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Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?

Currently using these in a 14x25 room. Enjoying them for the most part, but they can sound aggressive and make mediocre recordings sound like crap and be somewhat fatiguing. I’m interested in trying something that is slightly more forgiving without sacrificing a lot of detail, air, dynamics, etc.

Any suggestions?

Associated equipment (preamps still in flux):

Amps
Pass XA 100.5 monoblocks

Preamps – Tube
Audio Valve Eclipse
Cary SLP-05

Preamps – SS
Fire H20
Wyred 4 Sound STP SE
Pass XP-20

Sources:
ModWright Transporter
Raven One TT / Triplanar / Dynavector XV-1s

Thanks.
madfloyd

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zybar
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Just buy the next pair of used 5A's and be done with it! :-)

Don't you wish that I had sold you mine and not decided to keep them??

I am not so sure that Madfloyd needs to replace the Sophia 2's - he might just need to find some good tube amplification to drive them.

The question is, what would provide the tube magic and work in Madfloyd's dual purpose system? I know he likes the sound of my tube amps (Atma-Sphere MA-1's), but they just won't work in his setup.

George
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