I'm getting ready to purchase a new Ayre pre and amp for my Wilson Sophia 2s. Any recommendations on speaker and IC cables that would be a good synergy with the system? I would like to spend less than 3k for both.
Give Brian Berdan (Brooks' son) a call at his new shop in Pasadena, Audio Elements. He is both an Ayre and Wilson dealer, and has lots of experience setting up systems with that pairing.
Transparent will be a very natural and sonic match for Ayre + Wilson speakers. Go for the Reference XL or OPUS cabling. Yes, it will cost you. Yes, will will never look back w/ regret. As always, buy used / demo and put the savings back in your pocket. Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
I suggest you speak to Ayre directly. Their in house system is Ayre and Wilson. Not sure what Cabling they use. My son worked at Ayre for a few years, and I spent a few hours listening to their reference system. Too bright for my taste, but for audiophile nirvana, it is great. All the right adjectives can be used. Just not as musical as I like.
I listened to a very nice-sounding Ayre/Wilson system that used Kubala Sosna Elation cables. Definitely worth auditioning; I think both the Elation and the former top-of-the-line Emotion would work well.
Ayre has both Audioquest and Cardas in house. They may well have others too. I have never liked Wilson personally, but some of that was because they were so revealing. Lately they have sounded much better, but are still too bright for me. That's why I don't understand folks putting some of these brighter cables on their systems. Honestly, I asked a dealer to put the higher end AQ cables on the system vs the Odin and TOL Transparent and the AQ's calmed things down a fair amount. Very transparent and revealing cables on my system too. Keep us posted.
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