Wilson Audio Sophia 3 vs Watt Puppy 7

Wilson had to upgrade the then WP6 with WP7

Two of my friends one a reviewer, who loved what they had with the 7's compared to their 5's and 6's were enticed by the importer with great change over price to "upgrade" their 7's to the new 8's.

Both tried and tried for 2 years to love the 8's as much or more than their old 7's but they couldn't. They ended up with the Alexia MkI as they said it was the only Wilson the was better than their old 7's when properly setup.

Cheers George   

No disrespect to the other posters, but I completely disagree with them. While the WP7 was a wonderful speaker, the Sophia 3 is a much more refined speaker. I have owned Sophia 3’s and also am very familiar with the WP7. Check out my system “Symply Synergistic” on Agon. The Sophia is a lot easier to drive than the WP7. It also has newer driver technology with the mid range and the tweeter and also newer cabinet material and bracing. When the original Sophia was introduced in 2001, the performance was so close, Wilson had to upgrade the then WP6 with WP7.

My concern of Watt 7 is this model is very old, it has more electronic parts than Sophia 3 which need to repair later.  Also the sponge will need to replace every few years, especially my location is a very humid city. 

I always thought the W/P 7 was bright. The Sophia was a better speaker to me except in the lowest bass extension. It also didn't have the coherency issues. Ymmv.

Agree with georgehifi. WP 7 was a special WP and the best of the series until Sasha.

+1 for  Watt Puppy 7 with the right amp.

Cheers George