Hi, I have owned Sons for a couple of years now and have tried several amplifiers with them. Pass Labs INT-25 was quite special on them, Ypsilon Phaeton was also special but for me it didn’t do rythm and attack that I know the Sons have in them. I transitioned to Pass XP-12 pre and XA-25, very open and transparent. I currently have a Thrax Ares hooked up since January and have not felt the need to go back to my previous pre/power amps. It does everything the previous combo did and even better bass. The DAC in it is very musical so an all-in-one solution that I had never thought I would take. It kind of made me stop looking for the next upgrade around the corner and just enjoy the music. Honestly I could see the Thrax/WvL Son combo as an end-station they do everything so well. And you only need LS-cables, so actually saves you money on expensive ICs.
I’m still curious as to the Chicago’s or possibly some other speakers for the future so might end up going to Munich this year, but otherwise this system does pretty much tick all the boxes.
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