BEST AMPS FOR WILSON SASHA

My good friend has ARC VM220 tube mono amps for his Sasha 2's and speaks very highly of the combo.

I am not a Sasha owner, but I do have Wilsons.  I think the Cary is risky.  I love tubes, but I think the 200 watts of pure class A in the Pass amp will be a better driver to the Sasha.  I would be worried about lack of power with the Cary.

i have 100 watts of tube power driving my Sophia 2's, and I think even the easier to drive Sophia could benefit from more power.  The Sasha, being a more challenging speaker to drive, would probably do better with the stronger of the two amps.

Arsh, I am also a Wilson fan!  Of all of the speakers I have owned, my Sophia 2's are my favorite.

Bo, while you sound very knowledgable, lets not forget to play nice.  No need to over-enthusiaticly trash a brand that the OP and others actually enjoy.  Your input is valuable, but if you tone down the rhetoric just a tad, the post will stay constructive and be less of a rant.

I do agree that Wilson's are generally hard to drive.

I agree with p59teitel.  Bo is simply being bombastic and preachy.  In a post unrelated to this one, someone asked about a cd transport.  Rather than say ALL TRANSPORTS SUCK AND YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR CONSIDERING ONE, I politely enquired if he had considered moving to a hard drive and steamer based digital solution.  After this polite and encouraging question, I waited for his response before I continued down a path that was not at all what he was originally asking for.  In fact he was interested and the conversation evolved, and I think was appreciated.

Bo, please take note.  We are mostly strangers participating in a conversation.  Stay polite and humble and your ideas will be well received.  I want to hear them!  But I don't want to be blasted by someone who seems self absorbed, over-caffeinated, and with a megaphone glued in position!  

To quote Sam Neil in The Big Lebowski, "Take her easy dude."

* that was Sam Elliot, not Sam Neil