RGA
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That's not fair - everything sounds better with 2A3 - maybe not better "loudly" but better. I LOVE the 2a3I tried lots of tube and SS amps but my Omens sounded best with a 3.5 watt 2a3 SET.
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That's not fair - everything sounds better with 2A3 - maybe not better "loudly" but better. I LOVE the 2a3I tried lots of tube and SS amps but my Omens sounded best with a 3.5 watt 2a3 SET.
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I listen at 75db to 80db. Bass and dynamics are strong and satisfying. Less than 75db runs into Fletcher-Munson. Amps are Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum (kt120) and 99 Magnum. Room is 16x19, listening to both kinds of music, that is, Rhythm and Blues.I've heard Zu Speakers are awesome for listening to quietly...
Can anyone confirm this??? I suppose it has to do with that high efficiency...
This is with a Musical paradise MP301 at 6.5 watts and average 73db listening level and is plenty for me .Thanks for the tip on the Musical Paradise Amp. I am from Canada so this makes it an easy choice. I will be giving MP a call in the near future to discuss this amp a little more and see what happens...
I Always wondered why most speaker manufacturers always choose crossover points in the most critical and sensitive listening ranges, Zu is a very smart design, a design I have often wondered about, that is, choosing a much higher crossover point, so the low, mids, and high mids, have no crossover, thus putting more range on 1 driver, and then adding a crossover point only on the very high end, where we expect a change naturally to happen anyway. Excellent work and thanks for the "out of the norm" engineering and perfect results Zu audio !!
yes true my friend, full range, with just a little more magic on topThe Omen tweeters come in so high the speakers could best be described as a 1 1/2 way.
The big 10 inch wide band Eminence drivers practically run full range.
I Always wondered why most speaker manufacturers always choose crossover points in the most critical and sensitive listening ranges, Zu is a very smart design, a design I have often wondered about, that is, choosing a much higher crossover point, so the low, mids, and high mids, have no crossover, thus putting more range on 1 driver, and then adding a crossover point only on the very high end, where we expect a change naturally to happen anyway. Excellent work and thanks for the "out of the norm" engineering and perfect results Zu audio !!
I do the same- but have built and measured so many speakers over the years that predicting how they will sound and how they measure does have a relationship.I recall one owner of the early Druids preferred his less expensive Omens. Thankfully most of us judge speakers by the way they sound.