Acoustic Zen Adagio, How Good Are They?

Keithr, if you are going to audition some speakers, try to hear Totem speakers. I was really impressed with their Mani-2 Signature model. Monitor speaker that goes down to 29hz(uses Dynaudio drivers) and sounds really much bigger than it is, but the drawback is they like lots of power.

I listened to Adagios many times and find them to be a bit rolled off at the very top. Still dynamic sounding and pretty detailed overall, but not as open and clean as your Wilsons were.
Thought I'd bring up Totems as an option if you liked your Wilson Sophia. I think you will like Totems.

Kiethr, Fred at Katliaudio.com might have a pair for audition. He is in Chino hills. Closer than Upscale audio. Agree with Audphile1. Sophia's much better than adagios. Adagios has good bass for speaker / mid bass size. I would rate the adagios on neautral but a bit glassy side. Love the AZ cables though.My system is full of them!! Bigger model than adagios, if in work, should be alot better.

Audphile1-

Thanks for the suggestion--my focus has been to go in the more high efficiency route and the Mani 2s aren't in that direction.

I have owned Dyns in the past and always have liked them too!

KeithR

Response34, i am using a caps modded Almarro 318B to drive the Adagios. :) No problem with the bass unless if it goes pretty loud then you'll hear soft clipping!

Response34, i am using a caps modded Almarro 318B to drive the Adagios. :) No problem with the bass unless if it goes pretty loud then you'll hear soft clipping!