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Originally Posted by Still-One
Serge
The Sophia's are excellent speakers but you do not have to throw that kind of coin at them to get 98% of what they offer.
Too bad you are not going out to RMAF in 10 days. At least you might hear some other gear that interests you.
Jim
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Jim, while the Sophia 2 and 3 are very often displayed with lesser gear to prove that you don't have to break the bank to have great sound, I even auditioned the Sophia 3 with the lower end Ayre gear and really enjoyed it as well as made the decision to own a pair, I also know they
deserve and
can support gear of much higher level.
The Sasha reacted much more to different gear than virtually any of the speakers I've owned before... I believe that Sophia 3 will also reveal quite a broad range of differences in upstream components.
Both have chameleon like qualities. I've heard a big difference just by swapping in a pair of Transparent RCAs with Sasha and Sophia 3 this morning. Just like that the sound changed... wasn't always this kind of a dramatic difference with all of my other speakers before.
Besides, there is more to this than just having gear "good enough" to drive them. I don't have to tell you all the other aspects of pride and satisfaction of ownership and how much that last 2% of performance costs us.
