Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 5.1 or..

The wilson speakers look and sound very good. I have owned 6's and 7's and liked them both. I did find that I had to upgrade the rest of my sytem to try and get rid of the shrillnes of the highend on most recordings when played loud.

In my mind the Sophia is not even close to the 6's or 7's and I agree with many others who feel the same way. In several side by side demos I felt there was no comparison. If you have $5 to $10 thousand dollars buy used watt puppies.

Thanks, after hours and hours and with a few other comrades of listening to both the Sophias and WP 8's. I am sorry to disagree with some. The 8's are better than the Sophias, i do agree.. more refine on the very very top, richer and a little fuller with a deeper bottom end.
It not far for sure like what some are saying. They are quite close for sure. We tried with similar electronics and moved around a little here and there and with similar electronics and location of room and I must say, the Sophias are a steal. I ended up buying the Sophias and I could have picked up a WP6 or 7 used for a little more or for the same price but ended up going for the Sophias.
I like the new technolgy driven idea.

I just dont like the idea that all my good recording sound amazing and my bad recordings suck. I guess thats what honesty is all about. Thanks again for all your help guys!

Yep, your last comment about bad recordings sounding bad says it all. I owned WP6's for a couple of years and with
lesser recordings they had etched vocals, scratchy strings,
jazzed-up brass. They seem to unrelentingly show flaws in
the recording or upstream equipment. To me, if I can't play
my favorite music (whose recording quality is out of my control), that is unacceptable. (I know others disagree around here, so you have to think about what you want from a system.) Some speakers may not extract all the details, but they manage to present recording flaws
in at least a pleasant way. Speaker designers walk a thin line.

Follow-up:
I think speakers that are designed to be absolutely revealing should come with some sort of Parental Warning Sticker that says: non-audiophile-grade recordings can be hazardous to your health (or at least your hearing).
(Sorry to be so negative, but this is from the school of hard knocks...)

Maybe I have a different take on bad recordings, knowing their not good, but in my system, using W/P 7's, less than stellar recordings are not unacceptable for me...maybe I just don't have many of those. :)

BTW, congratulations on the new purchase!