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Decware and Zu. A pairing made in heaven

I received my Decware SE34I.5 integrated SET amp to day...

...it simply blew me away.  I have Zu Omen Def Mk ii's with the Radian upgrades.  It drives them effortlessly. The bass is sublime, the soundstage is huge, everything has a fleshy 3 dimensional quality to it, and the voices, I mean they might as well be in the room. But the thing that I wasn't prepared for was the dynamics.   I put Dave Brubeck's Take Five on and the drum solo was so real sounding, so "there" - it's the bass I've been searching for.  I have to say job well done Mr. Deckert, job well done!
last_lemming
grinnell
1,074 posts
 
buy used

wolf_garcia
6,602 posts
 
I recently (very recently…like a week or two) switched up my system to more efficient speakers and a little Dennis Had designed "Fire Bottle" single ended 12 watt per side amp. A surprisingly dynamic little amp with more than enough juice and maybe the best sound I've come up with over decades of various hifi items. The damn amp just seems so small for what it puts out…amazing. 
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charles1dad
10,230 posts
 
I'll join the chorus here as well. Higher efficiency easy load impedance speakers paired with lower power  (but good quality) amplifiers I prefer to brute power amplifiers driving demanding current/power hungry speakers. 
Charles 
schubert
7,386 posts
 
I agree , my Totem Sig. 1’s have great tone even at low levels but never really open up even with 225 watt amp. I enjoy listening more on my 500 hundred bucks Rega-RS- 1’s because they are easy to drive with my 8 watt tube amp and do just as well with my 225 watt one .
IMO listening to inefficent speakers is like listening to a singer straining at their upper range . Unpleasant .
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