Wilson Audio Owners.....Sophia's

generally, they are very neutral, so they will show you what you have, in terms of the recording quality and the 'upstream' gear. since they're 'neutral', they are versatile (good with folk or classical or rock or electronic etc.) and don't draw attention to themselves. they disappear well and are easy to set up.

they're pretty efficient, so you don't need a mega-amp. I'm using a 50W triode tube amp with zero issues

with good upstream gear and a well-engineered recording, they are breathtakingly gorgeous sounding. play a lousy recording and it sounds.... lousy!

I like tube amps to drive Wilson speakers. They are a little too 'neutral' without the added bloom IMO. The Sophia is a very detailed, open and coherent speaker.

To my ears, the Wilson Audio Sophia is an excellent Speaker. I currently own a pair in Diamond Black, and after owning B&W 800-Series, Focal Beryllium & Revel Ultima Speakers, I find the Wilson's to be quite neutral-sounding, neither bright or dark, forward or laid-back. They do sound very realistic, especially on acoustic music with female vocals.

I've used Amplifiers from McIntosh, BAT and Classe, and found KRELL to be the best for my large (5,200-cu ft)listening room, sonic preferences and budget. I would like to try a Pass Labs Amplifier, which I've heard, sounds very good with the Sophias.

They are beautiful to listen to and look at, and unlike other high-end Speaker lines, listening to the upper Wilson models, while excellent in their own right, don't make the the Sophias sound any less spectacular.

Regardless of the various electronics and cables that I have experimented with, the Sophias have never sounded bad.

I tried a bunch of tube and solid-state amps with the Sophias I owned, and I agree, they are a relatively easy load, an easier load than the Watt Puppy 7's I later owned. Tube amps do seem to give the speakers some dimensionality and weight that SS amps just didn't do. If you want the ultimate in bass, a Wilson strong suit, SS amps are the ticket, but I thought some of the more neutral high-powered tube amps from Conrad-Johnson and Audio Research gave a bigger soundstage and instruments with more heft, while only reducing the ultimate bass definition and extension to a small degree. I tried BAT and Jeff Rowland SS amps and I could never get used to the flat soundstage, but finally settled on some Essence amps that were far superior in speed, dynamics, bass, and detail to anything I heard before, while having some of the dimensionality of tubes.

You can use Lamm 2.1 for wonderful music.