What about 845 tubes on Wilson Sophia 3...?


Does anybody tried 845 tubes on wilson sophias 3 series..I am curious on comments for Cary 845 ae for my wilson sophia's 3..
hal123
For whom is interested..I added Quad II mono blocks (15 watts on KT66), very good match with sophias. My respect for my speakers are improved they are singing like birds, off course vintage Quads are a big part of this contribution..They did miracles 40 years ago, very surprising to hear that they run side by side with krell on 600 watts class A..I love this hobby..
Hal123,
It seems you trust your ears and choose based on what you hear, that's commendable. You weren't enamored with high power specs, congratulations on obtaining the Quads. I didn't know the Sophia was so easily driven, I like good quality lower power amplifiers(with appropriate speakers).
Regards,
Charles thank you for your response..I feel another journey has started as now I am on the era of single end triode's and I had a very high entusiasm and curiosity for trying many 845, KT66, 88-90-120's even 300B's..I count on wilsons for that manner because the flat response make it quite suitable for both solid state and tubed amplifiers..but sincerly I prefer tubes and tube sound..specs also are valuable but only I trust to my ears, I believe still physics doesnt defines the difference between solid state and tube design..but ears could understant this..by the way your system looks wonderfull congrats..
Hal, first of all congratulations on owning a great pair of speakers. When I was auditioning speakers several years back, I just loved the Sophia 3s. For what its worth, the Sophias I auditioned were driven by a BAT ss amp. I heard Watt Puppy8s the same day driven by a pair of BAT tube monoblocks, and I much preferred the Sophias with the SS amp. I love tube amps, but the Sophias driven by SS outclassed the Watt Puppies driven by tubes on that day. One of the most musical systems I heard.