Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?

Your room is way to narrow for Avalon. I feel your pain with the Wilson speaker. Over time I felt the same thing with my WP8.

Given you room size you have options. Maggies have new speakers coming out so I would wait. Rockport makes a nice speaker but controlling the bass is not easy.

Any other speaker you listen too in that price range will not be as aggressive as the Wilsons.

BTW I'm a very happy Modwright transporter customer. That darn thing has me listening to music again and I never have to get off my butt.

I would say give Verity a listen you would be very surprised.

Madfloyd you may want to look outside the Wilson line. I'm afraid that is the Wilson sound. As you move up the line you get more of it. Some people love and some people don't.

I would look in this order.
Verity audio will give you the bass impact and the best midrange going. Super easy to drive.

Magico they get better the more time you spend with them. Takes a bit to get use to them. Not the same bass impact as the wilson.

Rockport with the right room they are very good. side firing woofer makes them though to place.

Vandersteen Maybe the complete opposite to Wilson.

I have found them more Aggressive then Fatiguing. But we all hear different and we all have different rooms. When I had my Maxx 2 they were to aggressive for me no matter what amps I used. But it all comes down to personal taste at this price point.

BTW I thought the Sophia II was Wilson's better speaker and in most rooms there best speaker.