213cobra
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| Zu Druid 6 No question cabinet talk was a noticeable flaw in early Zu, until the Definition 2 and steps taken with the Druid v4-08 upgrades. You got around that by limiting SPLs or just putting up with it when you wanted to hammer your skull. It wasn't that ... | |
| Zu Druid 6 Marc,I had a chance to listen to Nat 211 amps a few times in the past, even as far back as when I had Def2, and even earlier NAT amps using the VT4-C triode, well before I owned anything Zu. Certainly good sounding amps in the grand scheme of ampl... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >> We used 300B amps by Audio Note and Mastersound. <<With those amps representing SET, I concur with your assessment.>> The PP amp was a VAC phi 200. <<Oy. That's trouble.Phil | |
| Zu Druid 6 I don't know who "we" are. but unless you were comparing M-60s to Audion Golden Dream, Black Shadow or Golden Night specifically representing SET, I don't really have an opinion. There are a limited number of good sounding SET alternatives. Audion... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >> If Phil likes SETs on the Zus he really should hear your M-60s powering these speakers. <<I have. Quite a good combination. | |
| Zu Druid 6 >> I didn't write a treatise on a particular speaker claiming it to be the second coming discounting other designs in the process. I didnt start a discussion on the XTAC. See if you see some similarities between your thread and the recent Te... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >> Well these are not typical array speakers and the special amplification is critical. By using drivers and different size you open up a whole series of problems which are avoided by using multiple identical drivers. What I find so interest... | |
| Zu Druid 6 I've had no opportunity to hear the Cube Nenuphar. I'm aware of it. By all accounts, compared to comparable Zu it lacks bass foundation, and it is only93db/w/m efficient, 8db less than Zu. So for a given amp the burst factor will be reduced. On th... | |
| Zu Druid 6 [email protected] is definitely Bob's email address. Try it again and not it's not a .com, but a .net. Ancient email provider here.If you have further trouble, I'll have Bob email you. | |
| Zu Druid 6 Marc,Bob builds to order and he doesn't have a web site to order from. Email Bob at [email protected] | |
| Zu Druid 6 Marc,I agree your vast suspended, older, flexy floor presents a special challenge for bass energy, especially for a down-firing sub arrangement. I don't think sub-bass performance is assured to be better with Class A/B than well-implemented Class ... | |
| Zu Druid 6 A few further random notes:1/ Bob Hovland offers an isolation transformer that improves the sound of amps I've tried with it. The design principle is that if an amp is fed power from a balanced power isolation transformer that is designed to opera... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >>So you read the actual description of these speakers and the white paper?<<Yes, I read the white paper. I agree with most of the diagnostic observations about what's wrong with speaker types to-date. Further, the author's time-domain... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >>So if Druids VI truly break the 35 Hz barrier in room, they may be a better choice for me than Definitions VI, Experiences I or Dominances II.<<Marc,I don't think a Definitions owner will want to give them up for Druid 6. Especially ... | |
| Zu Druid 6 >>Check out the XTAC by Audiomachina and you will see most if not all of your concerns addressed properly and without compromise.<<[Laughing hysterically...] No, that's exactly wrong what I don't want.Phil |