Not sure what your partnering gear is, but I'm using Plinius amps and it performs very well: very detail, but cultured, great bass resolution, big 3D, imagery was very good. I've tried it direct with my SA102 power amp, but performance dropped. The sound became thin and somewhat bright. The SA102 doesn't like direct feeds! Again, probably much depends on your partnering gear and cables. I use Audioquest Diamond and Sterling. With my system the Wadia sounded more open, etc, when I used balanced interconnects. Cheers, Mark
