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Old 03-11-2010, 06:50 PM
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Last night I had a listen for the last time to my Sophia II speakers. I could not stop wondering, how good they really are, esp. with SET amps !



They sounded so good with the Kondo (Audio Note Japan) Ongaku - 27Wpc SET integrated, that even Kondo distributor himself was surprised.



$110.000 Kondo Ongaku might not be sth we would consider a natural partner for the $16k Sophias, but at least it showed how good - coherent, fast and transparent - the speakers really are.

But Sophias have to go ... to make room for the new W/P Shasha

So, the King is dead. Long live the king !

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Old 03-11-2010, 06:51 PM
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More of the audio porn:

Crates


Tweeter


Midwoofer


Woofer


Upper module with spikes


Bass module


Upper module jumper cables


Back panel hides fine-tuning resistors for the tweeter and midwoofer


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Casters (very useful !)


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Congrats on the Sasha's! This is a very familiar situation to me as I also went from Sophia IIs to Sasha's. Even the colors are very similar. Enjoy the Sasha's, they are incredible speakers and get better and better with time as you discover their talent.

Here are some pics of my journey.


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Too cool! Congrats!
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Congrats - you'll enjoy the Sashas for years.
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So so cool! I hope you LOVE them!!

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Elberoth...quite an evolution in your system from the all-ARC affair with the Sophia IIs !! Very nicely done I was curious which amp you are using to primarily drive the Sashas now: Dartzeel? Do the Nagras and Pass amps have enough juice to fully power the Sashas?
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Elberoth,

Congratulations on your new Sashas. What speaker cables are you using? Looking forward to your listening impressions either posted here or in your "European Perspective" system on Audiogon.

Scott (David S. Wolsner on the Wilson Facebook site)
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