Does Wilson Sophia Sound good at low volumes?


I am currently running B&W 802 N's driven by Levinson 436's and a BAT VK51se. They like to be driven to at least moderate levels to sound full and balanced. I have heard that the Wilson Sophia and Sophia 2's sound full and balanced at any volume level.
Can any Sophia owners attest to this please? Also any thoughts about 802N and Sophia differences are welcomed.
Thanks !!!
billandsol

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The performance of a loudspeaker at low volumes has very little to do with the associated amplification, except for the amplifier distortion and noise levels. The Fletcher-Munson loudness curves are far more important. The speaker drivers may or may not produce much sound at low volume, depending on efficiency, moving mass, surround stiffness, etc. For example, an acoustic suspension mounted conventional cone woofer with a rubber surround may be very sluggish at low volume. These factors help explain why compression drivers, field coils, electrostats, plasma drivers, etc. perform more linearly at different volume levels and give much more detail at low levels.