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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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stanwal
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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.
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stanwal
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I do not have Sophia's but reviews of the Sophia 2 and 3 in HIFICRITIC suggest that the AR 110 did an exceptional job. These reviews cannot be obtained except by buying the relevant magazine but it might be worth it as they are very detailed. For those not familiar with it HIFICRITIC takes no ads and has some of the most experienced reviewers and engineers on its staff, all of whom make their living elsewhere. The bigger AR's should be even better; as a SS user I will defer further comment to the tube mavens. The AR Ref 3 and 5 are their top rated Pre's. too pricy for me to have tried and as I said I use hybrid or SS, just my choice.
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