I love my W/P 8 speakers matched with Ayre amps... (I have all Ayre gear from top to bottom on my two channel setup). I also love the Sophia2 speakers as well, but I am using them for surround sound speakers with the W/P8 speakers in the front and Bryston amps to power them. They still sound great and the sound overlap between front and back is flawless IMO, despite not being able to set them up perfectly in terms of Dolby positioning angles.