Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?

08-05-09: No_money
If you have a Transparent dealer near you ask for a loaner kit. Ultra or above for that nice of a setup.

My local Wilson dealer always does a great job of setting up their Wilsons to sound their best. I have heard the Sofia 2, Watt/Puppy 7, Maxx 2 and 3, and Alexandria X-2 at their salons, always with some of the better (if not outright top line) Transparent cables throughout. I have *never* heard any of the Wilsons have any overbrightness, forwardness, edginess, or lumpiness that some critics accuse them of. Also, the demos that amazed me the most at the time and continued to haunt my memories were high powered tube amps, in one case VTL and the other Audio Research.

And of course they know how to treat a room as well. But anyway, their Wilsons *always* sing, regardless of the model or type of music played through them, and the Transparent Cables are a big part of their success.

i will jump back in here and highly recommend mit cables with wilson too.

Johnnyb

Yea the best I have heard them was with Audio Research REF3, REF210 and what ever the latest AR cd player was at the time. All cabled with Transparent Opus.

HIFICRITIC used Transparent XL Ref and Yter as loudspeaker cables and Cardas Golden Reference and VDH The First Ultimate ICs. The speakers were +/-3dB 26 to 23kHz. That is with the grills removed, which was essential for best performance.

Also used MSB Platinum 200, C-J 350SA, AR Ref. 3 amps and XTC preamp.