Anyone have thoughts on the Peak Consult Zoltans?

To sir speedy, Wrong wrong wrong, The Usher's are the equil to any of the $40k mega buck speakers like the Avalon Diamonds, or the Kharma's. Remember Usher makes all their own drivers except for the remarkable Eaton woofers, so they can save a fortune based on cost of driver acquistion. Also they have a lower operating cost and produce drivers in much larger quantities.

I have seen the drivers first hand and they are world class.

My rallying point is the audio snobishness that will dismiss a product because it is too inexpenisve and not absurdly priced! The Zoltan is just such an animal. It is a very nice speaker but not worth 35 big ones! Add up the parts and the wooden cabinet and it is no where near the cost plus a reasonable mark up. This is why I am so hot on people hearing the Usher's. World class speakers that are reasonably priced and beautifully made!

Sir Speedy,

I'm told by Peak in Denmark that another review of the Zoltan was just published in Hi Fi News, done by Martin Collums.

As for Audiooracle's contention that Zoltan is not worth it's asking price, please keep in mind that he is a retailer for Usher.

If you need your car to get the kids to school and the groceries home, you don't buy the Ferrari. If you need your car so that you can have the ineffable high of driving a precision-built, luxury machine - you buy the Ferrari.

And while many a forune has been made promising Ferrari performance for Toyota prices, that promise has never been delivered upon. You either own a Ferrari or you don't.

OK,OK,OK!!I submit!!!I WILL make an attempt to "garnish" listening experience on the Ushers.
One point I have noticed on their web page,was that they state a low power handling ability.Well they may be efficient(a good thing) yet when a speaker shows the top power handling ability of an amp to be 100 watts,it sort of sends up a red flag to me.I hope I'm wrong,but that sort of stuck out to me,when I was checking them out,last year.This may not be the model spoken of here,but it was one of the "top" offerings!

Best!

Sirspeedy, I am not sure what you heard, or where you heard it, as well if you knew the music and did you compare it directly to something else in the same system.

But a question does beg to be asked, why so many outstanding reviews and from all around the world, the speaker also measures better than most, all the fundamentals of things being right, and look at some of the latest reports from Stereophile, the audio federations guys, and several other online publications, along with many other individuals who like the Peaks a lot.

The Peaks use drivers from the same company that Verity and Sonus Faber uses and is built specifically for the Peaks, and is in the same price category as these speakers.

You need to spend sometime with the Peaks, with your music and you need to explain at the time of listening what you interpret, so that the presenter can explain his interpretation and what can be contributed to the room, the source or the amps.

So unless all these reviewers are nuts, you may have not heard the best of the Peaks or it may just be a lot different than what you are use to.

The expert reviewer is still the best source of what's happening, it may not be what you like but a lot of these good reviewers are also accomplished musicians and maybe this has something to do with it.

Allan,what the heck are you talking about!!!I do feel that I would like the Peaks under the correct conditions.That's why I started this Post!....DUH!!!
There are plenty of good designs out there.

Best!