Sophia 2 vs. Vandersteen Quatro

I worked the last Stereophile show. We had two rooms. One with the Sophia and one with the Quattros. Both are good. If it were my decision and my money I would buy the Sophia. It is an exceptional speaker that, I feel, is a bit more refined than the Vandersteen. That being said, both are excellent.

My dad and I listened to the Wilson and the Vandersteen at seperate dealers and have the same issue you have..both are really nice and great sounding. I think we both prefered the Vandy as it was a bit less detailed (again it is hard to say with seperate rooms, equipment and so on) the Wilson sure wins in looks! Not to say detail is a bad thing but the Vandy had a more polite musical flow and we both really like the bass loading adjustments the Vandy has. Again the Wilson was a blast to listen to but the Vandy was what we enjoyed a bit more.

How will you live with yourself if you pass up the name dropping snob appeal of the Wilson and settle for the pedestrian Vandy? I can hear them now; "I don't know about Wilson, but my ex college boyfriend had some Vandies".