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Hi nature boy,Thanks for the great review and sorry for the delay in posting. Many thanks for your very kind words and most important is as you said getting lost in the music and that's what it's all about.I have Dave's cables and they are exceptional with my speakers and now I really want to hear Steve's ZMA amp. Thanks again,Louis
This thread is about the Super Alnico HO speakers, so I was thinking my experience with these fit here:...Still waiting for the speaker, I read about the ZOTL amplifiers and how people are happy to combine the omega speakers with these type of amplifiers (note: I was thinking, that the harshness I hear, might come from a combination of the KEFQ900 and my Cyrus components) . Talked to Louis and Mark (LTA) and based on their recommendations, I ordered the ZOTL10. The Zotl10 arrived 2 weeks later and I used it directly with my KEFQ900 without pre-amp (the DAC went directly to the ZOTL10). I was surprised again how well 10W were driving the KEFQ900 speakers, which required 15W-200W. I noticed a general improvement with the new amplifier and the Zenwave speaker cable. Now all these new components had time to burn-in....Then Louis's speakers arrived in May. Beautifully finished (2 tone; front: "Real BirdsEye Maple” all other 5 sides in "Real Walnut”). Now after 3 month listening I can not be happier with my decision (note: I also added the Micro Zotl 2.0 to my system)
Thank you for the additional suggestions (note: many of your suggestions I read before ; thank you). I do have the NOS tubes in MZ2+ but not in the Z10. Here I will follow up with Mark from LTA. About interconnects I was thinking to upgrade to D3 interconnects from Dave (Zenwave Audio) sometimes in Fall; I will also take a look in Duelund wires too.
is general try to read Jeff day and do the exact opposite .... he is so full of shit, it is over flowing into his blog .... positive feedback alone couldnt handle the human waste that was coming out. That is why he was kicked out of 6moons. For evidence of my bold claims read his series of uninformative articles on overpriced acoustic revive accessories and ask the ones who bought them about the supposedly mind blowing improvements that their thousands have brought them and how fast the hype disappeared.
This is yet another of your posts that offer nothing but an ad hominem attack on other hobbyists. It offers absolutely nothing productive and is a perfect example why so many people don't want to participate in this hobby.
I have a similar setup. Super Alnico HO floorstanders, LTA MZ2+ and Z10. This is a remarkable combination and seems like an end game for me.Two suggestions. As soon as you can consider getting NOS tubes for the LTA equipment if you have not already. Second. Consider getting some Duelund wire for your speaker wire and if you are solder iron handy, make some interconnects. Wonderful synergy with the Omegas and LTA.
Duelund wire is very colored. Maybe you like the color, which is fine, but it's a love/hate thing. I've never had such divided reactions to my Duelund interconnect cable, which is about to be discontinued because of those issues. Anyways, I'd never make a blanket recommendation for Duelund wire, you need to be one of those people looking for a certain warmth in the sound and I prefer a more neutral sound that doesn't get in the way and overlay it's character over every recording. I can guarantee you a huge majority of folks would prefer my SL17 vs a SC made with Duelund wire of any kind.
Yes absolutely people don't sign up for this hobby because of calling out reviewers who are full if shit. but there is a small minority who doesn't sign up because they are tired of baseless claims and fanboyism Anyway i first encountered acoustic revive cables when around summer 2011 an acquaintance in Tehran, Iran who had a pair of nautilus speakers and a pair of ridiculously heavy peak consult towers, ordered some of their cables because of the hype and he swapped out his entry level chord speaker cables for them and the sound just lost some macro dynamics as a result. with the peak consult there was just no difference. I told him that this is obviously a less than ideal pairing which is totally on you but it also tells us that the many 9s this cable has extra does not do much for the sound, does it? Any way Jeff days work is some of the most uninformative in this business rivaled only by Robert has Levi for writing the worst of the worst.
I would say that it was very system dependent. I find the Duelund to be very transparent and clean. I tried both your speaker cables and your IC's in a previous setup that I had and found them to be bright, not neutral. Perhaps in a system that is already warm they tend it toward neutral. "Neutral" is a moving target sort of like that old idea of "The Absolute Sound. As a vendor I did find you to be service oriented and easy to work with. Your cables are also well made....However to be honest I find it a little tricky when you show up in a thread and promote your own cables.
While all systems are different, I have the advantage of hearing a lot of opinions and comparisons and what I said before is what I'll stick with. Duelund wire can sound great in some systems but not others, while all of my other cables have much less variability. Duelund wire is extremely colored, that's the reason. Maybe that color fits your system and personal preference, in which case that's great. But the coloration ultimately obscures detail and isn't truly high fidelity. You specifically mentioned replacing my SL17 with Duelund cable, which I think is a really bad idea, so I have a right to say something. Also, this isn't the general forum, this is the Omega forum and I've talked with Louis about what he's ok with me posting. I tend to be fairly conservative about promoting myself, I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't made what I feel is a questionable recommendation. And you might be the first person ever to characterize my cables as bright, which tells me your system is not balanced to begin with. I ONLY recommend Deulund cable to people with systems like yours but TBH they are few and far between which is why I'm discontinuing my use of Duelund wire. I also totally disagree with neutral being a moving target. It's a relative comparison but there are concrete things you can listen for to determine neutrality such as the presence of fine detail in vocals and acoustic instruments, the quality of the soundstage and imaging, the ability of the system to reproduce spatial information in the recording, whether there is natural and realistic sounding tone/timbre and more. This is not a purely subjective evaluation, either detail is present or it is not. The quality of tonality leaves some room for subjective preference but comparison to live unamplified music can be a good benchmark.
