Sophia Electric

The Sweet little 300B mono blocks model 91-01. These amplifiers sound absolutely remarkable with our Tannoy Kensington SE's. Plenty of head room and deep bass is impressive. The review below by Jeff Day who has a pair of the large Tannoy Westminster Royal SE's tells the story.

Positive Feedback Review: "...The Sophia Electric Model 91-01 300B mono amps are audiophile dream amps , they have great sonics top to bottom, bass articulation that is the best I've heard, and the SE 91-01 nails all of the nerdy audiophile things like soundstaging, imaging, sense of space, and transparency in such a beguiling way that even music lovers that don't give a rat's ass about audiophile-type sonics will appreciate its prowess.

I recommend these amps heartily, and I'd give them my normal 'two thumbs up' endorsement, but that just wouldn't capture what these Sophia Electric Model 91-01 300B mono amps are capable of, so I've invented a new rating, the 'two hard nipples up' recommendation, which is the highest award I've given out to date. ..." --- Jeff Day". Read the whole review here

Quality parts and expensive transformers and a great 300B tube are what make these amplifiers special. Be sure and add great design.

We have even driven the Wilson Benesch Curves to very nice levels and they are only 88db efficient. These amplifiers would be a great match for the Esoteric MG-20's speakers. Give us a call to see if they might work on your load speakers.

Sophia ElectricT KT88 Tube Amplifier Retail $4,500

50 Watts of tube magic for real world speakers. Beautifully executed design with unmatched parts quality and very specially hand wound transformers made in house. Chokes from Siemens of West Germany, Allen-bradley Carbon and Holco/Dale/Caddock resistors, oil capaacitors for the power supplys. Powerful enough to drive speakers as low as 84db efficiency and quite enough to listen to speakers with high sensitivity 104db.

Unmatched Parts Quality: Audiophile oil capacitors for the power supply, three units of military specification chokes made by Siemens of West Germany in the power supply, Sophia Electric brand audiophile signal capacitors, Sophia Electric in-house hand winding output transformers, and mixed Allen-bradley Carbon, Holco/Dale/Caddock resistors.

This Sophia ElectricT amp would work well with almost any speakers (8 ohm and 4 ohm) from 84dB efficiency to 100+ dB efficiency (it is quiet, almost super quiet). We even listen to this powerful amp with 104 dB horn speakers for a while. There is enough sonic beauty and deep black quietness in the music to allure listeners to keep listening hours without thinking of this unusual setup.

The Sophia Electric 845 Amplifier Retail $12,000

Superb amplifiers that offer truth of timber, speed and extension in both the high end as well as the lows. Super linear with more power then 300B amplifiers and suitable for lots of speakers. Here is one customers experience with the Dali Megaline speakers. "I listened for 5 hrs straight yesterday and the sound just kept getting better (I think it took an hour of two for the Sophias to adjust to the new load and settle in). The entire sound field was incredibly transparent and open. The midrange was the best I've heard in my house - ever.. Thank you for this exceptional amplifier!"