Wilson Sophia 1 vs vandersteen 2ce

I've owned 3 versions of the 2s and have heard Wilson Sophias
on multiple occasions, although they were always 2 or 3s,
not the 1s.....

With the Belles, I would stay with Vandersteen........

The only significant upgrade you could make over the Vandys would
be to go to Magnepan.......they absolutely are magic with Belles.....

Audio Connection in NJ carries both brands.......

I really don't think Wilson will make you happy long term unless
you went up to Sabrina, which would be 7x as much as 2CESIGs

Here’s why I cannot accept Wilson’s design philosophy (and yes, I have listened to number of Wilson models over the years and, except for an early Watt/Puppy combo, they have never grabbed my attention):

Vandersteen are time and phase coherent; their drivers are in the same acoustic polarity with first order crossovers that do minimum damage to phase/time based components of timbre.

Wilson Sophia, on the other hand (according to Stereophile):

"In the time domain, the Sophia’s step response (fig.7) reveals that its tweeter and woofer are connected in positive acoustic polarity, the midrange in inverted polarity—which is what is needed, in conjunction with the phase shift provided by the crossover, to ensure that the outputs of the drive-units add to give a flat response in the farfield in the crossover regions."
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-specialties-sophia-loudspeaker-measurements#rl7vxTdM...

Wilson is not, and never will be, a viable speaker option for me; their approach and designs (and prices!) make absolutely no sense to me.

Guys!
Will you please let sinewave enjoy his purchase?
We all have our preferences, but why go out of your way to throw a monkey wrench into someone else's choice.
I, for one, hopes he enjoys the Wilson's. 
BTW, I have the Vandy's, and enjoy them. I have heard the Sabrina's- which made me think Wilson's might be a future purchase-(used, of course).

Gdnrbob,
Reading the comments above, I must agree with you. Sinewave93 owned the Vandersteen (and presumably enjoyed them). He unequivocally states that the Wilson Sophia is a "major " improvement compared to his former Vandersteens. He used the term "phenomenal", pretty definitive I'd  say. That is his direct and honest opinion, why not accept it as such as? Whatever design flaw some may believe the Wilsons possess it appparently isn’t borne out based on sinewave93’s comparison with listening to both speakers in his Audio system.
Charles,

Just for reference sake and to demonstrate that the OP’s assessment isn’t an isolated perspective read samhar’s post from 05/03/2016. He compared the Wilson Sophia to his Vandersteen 3a Signatures with two Vandersteen subwoofers. His impression mirrors the OP’s. The obvious point, It is pure subjectivity when making decisions regarding audio component based on actual listening sessions. .
Charles,