Wilson Sophia 2 - pre-amp and amp recommendations

[chessman]

The Death Star is now fully operational that is, the BAT preamp and amp are both here and (finally) working correctly. I'm thinking Wilson and BAT have a very happy synergy. The BAT amp is fast enough to keep up with the Wilsons and the BAT preamp's warmth and the Wilson's precision are blending very nicely.

[Tonepub]

Dave Wilson has some Nagra tube gear driving his Sophia 2's in his office and it's the nicest Sophia system I've ever heard....

[two dot]

VPA's???

[nolitan777]

Originally Posted by Dr. John

(I'm running the 27 transport/DAC duo), I go straight into the amp, bypassing the inevitable coloration of a pre-amp. I use the pre-amp as a phono stage only. (Wadia feeds a VAC Renaissance 70/70 and through Transparent Reference cables, plays into the WattPuppy 5's, due for immediate replacement by - I'm thinking - the Sophia 3's.)

Sophia 3 should be a nice improvement over the WP5.
A friend who owned the WP5 for some years feels that the Sophia 2 is already better than his WP5 much more for Sophia 3.

[Lildebs888]

Originally Posted by two dot

VPA's???

I called him to answer your question, and yes they are Nagra VPA 50 watt monoblocks

Stereophile: Nagra VPA monoblock power amplifier

[MadFloyd]

Has anyone compared the BAT 52SE to any of the Joule preamps?

I'm finding the Joule/BAT VK-600 SE to be a great combination - more so on the Sasha than the Sophia 2 (as the Sasha is brighter), but I've never heard the BAT preamps.

[soundslikemusic]

years back I heard them with Classe separates & it sounded wonderful!