Wilson Audio Sasha 2 vs Sophia 3


Hello Audiophiles,

How does the Sophia 3 (discontinued?) stack up to the Sasha 1 or 2.  I've seen a threat on Sasha vs. Sophia, but...

I've recently auditioned the Sabrina and the Sasha 2.  It was no comparison for me; the Sasha did everything I thew at it well, the Sabrina did some things quite well, and others not so well - couldn't deliver much impact or scale for me. 

I'm trying to decide whether the Sophia 3 is closer to the Sasha or the Sabrina?  I know it's in the middle but where?  

14x21' audio room.  ARC ref75 and Lumin T1 streamer.  I have 1st/2nd reflection and base traps installed.  Moving up from Focal 1027s. 

Thanks for ANY opinions and inputs!!!


jo1mtb

Showing 3 responses by georgehifi

"Typically" an amp that is solid state with big power supply and using bi-polar output transistors (BJT) are the ones that will give the best current output.
To put that into laymans terms, an amp that can "almost" double it’s wattage for each halving of speaker impedance load is a good current deliverer.
Look at the specs.
EG:
50w -8ohms
100w-4ohms
200w-2ohms

For instance very sought after huge old massive Mark Levinson ML2 monoblocks don’t have many watts into 8ohms but they do
25w-8ohms
50w-4ohms
100w-2ohms
200w-1ohm.
https://c05d22d421713559ae3382d5a980815d4cf5ca6a.googledrive.com/host/0B_s-XMmdi448RDhFR2hhdXVQRWM/Mark-Levinson-ML-2-Mono-Power-Amplifiers-.html

Tubes and mosfet amps, don't do these sort of currents, that why they don't usually advertise it. 
Cheers George



No problems driving the Sashas. Back when I had the Ref 110 amp

Yes, but the Ref110 has double the amount of output tubes than the Ref75, 8 instead of 4.

The Ref 75 may sound fine, even in the bass/upper bass to the unwary, but when an amp with current is compared to it, then one will hear what it's not doing right in the bass/upper bass.

Cheers George 

Be careful do your homework, the Sasha is far harder to drive especially in the bass and mid bass than the Sophia.

The Sasha would like an amp that delivers current, I don’t think your AR75 is up to it but maybe OK with the Sophia.

"On the other hand, the Sasha’s plot of impedance magnitude and electrical phase (fig.1) reveals the speaker to be a demanding load for the partnering amplifier to drive."

http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-sasha-wp-loudspeaker-measurements#kc5zqbs0YwBXFQXu.97

Cheers George