Zu Soul Superfly

Wow. More changes at Zu Audio. Another website coming and they have a new logo. Not sure whether to laugh or cry...!

Enjoying the Soul Superfly nonetheless.

i bought soul superfly. wanted a second system in the spare room. maybe i should have waited for sub-$1000 zu speaker, would have been more sensible choice - financially.

Would the VTL Tiny Triode be a good match? $700 too much to pay for this amp?

I agree with Mike, this thread seems to have been somewhat derailed.

From my perspective I took a punt on the Soul Superfly, being located at the arse end of the world it was really quite a big punt. Shipping cost alone was about $450 and another $300 on taxes once landed! So I don't really have the luxury of taking advantage of the 60 day return policy. Why did I take the punt, I've previously owned Zu cables and like the company philosophy, etc. Have long wanted to try their speakers and this was a great (albeit risky) opportunity.

I do care about sound and in an ideal world would love to optimise room placement, etc however in the real world with wife and children this is often not the case. Having bought them unheard and unseen, I appreciated comments from Phil on the unfussiness of the Soul. These will be a second system in a small spare room. With little flexibility on placement, I realise I might not get 100% from the speakers but life is about compromise. If Phil is right, real world speakers for real people. Am I an audiophile? Probably describe myself as aspiring audiophile but really want to get back to enjoying music and off the gear treadmill. I think the audiophile trap is getting to worried about the gear and forgetting about the music. I've enjoyed Gopher's and Phil's comments about SOul Superfly and look forward to more.

Personally, I have the opportunity to buy VTL Tiny Triode, early edition with red chassis and no ability to switch from triode to tetrode (that I am aware of) and that thinking was based on comments that EL84 would be a nice match for Soul. I already have (and will be using) a GTA 300B MkII Special Edition. Somewhere in the garage is a GTA SE-40 (uses 5881) which needs some TLC which I can also resurrect. Just wanted to keep my options open.

So like Mike, I'd like to read more about Soul Superfly ;)

Any ideas why pricing has changed to $4,543? See, http://www.zuaudio.com/loudspeakers.html

Based on the 35% increase in price I suspect it's a move back to dealer network. Agree such inconsistencies may impact the reputation of the company. I hope my pre-order pair which I am still waiting for isn't affected by the changes.

I'm picking (from reading the website) the difference between the,

Omen: Zu260FRD/G4
Soul: Zu260FRD/G4HO

are the magnets. Soul Superfly mentions "bigger and stronger magnet (60 Oz.)".

My Soul Superfly arrived about 10 days ago. Not properly setup but connected to Golden Tube Audio SE-300B II SE fed by Wavelength Proton and iMac.

They're really nicely made speakers. WAF was low but improving. Cosmic Carbon is OK.

Even badly setup they're pretty good out of the box. Sounding promising...

Just noticed new images on Zu website for Soul Superfly. The wood grain looks interesting. I think high gloss or wood grain would have gotten better WAF. However probably not achievable for the $$$. Was the Soul Superfly driver mean't to have had the same cone 'treatment' as the Essence - epoxy spokes? I barely noticed in one of the new images the same FRD as Essence. Nice finishing touch would have been Cardas custom binding knobs (just for aesthetics).

@Mike. I didn't know Maple with black anodising was available. Did this cost more? They have Cardas binding posts with standard plastic knob, would have been nice touch to have the custom knob.

@Mike, was Maple and black anodised available with introductory offer?

Same. Walnut would have been perfect finish. Grrr.