Mikey01
Headphoneus Supremus
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[size=small]After a small adjournment from it's sweet and loving home, the Zana D is BACK. Much like it's owner, it had some massive surgery, preformed on it, and is now of different character. The 6AN7 tube was changed to a 6SL7 along with associated resistors, capacitors and the like. For you to witness: behold, a butterfly from the cocoon.
A big friggin beautiful thirty five pound thunder pumpin butterfly. With a sound experience John Williams would die for and like to have for his next space movie.
Now understand this is just a two hour listening documentary of an un-broken-in amp along with the users caviler expressions to a new toy. So take it with a grain of salt. So I did a search to find an opening statement for all of this. I found the following: WOW, this super deluxe extra mini CMoy is the best amp I ever did heared of. So we will change it a bit and say: WOW, The Zana Duex is simple the best, I have had so far, the privilage to hear.
Forgive me, but to use a term from Single Power, if the EC 2A3 is a great amp; the Zana Duex may well be the "slam version".
It has it all. Great speed, pratt, rhythm, bass, detail, extended frequencies on both ends, blackness, with wide and deep soundstage. However, it is not overly liquid or too smooth. It is very ingageing. You won't go to sleep on this guys watch. I always zero in on the cymbals as a test for some of the amps qualities. In this case, the normal crunch, clash and splash is not just defined and dressed up to be more presentable, but rather more real and lifelike. Just wonderful to hear the real time sound of a cymbal sintering. Many instruments sounded like they were suspended in mid air. This is just a teaser. More to follow.[/size]
[size=medium]Say, Eddie? Park dis one ova there, in between da 2a3si and da Black Rose, in that open spot. An don't be revin the engine too much neither.[/size]
A big friggin beautiful thirty five pound thunder pumpin butterfly. With a sound experience John Williams would die for and like to have for his next space movie.
Now understand this is just a two hour listening documentary of an un-broken-in amp along with the users caviler expressions to a new toy. So take it with a grain of salt. So I did a search to find an opening statement for all of this. I found the following: WOW, this super deluxe extra mini CMoy is the best amp I ever did heared of. So we will change it a bit and say: WOW, The Zana Duex is simple the best, I have had so far, the privilage to hear.
Forgive me, but to use a term from Single Power, if the EC 2A3 is a great amp; the Zana Duex may well be the "slam version".
It has it all. Great speed, pratt, rhythm, bass, detail, extended frequencies on both ends, blackness, with wide and deep soundstage. However, it is not overly liquid or too smooth. It is very ingageing. You won't go to sleep on this guys watch. I always zero in on the cymbals as a test for some of the amps qualities. In this case, the normal crunch, clash and splash is not just defined and dressed up to be more presentable, but rather more real and lifelike. Just wonderful to hear the real time sound of a cymbal sintering. Many instruments sounded like they were suspended in mid air. This is just a teaser. More to follow.[/size]
[size=medium]Say, Eddie? Park dis one ova there, in between da 2a3si and da Black Rose, in that open spot. An don't be revin the engine too much neither.[/size]
