I first heard the Zen Torii III, courtesy of a friend who brought his amp over, with my JansZen zA2.1s in my small listening room and that test really got me excited.  Last night I took those speakers over to my friends house to try again in a much larger room.  The JanZens are hybrid ESLs that are easier to drive than most of its kind but still in the high 80s in efficiency.  

We discovered that we could get listening levels higher than I care to listen at, but going into ear-damaging rock and roll territory was not an option.  OK, I am trying to preserve my hearing anyway.  The sound of this amp made my speakers sound better than I have heard to date with very solid bass and super everything else.

I put my order in this morning for the amp.  I have now joined the others who are "waiting as fast as they can".  

jam71, congrats on the order! I'm on the waiting list too!

will, remember: the treble reduction controls can be added to any amp according to Steve. I had them on my Integrated and they were a great thing to have, I could dial in great sound and I'd still be listening to that amp if I hadn't needed more power for my listening room in Austin.

Lon,

Thanks for the tip. I did not know that, or didn't remember anyway!

Thanks, I will check the options on the Integrated.

I really use the MkIII bass knobs, but can't remember what it was like without, so can't quite imagine how they will effect you.

But I bet you will find them a useful tuning device. They do more than just adjust bass quality since they alter the amp interaction with the drivers. Took me a while to get what the sound differences were, but adjusting for the right "feel" with a given tube set and speakers is easy and a great tool.