New Wilson Sasha VS Wilson Audio Sophia 2

I made this direct comparison several times as I was auditioning speakers. At two different dealers, the comparison was made in the same room with same front end.

The Sophia 2 was a little disappointing overall. It sounded like separate drivers with the tweeter calling attention to itself and the bass being about a 1/2 beat behind the rest of the music. Midrange a little veiled, at least in comparison to my ELSs that I was looking to replace.

The Sasha gave me everything I was looking for in my next speaker. It was very coherent with excellent integration of the drivers. Overall warmer and much bigger sounding with appropriate scale to the music. Both micro and macro dynamics were very good. In my search for speakers that could do what my previous Quads and Martin Logans did so well, but with the addition of real dynamics and body, the Sasha was the only speaker that fit those criteria. My auditioning also included Focal, Revel, Maggie, Arial, and Vandersteen.

I bought the Sashas and have been very happy. Note that I have not heard the new Sophia 3, which I understand is closer to the Sasha. You might add it to your list versus spending the extra $$ on the Sasha.

You can also go to the Wilson Audio forum on Audio Aficionado where there is much written about the two speakers.

I had Sophia 2s for 1 year and had the opportunity to listen to Sasha’s a couple of months ago. The Sasha’s are more coherent, more natural sounding and in another league to my ears. If I had the money I would have bought them. I ended up with Sophia 3s. The Sophia 3s are a significant step-up from the Sophia 2s. The bass is more articulate and bigger sounding. The Sophia 3s presentation is very close to Sasha’s, where the music just sounds natural. I submit going from the Sophia 2s to 3s was the best upgrade that I’ve ever done.

I went from Sophia 2 to Sasha. Sasha sounds warmer, highs are smoother and better integred, they soundstage better as well. A big step up.