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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
jonwolfpell
343 posts
 

I second wsrrsw’s recommendation. Rogers High Fidelity EHF 200 Mark II. Quite powerful, great sound, very high build quality. I really enjoy mine. I believe you can try one & see if you like it. Call Roger & see..

ronboco
749 posts
 

Boulder 866!

boostedis
92 posts
 

I’m shocked that Esoteric hasn’t been mentioned in this discussion, especially within his price range. The Japanese sound comes with no compromises for what most ‘like’ to hear. The Mark Levinson 585 (way better build quality and components than the 5805) Michi. I only own one of these so not much confirmation bias! Kinki Studios. Lots of choices other than the obscure gear that people own and think is the best thing since sliced bread!!…lol

soix
8,807 posts
 

 

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. 

cshadow OP
21 posts
 

Upon reflection I think @audphile1 has a point about moving from a pre and power to an integrated.  Having said that,@panzrwagn comments are fair re validation for equipment.  If I was to add 15k to my current kit it would not be with PASS gear as I already have a power amp by Coda that I feel is excellent.   

The LTA pre is a great pre to be sure, however if i was to upgrade I think this might be the place...

thank you to all the comments and suggestions.  

Back to the drawing board

 

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