Amp/Preamp combo for Wilson Sophia 3's

I agree, and I'm a Bryston user. It does sound a bit bare bones. I do like the detail it presents though.

I see. Very well then. Just to let you know, my current speakers are JBL S4700s. They are rated at 6 Ohms, and are rather sensitive at 94db. Now I can use a smaller amp, but I have found they do better with high power due to the control of the 15 inch woofers. They are rated at 300 Wpc, which is what I am pushing them with with the Bryston amp. Actually since they're 6 Ohm, more like 400 Wpc. Even so, they sound a bit restrained believe it or not. Ideally, I would like to double the power to really wake these up. But power, especially high end power, costs a good amount of money. So, another 350-400 Wpc amp into 8 Ohms would be ok, I suppose. One that is more effortless than the Bryston. So let me know if Pass Labs will do the trick. I am also looking at Accuphase and McIntosh. This has nothing to do with Wilson speakers, but I believe they like power as well!

Why are they not capable of giving depth? How do you know this? Ok,so a good match? Thanks. Would you recommend a Class A amp or Class A/B amp?

These use the best crossovers that JBL makes. Ok, thank you, I figured Class AB would be the better match.

Now back to Wilson...lol.

I see. Thanks for the info!

Yeah, I was suspect with the way he promotes and pushes Pass Labs and Onkyo. Thank you for this important information. I do feel that your favorite stuff (Accuphase) is better than Pass Labs in build and sound quality. However, Pass Labs is more affordable, and it might be something I end up with due to the high price of Accuphase here in the US.