OK...ONE LAST SPEAKER QUESTION cash cash

By the way, you'll notice the reason for the recent sale of the DB-99 was the conversion of the owners' listening room into a nursery for their new baby.

He said the DB-99 were the finest speakers he had ever heard. 'Course we don't know if he had ever heard the Definitions. :)

Tvad,
I'll concede all your points. My statement was a bit too spontaneous.
I'm a Zu owner, however, so I know which way to bet on this one.

I'm a Zu owner, however, so I know which way to
bet on this one.
Macrojack (Reviews | Threads | Answers)

Macrojack, I respect your opinion and your enthusiastic endorsement of Zu Audio loudspeakers. Are you still using the Melody SP-3/Druid combo, or have you changed to the Definitions?

Surely, you must agree that is reasonable for someone shopping for new
loudspeakers do whatever is necessary to ensure they have all the
information available to make a decision that is right for them, including
hearing the products?

I am neither pro-Von Schweikert nor anti-Zu. I am in favor of an
informed decision as I suspect are you.

If your going to plop down $10K for a speaker, you might wanna check the new Calypso from GMA:
http://greenmountainaudio.com/Speakers/Calypso/Welcome.htm

Tvad,
I still have Druids. I've tried repeatedly to convince myself to upgrade to the Defs and so far it's been a no go. Last week I took delivery of Zu's new Mini Method sub and I'm wondering if I even needed that. The Druid is pretty complete by itself. I'm going to keep the sub for my 2 channel movie watching but it is not so necessary with music.
Yes, I still use the SP-3 with my Druids but I alternate another combo that works rather well. Today I have a Pass Aleph 30 and an Eastern Electric Mini Max preamp driving them. I think the latter combo has somewhat higher resolution but there is something about the SP-3 that is very hard to abandon - and surprisingly the bass is pretty equal. That fact really surprised me.
As for waiting to see what else Zu will make in the future, why? Are you going to walk until you are convinced that Ford or Toyota or whoever has finalized the automobile.
You remind me of myself not buying a computer until fairly late in its development because I noticed that they got bigger and better and cheaper every year. While I was making up my mind, everybody else was benefitting from computer use and I was on the sidelines strategizing. Well, I've had a computer now for 7 years, in fact I've bought 5 of them now, and nothing has changed at all. They still get bigger and better and cheaper every year but at least now I can participate.
You all sound like kids at the candy counter with just one nickel. It ain't that hard to make up your mind. Furthermore I will say that I have bought probably 40 or 50 pairs of speakers in my time and never really regretted any of them.
The reason people rave about Zu is simple. Don't complicate it.