Cornfedboy, thank you for taking some of your time to respond and sharing your valuable experience. In your opionion is 50 watts enough with the VPA? That is the key issue holding me back.
yes. 50 watts are plenty. the vpa's have tons of current. mine have never come close to "hitting the pins" on the output meters, let alone clipping, even when the speakers (ae-3 sig. II's) are driven at spl's near the point of pain. and the sound remains coherent, even replicating a live performance, a room or two away.
i had a pair of arc classic 150 monos for quite a few years before getting a pair of vpa. 50 watts is not an issue as they seem to have as much as the classic 150 monos, they are vastly superior in every way mine are driving apogee stages with ease, replacing jm lab mezzos. What has just made a worthwile improvement was using a shunyata hydra 2 with audience powerchord. the vpa are special and may be the last you buy.
Hi Jjwa. I'm another happy VPA user and suspect they would work very well with your speakers. When I had doubts about their ability to drive the Wilson Sophias, I emailed Wilson. Jerron Marchant hooked up their house VPA's and got back to me with a positive report. Contact Verity about this as they often show with Nagra and likely have direct experience with this pairing. By the way, the DCC2 drives the VPA's wonderfully.
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