I've been reading the various Alexia reviews and it seems that the preference is for solid state. I like to have both solid state and tubes and switch back and forth. I've decided on the solid state amps (D'Agostino) - but I can't decide what to get for the tube amps to pair with my Alexia's. Doshi is an obvious option. Any others? McIntosh 275 mk6?
Because Myles, I am not going to recommend something I have never heard personally. Others give opinions on equipment they've only heard anecdotal comments about, not me.
cj and VAC may be the best thing you can drive a Wilson with. Have you actually heard Alexia's being driven by cj ART? If you have, where?
Because Myles, I am not going to recommend something I have never heard personally. Others give opinions on equipment they've only heard anecdotal comments about, not me.
cj and VAC may be the best thing you can drive a Wilson with. Have you actually heard Alexia's being driven by cj ART? If you have, where?
My comment is what I've heard with the Alexia's. This could be at a friend's house, at a show, at a dealer or in my system. I can only make recommendations on what I have personally heard!
When I was at Wilson last month, I didn't see any cj equipment there, nor have I even seen it displayed at a show. Thus, I can not recommend it!
Wilson Audio currently has (and has had) many different brands of various electronics at the factory. I am not 100% positive, but I am very inclined to say yes to either having them or had at one point CJ at the factory.
I've heard the Alexia with ARC Ref 150 and the results were exceptional in a large size listening room at the local dealer. The rest of the chain was ARC Ref 5SE, REF CD9, and the results were very musical. Cables were latest Shunyata top of the line interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords.
I ordered my pair of Alexia after the Wilson / D'Agostino event that I posted last week and will be running them in a slightly smaller room with Ref 210s modified by ARC to use KT120s.
I am currently listening to them with the REF150 and it sounds really great. I was astonished how energetic it sounded compared to other speakers I have used with the REF150 until I read in the Stereophile that the Alexia are over 91dB/W - it explains why I am needing a lower setting in the preamplifier volume.
Wilson Audio currently has (and has had) many different brands of various electronics at the factory. I am not 100% positive, but I am very inclined to say yes to either having them or had at one point CJ at the factory.
I believe the reverse has also been true - cj has had Wilson speakers at their headquarters if I'm not mistaken. cj has partnered with Wilson at NYC shows in the past as well. And plenty of enthusiasts have married the two brands because of the great sound...including me. The cj ART and GAT units were, and are, a reasonably popular combination with Wilson speakers, even if the impression is perhaps that they are less seen together now than in the past.
I believe the reverse has also been true - cj has had Wilson speakers at their headquarters if I'm not mistaken. cj has partnered with Wilson at NYC shows in the past as well. And plenty of enthusiasts have married the two brands because of the great sound...including me. The cj ART and GAT units were, and are, a reasonably popular combination with Wilson speakers, even if the impression is perhaps that they are less seen together now than in the past.
Yes, they had the very first X1/Grand Slamms according to Ed at CJ, who retired a few years ago,...and I have the photo of their listening room which had the newer Grand Slamms in it as well. Transparent Audio, CJ and Wilson Grand Slamms were one of a number of regular triumvirates at Wilson, CJ and Transparent in their respective listening rooms many years ago as I understand. Transparent now have the XLFs, but I don't know if they still have a CJ amp among the amps they have there.
Martin Colloms review of the Grand Slamm from many, many years ago, also had particularly positive things to say about the CJ Premier 12, Transparent Cable and the Grand Slamms.