sounded awesome. I especially liked the Cayin integrated. If I am not mistaking, all of these are made in China.
I have no problems with where equipment is made, as long as it is high quality and sounds good.

Keithr, I kind of doubt the Adagio will be better than Sophia.

Keithr, if you are going to audition some speakers, try to hear Totem speakers. I was really impressed with their Mani-2 Signature model. Monitor speaker that goes down to 29hz(uses Dynaudio drivers) and sounds really much bigger than it is, but the drawback is they like lots of power.

I listened to Adagios many times and find them to be a bit rolled off at the very top. Still dynamic sounding and pretty detailed overall, but not as open and clean as your Wilsons were.
Thought I'd bring up Totems as an option if you liked your Wilson Sophia. I think you will like Totems.

Mrmitch, sometimes a brand new product receives way too much attention. Then suffers from over-exposure.
I think this may be the case with the Adagios.

They have received a lot of press and were mentioned on every audio forum on the internet.

Besides, AZ delaying the website update, I think that may have been a tactical move. The less information is available on a given product, the more curious people get. No pictures, only very few dealers where you could audition. You know, the more misterious you make it, the better.
If you say 2+2=5 enough times, someone will start believing it.