Zu Essence vs Martin Logan

Mcallen,

I tend to agree somewhat with Riley, but may I suggest a slightly different approach. State the general area in which you reside, list the speakers you're interested in hearing, and ask if there are others in your general neck of the woods who would be willing to have you over for a listen. Then you arrive with a bottle of wine or six-pack for your host, few familiar cd's, and maybe even your amplifier or some other component. You then get to hear what you're interested in, and you get to meet another person in your area with a similar passion.

Good luck, Barry

You might also check the Zu site for their "road show" tour, where they are visiting different cities...

if only Audio Note would do that!! Bob, get off your duff please and hit the road!

how you narrowed down to two completely different sounding speakers is interesting, so i would listen to more before purchasing anything.