What did I do??

OK,  I bought the Sophia Series II used from a dealer in So CAL about 4 years ago. Paid $4000 plus my 24 year old B&M 804 Matrix speakers.

I had that system in my office which is a size of a 2 car garage, 8 ft ceilings.  I decided I would like to move the system to my big living room, 18 x 40 high ceilings.  The Wilsons were great running off of 75WPC tube power.

Over time I found myself not turning on my HiFi. I felt the Wilsons were not musical and too accurate.  If that is a real thing.

In the meantime I bought a second home and I needed a stereo up there. I bought Tekton Lore Reference for $800 (in stock) and a PrimaLuna integrated. I have that system on all day every day when I am there. I find that system way more engaging and musical, especially at low listening levels.

In order for me to get some bass out of my Sophias I had to crank it up. It was in a large room and that is OK most of the time. I found I had better bass response when I was in the NEXT room, crazy huh?

SO I decided I am not married to the Sophias and if I could make a buck or two and get some money OUT of my system why not. I have the Moabs on a FedEx truck now and they will be here Wednesday I am being told.  

I put $1000 or $2000 in my pocket, depends if you thought the B&W speakers had any value left after 24 years or rocking out.  Also, my ears were trained on my old JBL L 100 Century speakers in the early 70's. I guess it is like old guys and old cars. I bet these Moabs will be a kick ass speaker.  I never heard them in my life. But if what they can do with just 2 speakers each in my Lore Reference speakers I am hopeful that with 17 speakers in each cabinet I will be entertained. 

We will see. 

Moabs will be here tomorrow.  HA. 

Here is my last entry to this post. I set up the Moab speakers today. I been running them for about 4 hours.

No, they are not broken in
No, they are not the same as the Wilsons.

What did I get?  First impressions are:

Bigger sound stage
All the instruments are still there when I turn them down.
No fatigue from the speakers, yet.
More bass, effortless.
Midrange is very natural.
I am no longer looking down when playing music. I am looking up!

I have AR Ref 3 pre amp, Ref 75 power amp, DSA Phono 1 pre amp. VPI Classic 1 table. Wyred4Sound 10th anniversary DAC.

I am not a reviewer. You can tell because I do not have the language to reveal what I am hearing.

But right now I have my Pre amp at level 7. that right 7. It goes up to what? 70 right.  I am in the kitchen the next room and I can hear everything. These speakers do not need big power. I bet they would sound great on a PrimaLuna Integrated at 36 WPC. I should sell my expensive AR gear and put more money in my pocket.

Bass, I use Lyle Lovette's She Already Made Up Her Mind as a test track. There are some really low bass notes and then there is a LOWER note that my Wilson's whould only show me a HIGH listening levels. This tells me that they want more power than 75WPC of tube power. Probably 150WPC of Solid State class AB power amp. 

The music just flows out and is warm in my system. It could be wires and all tubes but I like it. If I want to cool it off I could do some tube rolling later. In the meantime I will let the speakers break in, get my spikes installed and work on position. ( Put them right where the Wilson's were, I taped the rug).

So, some of you were interested in my opinion. Others are not. 
I am keeping these speakers. They will only get better from here and I like here so, I cut up the boxes. 

Good bye.