Zu audio Soul Supreme vs Prana Fidelity Bhava

@roxy54

Really? Look at most any Stereophile measurements of a ported speaker, the sound coming out of the port can sometimes be very loud, which is why most bookshelves are rear ported (mine are front-ported, but are a T-line so it’s less of an issue), and why most front ported towers have the port near the floor.

As an example, the PSB Imagine T3:
https://www.stereophile.com/images/816PSBT3fig3.jpg

The red line is the port, you can see at ~800Hz it’s only ~10dB below the woofer. 
 
Unlike most audiophile “phobias” or beliefs, this one actually has merit, though it of course is whole-fully dependent on the speaker in question.

If wanting American assembled, the Ascend Acoustics Sierra Tower with RAAL upgrade, one of the best out there <$5000, and it’s 90dB sensitive (Soul Supreme is 91.5dB, the Prana is 89.5dB), so unless you sit far, it’ll get loud enough.

I know you have tubes, but Zu’s only exist as a compromise for people with tubes, focusing on easy loads and that’s it:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/zu-audio-soul-supreme-loudspeaker-measurements
Poor imaging/soundstage, poor vertical dispersion, and the treble is “loose”.

Don’t know much about the Prana, but you are bound to have midrange leakage out of that port.