Wilson Sophia 2

The Duette is $11,000.00 and they told me that the Sophia has gone or is going up to $14,000.00 or $14,500.00.

A friend who was actually doing the auditioning was sitting in the sweet spot seat for the Duette demo, but it sounded FANTASTIC where I was standing. One of the songs that they were playing was a piece with Japanese drums that sounded like you were right there. Clear and true as a bell and loud enough to knock you back with each hit. Unbelievable!!!

I was auditioning power chords the two times I was actually sitting in the good seat, and it was in anothere system Rowland or BAT with the Sophia's. They sounded really good too, but I had brought my own material.

Your best bet is to give both of them a long, hard listen, I don't think that you'll be disappointed IN THE LEAST with either one.

Chuck

Chuck,

Amazing, 11k for the Duette's.....I wonder how many Wilson will sell? It sounds a little steep for a speaker of its size but I heard it's a pretty phenomenal little speaker. Obviously you liked it quite a bit. I wish it was in the 8k range though. I thought the Sophia's were around 13k. Oh well I will have plenty to listen to on my next trip to the audio dealer.

Hi__ I just got my series 2's last week.Actually they arrived mid Dec. and had damage to one, so it took this long to have a new one made;to replace the damaged one.Wood crates are no match for a forklift,tip.I had Sophia originals but 2 months between, makes my comparison kinda shaky.Not to mention broke-in vs. new is also a problem. BUT__ What I can hear, 4 day's new, is pretty hot.Just seems to be better treble/ more detail in the mid/ upper region;along with the same great bass as the original. These speakers just seem to be made for me and my equipment. I live in an apt. so they never get pushed hard. I'm using a kinda cheap amp-- A single stereo Belles 150,ref. They wow me! Tone of instrument being one of their strong suits. Having owned a few great speakers in the past(Montana- Merlin mm's) is what I base my opinion on. Too bad the first speaker got crunched and my comparison to what I had 2 months ago is twisted and a bit disjointed by time.

Hi Av,

Sorry to hear about your experience. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying them. I am pretty new to the Wilson brand. I have been a B&W guy for the last 10 years and wanted a change. I actually had the B&W 802D's for a short time...liked them but felt they needed alot more power than I had in my system for them to sound great. I think there great speakers but maybe not for me at the moment. I have heard that the Sophia does not require an enormous amount of power to make them sing. I hope that's the case when I audition them. As I had mentioned before in my thread my potential goal if I go the Wilson route is to match them with a Spectral DMA-100S. I have heard Spectral and Wilson are a good match. Anyhow I will audition them fairly soon.

Can you confirm the current pricing for the Sophia 2? Someone on the thread mentioned 14k? Is this correct?

Ok__This is all based on what I have read in reviews__ What they say is the Kevlar is stiffer and thus B&W's requires more power, which makes sense to me. (This is a paraphrase re.the 802 and the 801;says so in both reviews)
I had bought my dealer's demo Sophia. I only owned them for maybe 12 weeks. I got to trade them back for 1800. When they delivered my Series 2's they picked up my originals which was a pretty sweet deal 4me. I would guess at just under 15k would be near the price.