I've recently auditioned Sophia 2's and found them to be very lean in the midbass (but nice speaker overall) and am wondering if this observation is typical or unusual.
I heard them for the first time at the Stereophile show a few years ago in NY and thought they were just plain lean, full stop. Used with LAMM Electronics. I was very disappointed, given the reviews and Wilson's reputation.
I own these speakers and they are not lean. Placement is the issue. If they were not voiced/placed by a wilson dealer you might consider paying them to do this for you.
I own these Speakers and have used them with Amplifiers from BAT, McIntosh, Krell & PASS and they have always sounded full-bodied and awesome - never lean - not even close.
Tusa - not to offroad the thread - but what amps did you find sound best with them? I have have them sounding fantastic on a sim amp with a hovland pre.
Lean? Uh, NO! In fact, they are one of the fullest most dynamicaly alive speakers around. My room has a suckout so I had to take my time and move the speakers about a 1/2" at a time forward and back playing known material with the appropriate frquency range reproduced. Less than an inch can be the difference between OK sound and absolute bliss:O)
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