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Zu Dirty Weekend 6 went on sale today

The good folks at Zu certainly know a thing or two about creating hype around new products. The Dirty Weekend 6 went on sale this morning. It was positioned as a first come first served release with a November delivery. I bought a pair with the "supreme" upgrade. A little risky buying without hearing them first, but I figure I can probably unload them if they're not to my liking, since they'll probably sell out. Any thoughts on these or Zu in general for that matter ..

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mahughes
171 posts
 

Always amuses me how many audiophiles want their music to sound like live experience but simultaneously don’t want their speakers to sound like a scaled down PA. 

bourbonkernel
35 posts
 

Audiophiles do a lot of amusing things and that’s def one of them. 
 

Speaker day for several of you out there. Excited for others to chime in with their thoughts. I got a stupid good deal on a Cambridge Audio CXA61 refurbished from manufacturer. I’m gonna test that out on my DW6 Superfly as soon as it comes in. I bought a refurbished AXA25 from the CA eBay store as a cheap solid state to run on my Omen MKII during parties and get togethers and that thing sounds way too good to be $180 plus shipping.  Plenty of power to rock the Zus to party sound levels.  

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davidrolon OP
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Mine showed up yesterday afternoon. First impressions....those suckers are heavy! Will unbox and hook up this weekend. I plan on rotating the following power components via RME ADI-2 DAC ---> Bricasti M5 Streamer---> Roon--->Qobuz:

1. Decware Zen Triode SE84UFO - 2.3 Watts Class A

2. Marantz 2245 (1970's fully restored) Stereo Receiver 45 Watts

3. Topping PA5 - 65 Watts Class D

4. Hegel H120 - 75 Watts Class AB

5. Audio by Van Alstine Set 400 - 225 Watts Class AB

Should be an exciting weekend....

bourbonkernel
35 posts
 

@davidrolon 

 

a very wide array of cool gear. Good luck with the setup. These are some decently heavy towers for sure. 

fendersrule
19 posts
 

Just made it home. Almost ran over Sean at ZU while I was backing up to the door. 
 

killer group of guys. I had a blast. 

Got them pretty well setup in my room. More towards the wall is better IMO. But not in corners. They really don’t mind at all being close to a the wall. They also like separation, like most speakers. 
 

had a big road trip today with 10 hours of driving. I don’t want to speak too soon  but build quality is 10/10. They actually had some extra rustic Veneer to use. I may have the only rustic DW6s. Haha  

 

everything has met expectations.  The Denon voicing is coming through and is making these sound very warm and tube-like. 
 

the only thing that’s been underwhelming is the bass. But I don’t want to speak too soon.  Going to run them hard tomorrow  

 

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