Dominick
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Still like that old time Rock and Roll!!
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Well....after 7 years of being part of the Decware family, I finally just put my order in for the SE84UFO25 as well!! 😃😃
When I attended Decfest 2 years ago, the magic of the Zen amp made my head spin, paired with DNA2.
I will be running them with my ERR speakers and fed by my ZStage as a low level preamp. While I was a bit concerned since my ERR’s are like 90 dB efficient, Steve has stated multiple times that the Zen amp will play louder than you think.
For me...I normally play Jazz, Big Band, and various types of single instrument music like the guitar, piano, and saxophone music. Based on what other forum members have indicated, I should be fine at the volume level I normally listen.
I have taken some decibel readings and enjoy music in the mid 80’s range. While I do love playing some music loud, in the mid to high 90’s, I know that at those levels, the Zen amp will fall short. In those scenarios, I’ll just run my Yamaha SS amp into my ERR’s or my Klipsch The Three BT speaker to rock out.
Point being that after you hear how musical and transparent the 25th Zen amp plays, you start to care less about the volume loudness as you are captivated by the music.
Eventually I think buy more efficient speakers, or buy another 25th down the road to run as mono’s at 6 wpc, which is what the radial ERR’s/ HR-1 probably need to shine to play at higher volume levels. Or I can possibly sell my ZSTAGE down the line and buy the CSP3-25th to add more substantial gain. That may be enough to where a 2nd 25th ZEN amp may not be necessary.
Either way I am stoked that I finally get opportunity to own one of these special amps.
Dom
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Rasp. Pi 4 [Roon], Schiit Bifrost True Multibit DAC, ZBIT, ZROCK2, My Audio Cables Ultra Silver+, ZSB, CSP2+ 25th, DAG Cables, DHC1, Torii MKIV 25th /2 White Zen SE84C+ 25th mono’s, Rega P2 Turntable, White top ZP3, Velodyne Dual Firing Sub, ERR’s [Bubbinga Wood]
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