Power Cable for Uniti Nova and Wilson Audio

It seems like a very fair assessment to me. Wilsons with a Nova? Really?

Gtur, have you looked into the crossover adjustment yet? It scentirely possible that it had been adjusted by or for the previous owner to dull down too bright a room, whereas the opposite might be needed for you., of course, measuting the response with REW as Huge suggests would help identify if that may be the case.

Hungryhalibut posted:

It seems like a very fair assessment to me. Wilsons with a Nova? Really?

I would expect problems more at the bass end rather than deficient mid-top if The amp is not up to driving them, not like putting a 500 engine in a Porsche. (Though at least an inexperienced person might keep the Porsche on the road with a 500 engine!)

Innocent Bystander posted:

French Rooster posted:

it is like having a porsche with a fiat 500 motor:  you will be able to drive but not discover what the porsche can do.  Perhaps later....

For now i agree, it is a nice visually combo.

 

 

That seems a harsh assessment - and I’m not sure that the OP’s complaint quite fits. 

some members in this topic find that the nova is not the best amp for the wilson sophia. The op complaints about the sound and think to invest in power cables to improve.

I think it is better to add to the nova a nap 250, second hand, which will better drive the sophia and reveal more their possibilities.

[@mention:4804681823084713] As you know, Wilson has a wide range. Maybe I wouldn't put Alexia or Alexandria on a Nova. But Sophia 3 and Sabrina seem a reasonable match. [@mention:41551091830475636] The bass performance is actually pretty stunning. Just some tweaking may do the trick for mid-to-low end. Adding components, for me, misses the point of the convenience and simplicity of All-in-Ones. Otherwise, I would've tried Sonos Connect digital-out into a McIntosh Integrated.

Here in the U.K. the Sabrina costs £19,000 and the Nova costs £4,000. That’s £23,000, and seems a totally unreasonable match to me. My 272/555 and 300, with a £4,000 set of speakers, such as the Kudos S10, would cost about the same, and it would be really interesting to hear the two systems side by side. Just down the road from me one can find lots of mullets in the sea. That’s where they should be, rather than in one’s living room. But if you are happy with what you have, then that’s great. 

There’s a current thread about mullets...

I seem to recall Naim demoing Nova with Focal Supra 2 to good aclaim, though admittedly those are little more than half the new Sophia’s value so only about 2.5xthe value of the Nova not nearly 5x. And before I upgraded to Dave, I auditioned speakers that were about 2.5x the new value of the remainder of my system, and they sounded wonderful - though again that is a lesser differentisl than the OP’s.

What matters is that it sounds right to the listener -  but of course in this case it doesn’t.

The question is whether the fact of it being a mullet is the cause of the dullness, or other factors such as the speaker set-up or room factors. Am I wrong in having gathered that where a mullet becomes a mismatch the problem is usually at the bottom end, rather than a dullness? 

Given the OP’s position, he can fairly easily try the things suggested like investigating the room and chevking the crossover adjustment - and of course he might be able to borrow another amp to try as well (and if that does make all the  difference then he’ll know the way to go, though maybe worth having his Nova checked to make sure it is performing as it should before a final conclusion).

Is it worse than running a Nait with DBL ?

Bet it would be far more satisfying with a LP12 as source

Using Tidal only the investment is crazy, I would say something like 1/10 th price would bring a great setup for such "quality" streaming

Status symbol or not

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All the "default" demonstrations being done in the Seattle area for hi-fi speakers and amps, whether Magnolia or various Definitive Audio or Naim stores seem to be done via Tidal, even for the $600k+ setups. Could be just a coincidence, but I think Seattle dealers may be in touch with the clientele like me who are heavy users of Spotify/Pandora/Tidal.

The quality of streaming may continue to improve over the years. I hope Uniti updates keep up.