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Best amp for Wilson sasha DAW
Just received my new Wilson Sasha DAW speakers and am now beginning to sift through a long list of electronics that would bring out the best in them. If anyone owns these and could give some recommendations I love to hear them. I’m open to tube or solid state. Looking for amps and preamp. All opinions are appreciated.
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monjoviNo sorry I was just letting to OP know what would get the very best from his DAW's. Looking at your Nagra's though, these look to be very fine amps for a nicely mated speaker, like TAD's ect. But from what I quickly read, being only a single complimentary pair of Mosfets per channel, I would say not the very best for the DAW's. Even if bridged yes you gain more watts, (which you don't really need with 91db speakers) but the problem with bridging a solid state amp is that your current ability is halved and it's ability to dive into low impedance's is also halved. Sorryi'd never have suggested this/these amps for this kind of speaker with this load to extract the very best from the bass especially, of the Daw's Cheers George |
Thank you so much for getting back to me. I really appreciate it. Sounds like I should look into alternatives. One follow-up though (in case you happen to see this), am I right to conclude from your comments that I'd be better off just using one of the Nagra MSA's to power these speakers until I find a replacement amplifier? FWIW, I haven't purchased the speakers yet, so this is very helpful in terms of thinking about total budget and whether I'm willing to spend the money. Thanks again, Mark |
monjoviIf the one stereo amp has enough wattage for you and you get the volume you need comfortably without taxing the amp, then I say a definite yes. As bridging amplifiers has one plus only, increasing the wattage. Everything else takes a hit. 1: distortion goes up 2: not as stable into low impedance 3: damping factor is doubled (worse) 4: the ability to drive low impedance’s is not as good I’m sure there are others I can’t think of right now. I jokingly say, bridging a good stereo amp turns them into a high wattage PA amp. Cheers George |
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