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Does the wilson sophia 1 sound good only with perf

I now have the Sophia 1 speakers. They seem to sound right only with very well recorded music. Otherwise the defects show up and stand in the way of plain enjoyment of the music. Has anyone else had this experience with them? I use Audio Research tube qmp and pre amp.

Mgguy (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-07-10

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12-07-10 Sounds like you failed to demo them b4 u bought. a big mista ... Lindisfarne

12-07-10: Johnsonwu
May I ask which Audio Research pre/power are you using?

I heard them through the more modern Audio Research gear (Ref 2 or was it ref 3 driving a VT 1X0 (forgot, sorry) )
and didnt like them.

Then I heard them driven by Melody 1688 (a very sweet 6SN7 based pre) and modified Cayin tube monos and then Canary 309s and they sounded good.

The Sophia I's tend to sound aggressive when driven by anything other than triode amps. But since its not as efficient as the WPs you need some power drive them.
Johnsonwu (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-07-10 The sophias are a high resolution pair of speakers. if ther ... Goatwuss

12-07-10 Mgguy, i have a very similar system. wilson sophia i's, aud ... Jdolgin

12-08-10 I agree with what's stated above. setup is key with these sp ... Shakeydeal

12-08-10 Agree with goatwuss and jdolin. who set them up? where are t ... Samhar

12-17-10 i am having someone set them up correctly. Mgguy

12-17-10 Badly recorded music sounds bad on any speaker. fact of life ... Chayro

12-18-10 A lot of times people tend to blame their setup's tendency t ... Johnsonwu

12-19-10 I don't often quote peter aczel (the audio critic, for you n ... Chayro

12-23-10 Whoever think sophia 1 is a high resolution speakers must ha ... Pkoh70

12-23-10 I'm not a sophia owner or wilson defender (or detractor), bu ... Chayro

12-23-10 Pkoh70- did you compare the sophia 2s to the thiel 3.7, kef ... Kana813

12-23-10 I was too quick in my judgement of sophia 1. after furth ... Mgguy

12-24-10 Great news!!! glad you got them dialed in. enjoy!!! Samhar

12-26-10 'badly recorded music sounds bad on any speaker. fact of lif ... Gawdbless

12-26-10 For all of you that want to give pkoh70 a hard time... he sp ... James63