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I had the Druid Mk V's which are the same internally and I loved them with a sub. I have not heard the DW or the Soul Supreme. The Druids are extremely picky as far as placement and upstream components. They only sounded great with a very high end Amp, Dac, cables etc. so you might want to consider that as well before the upgrade. Having said that Vocals, Jazz and acoustics sounded amazing on the Druids. Zu has that tone thing down. I preferred the Druids to the Def MkIV's for the most part.
Yeah, that's what I have been told by others, including Sean and Gerrit at ZU. That some of their other offerings are picky with both upstream electronics and room placement. That's one thing that makes the Dirty Weekends so appealing. Is they are not picky at all with upstream electronics and room placement. When I initially got them, I had them hooked up with a very budget friendly, but still nice AVR and they sounded great. Now with that being said, getting a really great pair of speakers, like the ZU Dirty Weekends, has sent me on an upgrade journey because they do sound a lot better with better upstream equipment. Every upgrade I have made has made a noticeable improvement. Once I fed them real power and high quality amplification though, man did I really hear what they were capable of. No way should $1000 speakers sound this good. I had the Def Heads in my home a couple of years ago. And I still preferred the Dirty Weekends. After a lot of conversations with Sean and Gerrit over at ZU, I decided to cancel my order of the Soul Supreme's and go with another pair of Dirty Weekends with the Jupiter Cap upgrade. I am also getting a premium finish, high gloss mirror finish in Ferrari Red. Should be some sweet DW's! But yeah, Sean and Gerrit both felt that with my listening habits and eclectic taste in music, that the Dirty Weekends best suite my needs.
Take a look at Stereophile's spectral decay plot, it's a mess, not to mention the ragged frequency response. I heard some Druids before and was not impressed. Having that 10" driver go all the way up to 12 Khz has problems. Imaging was affected by diffraction big time. Images were big and flat. Not having drivers the length of the speaker makes for a less realistic image overall. For 4500.00 I would go for some Teckton Double Impacts or Moabs, or used Spacial Audio Saphires or save for X3s. Or if you don't mind DIY, something from Danny using the open baffle bass. Rocket Ronny
Wise choice. And I bet they are gonna look and sound amazing. Sean is a great guy. I'm gonna have to hear those DW's sometime!
I own the X-5'and love them. However the tone of the Druids with jazz and vocals was top notch. The X-5's outclass them in many categories but not there.
Tone is great, I get it. But overall the ZUs don’t do it for me. Rocket Ronny
Sean and Gerrit are both great guys. They have bent over backwards to try to help me. This is my 4th pair of ZU's. They're really good! It's a speaker for people who love music. Not measurements or analyzing or hearing every minor detail in the recording studio. Do I really need to hear Diana Krall fart. When you stop analyzing and critiquing your gear and you just enjoy the music, well you know you have it right. I had a system in here recently that all I ever did was critique it, I never enjoyed it, it never moved me, hence why I sold it all recently.
You nailed it. The ZU's get tone right. Music just sounds right and natural to me with the ZU's. I've had speakers that are more resolving, have more details, a little faster in response ,but the DW's do it all right and put it together in a nice and neat, one speaker to do it all package. Believe me, I know. I have probably had over 20 pairs of speakers over the past 6 years and the Dirty Weekends are hands down my favorite. A close second were the Magnepan LRS's. Man those are great speakers!
That's an impressive number of speakers over 6 years! If you don't mind, what were some of the other speakers you owned?
Thanks for inform AvsFan, much appreciated.
