Last night I had a listen for the last time to my Sophia II speakers. I could not stop wondering, how good they really are, esp. with SET amps !



They sounded so good with the Kondo (Audio Note Japan) Ongaku - 27Wpc SET integrated, that even Kondo distributor himself was surprised.



$110.000 Kondo Ongaku might not be sth we would consider a natural partner for the $16k Sophias, but at least it showed how good - coherent, fast and transparent - the speakers really are.

But Sophias have to go ... to make room for the new W/P Shasha

So, the King is dead. Long live the king !

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Wilson W/P Sasha + darTZeel NHB-108 + dCS Scarlatti

More of the audio porn:

Crates


Tweeter


Midwoofer


Woofer


Upper module with spikes


Bass module


Upper module jumper cables


Back panel hides fine-tuning resistors for the tweeter and midwoofer

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Wilson W/P Sasha + darTZeel NHB-108 + dCS Scarlatti

Casters (very useful !)


Protective film

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Wilson W/P Sasha + darTZeel NHB-108 + dCS Scarlatti

Congrats on the Sasha's! This is a very familiar situation to me as I also went from Sophia IIs to Sasha's. Even the colors are very similar. Enjoy the Sasha's, they are incredible speakers and get better and better with time as you discover their talent.

Here are some pics of my journey.

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System 7.1:
Wilson Sasha/Mezzo/Watch surrounds
D'Agostino Momentum x3 amps
Bryston 4B SST2 x2 amps
Krell S1200U pre/pro
Oppo Blu
Sony Blu changer
McIntosh MS300 music server
EAR/Yoshino Acute III tubed CDP
Transparent Ultra cabling
JL Audio F212 Sub
Lumagen video processor
JVC RS-35U projector
Stewart Screen

Too cool! Congrats!

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Randy - Wilson Sophia 2; BAT VK-600SE, BAT VK-52SE, BAT VK-5DSE; JL Audio F113 x2; Exact Power EP-15 and SP-15; Oppo BDP-83 SE; Emotiva MPS-1 and DMC-1; Marantz VP-15S front projector; 92" Stewart Firehawk; Rocket 200, 300, 750; ASC Tube Traps; SMS-1; WireWorld Silver Electra 5^2 PC's, Silver Eclipse 6 IC's and Silver Eclipse 6 SC's; Shunyata Hydra 6/Black Mamba CX-HC; Symposium Svelte Plus and RollerBlock Series 2+; Clear Audio Concept (MC); PS Audio GCPH

Congrats - you'll enjoy the Sashas for years.

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B&W 802D(2) B&W HTMD2 B&W 803D(2) B&W ASW825 McIntosh MC501(3) MC402 MX-136 MVP-871 Benchmark DAC1 Apple Mac Mini Rega P3-24 RGPC 400 pro WireWorld interconnects

So so cool! I hope you LOVE them!!

Deb

Awesome!

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For I am not ashamed, for I know [in] Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able...

Elberoth...quite an evolution in your system from the all-ARC affair with the Sophia IIs !! Very nicely done I was curious which amp you are using to primarily drive the Sashas now: Dartzeel? Do the Nagras and Pass amps have enough juice to fully power the Sashas?

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Cyril
Speakers/Amp/Preamp: Thiel CS2.4 / ARC Ref 110 / ARC Ref 3
Sources: Basis 2001/Graham2.2/Nagra BPS/Benz Micro Glider SL, ARC CD7, Oppo BDP-83 SE
Cables/Power/Other: Nordost Heimdall ICs, SCs / Shunyata Hydra 8, Shunyata Python Helix PC / VPI 16.5, HRS Nimbus isolation system

Elberoth,

Congratulations on your new Sashas. What speaker cables are you using? Looking forward to your listening impressions either posted here or in your "European Perspective" system on Audiogon.

Scott (David S. Wolsner on the Wilson Facebook site)