Wilson Audio Sasha 2 vs Sophia 3
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 |
How can you really tell how much current an amp has. All that is published is the watts, typically. I know "not all watts are the same" - which I've always interpreted as some have more current/guts than others... Can anyone point me to a layman explanation AND a way to tell how much current a given amp has? Thanks! |
"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 |
Thanks again, George. I do know that my ARC does not increase/decrease W according to impedance/ohms. I should have my Sasha's here in the next week or so. It will be quite the comparison; going from very efficient and quite easy Focal 1027S to the Sashas. I don't think the Focals have pushed my amp much, but I expect the Sashas to lay it out. I know the Sashas can do much more - in the bass for example - than my Focals. Something like ~15 Hz lower or more before -3db, for example. I'm not sure if the little VSi60 (KT120s) can power up the Sashas enough to be a significant improvement over the Focals, Or if I'll need much more amp to hear real gains. My guess is: The Sasha's will sound much better than the Focals, immediately, all around, but they will still be far from giving me their all with the VSi60. Next step is a step up in the ARC line via separates. Thanks again! |
