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Question for Zu Druid owners...

Hey, I am currently saving up money to buy some Druids and I'm wondering if by any chance somebody has tried pairing them with the Unison Research Integrated? I chose the Unico because I wanted a certain degree of valve magic but without the hassle of worrying about tube life, leaving equipment on, etc. Also, I wanted an integrated that had good dynamics, which the Unico supposedly has (I haven't heard it yet, just got one of Audiogon). If anybody has heard either of these and has any idea of how well they may or may not match up some opinions would be greatly appreciated. If nobody has any idea how this may sound, I will post my own impressions (I am by no means an audiophile, however, at least not yet...I just want to build a solid music system that I can set and forget) when I get the money to buy the Druids.
glitch947

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glitch947 OP
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Thanks for the info. Yeah I figured that with the Druids, the Unico would be able to really pump some dynamic music through them. I am even considering upgrading the Unico to Level 2 by Underwood Hifi. I'm pretty sure I'll do this eventually, but I want to see how the Druids sound on the stock Unico first.
glitch947 OP
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Hey macrojack, thanks for the advice. I looked at the SP3 for a long time but I decided against it because remote control functionality was a big factor for me (I'm lazy, plus the Unico radio remote works through walls which is nice) and also I wanted to avoid having to deal with so many tubes. It is certainly a gorgeous amp and has gotten uniformly great reviews, but the Unico really caught my eye for some reason.

For one thing, the Unico just uses two ECC82's in the input stage which makes it easy to tube roll and easy to set and forget, so to speak. I also wanted to get some of the convenience of SS and some of the SS slam into my music, and I am really interested to hear how the Unico and Druids pair up as to my knowledge nobody has tried them together yet. Out of curiosity, where do you live? I'm gonna have my setup finished in Washington DC by mid-June if everything goes according to schedule.
glitch947 OP
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Macrojack, I'll post an impressions thread here whenever I eventually do get the setup running. I wouldn't have such a problem with the lack of a remote if I weren't using my computer as source (feeding a Bel Canto DAC2). I will have my entire CD collection at my fingertips and rather than adjust the volume in the digital domain (by using the volume control in Foobar) I wanted to be able to adjust the volume on the fly for all the different CD's I have archived in FLAC. I currently run this setup through a Singlepower MPX3 and I find myself changing the volume a few notches up or down all the time because I tend to skip between albums based on my mood. To me at least, this was what made the remote control somewhat of a necessity. Also, that wooden remote on the Unico is pretty damn cool, so simple yet so well-designed.
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