Amp suggestionsfor Wilson Watt Puppies/Sophia

Spectron Musician III Signature my own experience provides very "seductive" synergy. David Wilson speakers. I owned WATT/Puppy just a few years ago and few of my friends have Sofia and WATT/Puppy. It is phenominal amplifier, it can handle any speaker in the world (stability up to 0.1 Ohm and peak power 3500 watts over 330 msec) and they emphasize on their web site that the sonic signature is nearly identical with any speaker ( and with their Remote Sense cables even absolutely identical). Even Standard Musician received, this month, TAS Editor Choice Award 2007 and in description its said that it sound "on the warm side of neutral". I have had both standard and now Signature and Signature is way, way better (more musical, more seductive, more transparent - immensely transparent, as a matter of fact, as no amplifier I ever audition). Price - with good dealer discount - would be about $5k - $5.5k.
All The Best
Rafael

BAT always is a winner. I had 75SE and 51SE.

btw, for the record, Wilson uses a number of amplifiers for design purposes.

I have used many different amps with my Watt Puppies.
The amps that I have used are C J Premier 11, ML 33h, ML 33 , BAT VK 6200 and the ASR. The 33s and the ASR are what I use now for everyday listening.
I am presently looking for the Lamm ML 2.1 just to change things up with my new Maxx IIs.
So in a nut shell it really depends what flavor that you are after.
Good luck,

i greatly agree with those who mentioned various models of pass labs amps. the xa series may result in a bit warmer sound within the neutral spectrum. there is also the new xa.5 versions; i am unfamiliar with them. if you consider pass for the amp, you need to be aware that synergy with a variety of tube pre's may be an issue with impedence. also, pass amps should be run in balanced mode for best results, which will reduce some single ended preamp candidates.

if in a large room with moderate db levels, probably the x350.5 would be the smallest single amp for either sophia2 or w/p 7s or 8s, though the xa100 does produce 100wpc all in class A. i suggest you speak directly to pass labs if you are considering them. many of their customers have wilsons.

vtl and arc make excellent tube amps + excellent pre's to mate. if the room is large, i think you need to go above the arc 110 amp if pairing with the w/p 8s or you may lack tight control over the bass range IMO.

careful cable choice is important with the wilsons. they are very revealing speakers.

Wilson speakers are only degraded by amplification.
If you are insistent upon this approach then by all means avoid speaker cables.