Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3?


Comparisons with the 1.5s and the others that came before? Getting the itch; again......
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2a3nut, I was wondering, given all that has been said about the Def 4s, if they will ever fit into your music equation?
my mistake. I meant the Def4s. The new drivers you're talking about in my 1.5s? Happy for the next 5 years? NEVER going to happen. Knowing the Zu boys, the Mk4s (love a down firing woofer) will be amazing. I've been itching to find someone who has them, or someone who has had a critical listening time with them.
Soular Energy, Ray Brown. Wonderful to hear what a 4 string acoustic instrument can do. One of my favorite Ray Brown albums.
So you like the Def IVs?  Hurricane Sandy, with all the electric surges, killed one of my Def 1.5 amps-- Perfect rationale to explore updating or fixing the blown amp. I was going to post, but reading your( as usual) eloquent listening experiences with the Def IVs is giving me more than a mere itch. Were (I downloaded the manual) the speakers hard to tune? After living with these babies for a year, do you have any new info about the IVs? You were my inspiration for the 1.5s, so I’m beholding. Having a wonderful SET amp and pre with NOS tubes will bring out the best in the IVs. Now all I have to do is convince my wife. This is going to be a very difficult sell for me waiting on delivery of an (much harder sell) environmentally unfriendly naturally aspirated 8 cylinder….ooh I get the chills, but let’s stay with audio..
Also:
How do (2) 12” down firing woofers compete with (8) 10 inch rear firing woofers? One of the many things I love about my 1.5s is the prodigious, window shattering bass, when summoned, raises the hairs on my neck. The bass, however, was never as taught and punchy as I would have liked. Jazz, however, was always wonderful. I accepted this as a characteristic of tubes. Do the IVs feel like they are moving as much air as the 1.5s?
I went back almost a year's worth of Phil and other Zubie Def4 posts. I'm more than excited about the idea of the 4s I already own the Ibis so Zu will reterminate for free. Now it's time to work on the wife.
I like the wife strategy. Your posts, as well as Phils' are great. I should have read through them before I posted. It's really fete acomplais, but if you ever have additional info, please keep me posted. I'm sure Phil, though he may be busy chopping down his evergreen, will be perusing the Zu thread. Phil, it's been a very long while. You were my tube mentor. Took me over to the other side, and I am still greatful. Sounds like the Def4s will keep me in tubedom. love to hear from you. Thanks again.
It's quite apparent, that the Def4s for a Def 1.5 lover, is a no brainer; especially when my wife says:
Houston you have lift off!
Spirit,
Jewelry works everytime. Diamonds rule...I spoke to Sean at Zu and I'm sending back my 1.5s to put towards the 4s. I am very excited.
This will be a real treat marrying a brand spanking new pair of speakers to a system, without the usual worry of speaker/electronics disagreements. This is going to be fun. I'm looking forward to sharing my tunes with you guys. Zu is back ordered, so my order will not happen until the end of January.
Last week I ordered my 4s, and asked Christian to put a 800-1000 hours on them for me. My little pooches will freak the f*** out and have ear damage while I am at work. Breaking in my 1.5s was a long laborious very hi dbl process, but no dog. Can’t/won’t do it again. NO patience waiting. I need instant (close to it) gratification. How many hours do you have on your babies, including the Zu hours?
48 hours?? Sub zero and they sounded good? What were you smoking?...lol....What was the shipping cost on that? Do you have those 850s crossing over behind you? From what Phil says, this seems to be the way to go, since the dispersion is better than previous Defs. Do you love the bottom end? I mean when you’re cranking that mother to some serious earth shaking fender bass rock. You can give me the 4 string jazz bass too. Enough questions for ya? Oops there's another!!
The Def 4s were a very tough sell, but possible. If I knew about the caps in advance, I would have added that to the price from the getgo. Now, with all new kitchen applicances etc; this ain't happening. It's embarrassing to complain. High class situations. It would not be fair. Figuring the cost of caps and shipping to and from the Hamptons--major $$. I like your "stoked" line. Plain ole Def 4s should do me fine.
Spirito, since my Def 4s are under construction and Sean says their top option for cap upgrade to the tweeter is the Duelund VSF Black Cu, isn't that something I should have him install? Why o why doesn't he install that cap fro the get-go? $$? Why are you seeking a cap upgrade, and how did you figure out it was a cap you needed?
I am a very big fan of Starsound and my rig is atop Sistrum stands 'cept my amp. I would put my Def IVs (on the way) on SP 101s in a jiff, but I'm tapped. I replaced my Def 1.5 with Audiopoints. In fact I never used Zu's spikes. The Sp-101s will be a major tweak to look forward to when the time and wife align with the stars. They are a gorgeous looking piece of speaker stand, as well.
SchwO6, how (by yourself?) did you position your Defs on these babies? You can't slide them once they are atop the SPs. This is some serious weight you have to hold while ,forget about just getting then to properly sit on the SPs, but how do you adjust (turn in out,forward/back) the speaker placement. I cannot imagine this not being done without a posse of three?