Solid State watts to power Zu Defintions?

There is a dealer local to me who used to carry Zu and had a pair of the original Definitions driven by a Sim Audio Moon W-8 power amp, and they sounded fantastic. Having said that, when they switched over to a top of the line VTL tube amp/pre combo, it sounded even better.

WarrenH---check out a used Mac 402 (with quad balanced circuit). they are really cheap now that the 452 came out. and with Mac, easy to resell of course.

McIntosh solid state amps with both autoformer outputs and the quad-differential topology. As good as solid state will get on Defs. Pick your price; try for monoblocks; you're golden.

Phil

Love my Def 2's on the end of my Naim set up Cd 555; pre NAC 552; power NAP 300. perfect trans atlantic union.

Zu's can have a slightly aggressive high treble with solid state. Tubes fare better. Avoid "bright" mps or amps with an overly lean presentation. That said, I had good luck with a Rega Elicit before I switched to tubes.

PMB