Zu Soul Superfly

Had the same shenanigans this time last year with Zu Essence on the change over from Dealer Network to Direct Sales, that was one hell of a frustrating 3 months from placing my order with my dealer in the UK, no one knew what was happening at all levels, exacerbated with little or no communication being forthcoming from all levels.
Anyone had similar experiences?

It seems to be a common trait, direct sales - dealer network - direct sales - price increases out of no-where, makes one think twice about dealing with a company with such inconsistencies.

Although Zu speakers are spectacular in my opinion.

Based on the 35% increase in price I suspect it's a move back to dealer network. Agree such inconsistencies may impact the reputation of the company. I hope my pre-order pair which I am still waiting for isn't affected by the changes.

Mine have arrived but, in a strange twist, are sitting idle in my room waiting for an amp. Funny that. Should have some reports starting next weekend.

My gut on the price increase: I think that they are still trying to find their sweetspot in the market. I think that the buzz around the Superfly has been overwhelming and that they are building speakers as fast as they can. I would imagine that the increase in price is, in large part, designed to help them build a company that can manufacture more product when they announce a new line rather than having to stagger production cycles like they are now. My sense is that they are staying direct (in the states, at least) but want to build capacity.

I can't wait to hear these beauties.

Start burning them in with whatever crap old receiver you have around the house. They take a bit to start sounding good so you may as well take advantage of the downtime.

I just noticed that Zu came out with a new line of cables which appear to be their new 'top of the line' at a pretty darn low cost. I'm curious about their speaker cables for the sole reason I read of so many people preferring libtec to anything else with Zu speakers, but I'm using an all Wywire system right now and don't think I want to even experiment with breaking my complete chain.

Still, its cheap though...

P.S. I also just noticed Sam Telling also backed out on the stereophile review due to the delay.

Gopher

What problems do you hear in your system that you think new cables will fix and why?