Do you experience this with both your analog and digital front end? I bet the Sophias sound excellent w/ good recordings (as mine do). If your goal is to set-up a system to make these inferior recordings sound "good", I fear you will end up with a highly colored system. I would experiment with speaker and listening chair positions, room treatments, and cables before giving up on the Wilson's.
Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?
Currently using these in a 14x25 room. Enjoying them for the most part, but they can sound aggressive and make mediocre recordings sound like crap and be somewhat fatiguing. I’m interested in trying something that is slightly more forgiving without sacrificing a lot of detail, air, dynamics, etc.
Any suggestions?
Associated equipment (preamps still in flux):
Amps
Pass XA 100.5 monoblocks
Preamps – Tube
Audio Valve Eclipse
Cary SLP-05
Preamps – SS
Fire H20
Wyred 4 Sound STP SE
Pass XP-20
Sources:
ModWright Transporter
Raven One TT / Triplanar / Dynavector XV-1s
Thanks.
Any suggestions?
Associated equipment (preamps still in flux):
Amps
Pass XA 100.5 monoblocks
Preamps – Tube
Audio Valve Eclipse
Cary SLP-05
Preamps – SS
Fire H20
Wyred 4 Sound STP SE
Pass XP-20
Sources:
ModWright Transporter
Raven One TT / Triplanar / Dynavector XV-1s
Thanks.