Audio Research and Wilson Sabrina

Be sure to try the various output taps. The 75se is a very sweet amplifier imo and experience - I’ve heard it at length in a variety of systems.. including a couple of week loan while my Ayre was being upgraded. I have a REF80S but not running Wilson. Best to you in music :-)

jim

Hey Sam, it's Dave N.  I think your system sounded fantastic the last time we were there.  Plenty of dynamics and headroom on the Basie and Dire Straits records we played.  

Be careful with ChatGPT.  It told me that my Aric Audio amps weren't sufficient to drive my Stradivari's in my room.  Well as you know, they are and ChatGPT is wrong.  Seems like it takes generalizations and applies them to specific queries.  Sometimes it is accurate, sometimes not.  

After hearing your system, I wouldn't make any changes to your electronics.  In fact I left thinking I might one day return to Wilson speakers!  

Do what I do when I start to question if I should replace something...just buy more records!  Happy new year and I hope we can get together soon.

I think you will be very happy with the ARC Ref 75. These are beloved amps for a reason and tube amps so they have much more power than a solid state. I have a friend with Wilson Puppies and the ARC Vti 80. While the Sabrina is a less efficient speaker... unless you blast rock and roll... then the REF 75 will provide plenty of power. Maybe someday you will have the funds to upgrade. I would definitely go for the speakers... assuming you like Wilson.. .I am an ARC / Sonus faber person. You can also wait and enjoy an upgraded amp later. I'm sure you will be happy in the mean time.  

For many years, if not still, Audio Research always demoed, and also tested when voicing, their products using Wilson speakers, so that should be a great fit.

I have a pair of ARC Ref 250SE monoblocks for sale, if you want to up your ARC game a bit.

There is a review of Sabrinas where a reviewer is using several amps for evaluation, one of them is 75SE. Read it. 
I was considering trying 75SE but was worried it wouldn’t be enough. The Sabrinas are not easy on amps due to a dip into 2ohms. I found more current is always better with these speakers. I used Pass XA30.8, Simaudio 330a, Pass X260.8 mono amps, Coda CSIB V1, and now using Boulder 866. Based on my experience high quality high power amps have better control of Sabrina woofers balancing the overall presentation more towards smoother and more dynamic delivery.
Pretty sure going up ARC line will result in better performance.