Tekton Style Seas Pendragon Vs ZU Audio Essence
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and will produce ferocity toward those who are not thought to be members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell. Why is it that we disregard a silent voice within ourselves that shows us we have to go in one direction yet we follow where others in better amounts are traveling? Luckily, we possess wisdom gained from knowledge, thus, recently I had to execute a U-turn in my audio journey. Often times I think a lot of audio hobbyists obtain swept up with parsing the words of various other reviewers, trying to ascertain if our point of reference will fall into line similarly. While nothing at all beats first hand trial, not absolutely all of us can easily afford to shell out funds to make side by side component comparisons inside our own house. That is doubly genuine of specialty brand names where shipping in of itself could be cost prohibitive. Compromises are usually made and running right behind those will be the fruit of outcomes… Having the opportunity to trade used equipment alleviates much of the customer’s remorse connected with bad buys, not forgetting staying away from steep losses on depreciation.
The flip side to the used market is scarcity and timing. When one is not used to this hobby, how do they know what they truly want, how will each component sound in their house and how do they figure out synergy without learning from your errors? Unavoidable! Reflecting on my actual starting place with stereo, conditions such as ‘bright, dark, recessed, and fatiguing’ frightened me toward the center ground. The middle ground is where I properly stayed, in my own cavern of naivety, for two years. Only after a few element changes here and there do I enter a period of frantic and frenetic modification. The benefits today are absolutely apparent, even my partner whom like many other audiofool wives believed I had been insane, yet understands the end results are magnificent. I took a self-funded crash training course to gain knowledge and reputation. Copyright free music and recessed terms now make sense to me as I sampled products from ADS, Polk Audio and Marantz.
Moreover, We now know very well what absolute vivid and fatiguing appear to be thanks to a couple brand names I will not point out. I took solace in the truth that each amplifier or loudspeaker I brought house would ultimately bring me one phase nearer to identifying the exact sound I want and appreciate almost all. Reviewer’s nomenclature held better sway when i could commiserate with experiences and epiphanies. Additionally, another process by elimination offered itself; knowing specific choices of reviewers permitted me to narrow down opinions that didn’t suit my trials. 18 pairs of audio speakers later, I learned that I favor lively and powerful over recessed and polite. Quickness and agility interest me over composure and total balance. Unfortunately, I ignored my gut instinct to try a specific domestic brand that could have finished my journey early. Furthermore, had I listened to that inner voice three years earlier, I may have skipped the experience of 15 pairs of said audio speakers.
This brings me to the primary topic for this evaluation, I pit brand new, semi-customized Tekton Design Seas Pendragons against a couple of 6 year old ZU Sound Essence loudspeakers. I has been thoroughly shocked as I was delighted by the comparison. Early in my transformation from passive music listener to active stereo hobbyist, the rambunctious attitude at ZU Audio caught my attention. Sean Casey and his crew where already established as a counter lifestyle to conventional hi-fi plus they appeared very content with that epithet. One aspect to ZU would continuously and consistently pop-up in testimonials, either their listeners absolutely loved their audio speakers or there was a profound and uncommon hatred of these products. Wow, being anti-establishment is a very important factor, however, you nevertheless still need to create and sell good enough units to keep the lighting on and your website present. ZU should be doing something appropriate after 15 many years! I quietly logged all mention of ZU into the recesses of my mind, as a warm ember silently glowed. Early in 2014 I decided enough was more than enough, I must get my hands on some. I sent a deposit to get a new couple of Omen Def’s built.
