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Cremona m vs sophia 2

I enjoy jazz like Jaques Lousier rock like dave Mathews classic rock like eagles. I enjoy acoustic versions of music and solo vocal. That being said my current system contains Martian Logan Vantages and I find them to detailed at times and very thin in low frequencies. I have sublimated my bass with a Rel B2. My processor is a anthem D2 with a Sun-fire amp. Most music is digital or played through an esoteric player. I have heard both and find them both amazing. please share insights to which speaker you would go to for a real sounding vocal with detailed lows. I want to be able to hear all instruments playing with out the digital bite that can occur.
Thank you for your insights,
Eric
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audiofreakgeek
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Personally I wouldn't recommend the speaker change until you upgrade the amp and and a proper two channel preamplifier.

The problem with much more reveling speakers is that they show flaws in the system.

The Anthem is a fantastic processor, but a good tube preamplifier will outperform the Anthem and it is easy to incorporate both into a system.

I don't know which Sunfire amp you have but again, with these two super speakers I think you would find a huge improvement by upgrading to a higher performance two channel amp.

So I would say that unless you are willing to take on the entire challenge you may want to rethink this upgrade.
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lysaker OP
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Thanks for the insights. I will be upgrading the amp to a 501 mac but that will happen later this year.
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
If transparency was the goal I would have second thoughts about the 501, see the Dagogo review. It fits my take to the Mac SS amps I have heard. Their opinion is that Mac gives up sonic quality for reliability and cool running by using autoformers[transformers].There must be SOME reason to run the signal through them in a SS amp; no one else that I know of does it.
tricon_dave
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I agree with Stan about the Mac amps. I used to own Martin Logan Spires with a Mac 402. Then I switched speakers to Wilson Sasha and although the Mac amp drove them with ease, the amp was a bit veiled. If you get the Wilsons, I'd think twice about using a Mac amp. You see this pairing a lot, but there is much better for the price.

Regarding your original question, when I was looking for speakers I wanted one that retained the transparency, speed and detail of my ML Spires, but with added dynamics, body, tone and a sweet spot for more than one person. While I did not directly compare the Cremona, after much auditioning I bought Wilson speakers.
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