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Which integrated for Wilson Sabrina's

HI audio friends,

Considering decluttering my main system and moving from pre and power to a high end integrated.  I currently have the Coda Continuum power amp, LTA reference 2 preamp, hifi rose streamer and Wilson Sabrina's.  

Cabling, set up and all the tedium of pre and power feels unnecessary when i consider some of the excellent integrated options available.  I have always been impressed by BAT engineering and their vk 80i has had some great reviews, but  I don't think the 55w is enough for the wilsons.  The vk 3500 would definitely have enough grunt, but i'm curious what everyone thinks and am open to other options.  

Thoughts?

cshadow

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soix
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Tweeters on the older Wilson models and on the Sabrinas are very different.  The W/P 8s that date back to mid/late 2000s used inverted titanium tweeter. Hotter sounding than the silk dome tweeter Wilson Audio implemented on the Sabrinas. With BAT you may end up taming a bit more than you intended.

+1 @audphile1 I was no fan of those inverted metal-dome tweets Wilson used to use, and agree the BAT was probably taming them enough that I could finally enjoy listening to them but may well make the Sabrinas sound too rolled off up top, unless that’s what you’re looking for of course. 

soix
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I realize this Vitus integrated is more than your desired price, but it’s about half its list price and may be a bit negotiable and should deliver just what you’re looking for. 
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisai451-vitus-audio-sia-025-receivers
I also heard BAT with an older pair of Watt Puppy 8s (I think) at a show it it also sounded really good, but that was obviously a long time ago but always left me with a feeling there was some good chemistry there.  Best of luck. 

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