Wilson Sophia 3

When is the Sasha 2 comming out? The Sophia 4?

Avg. lifespan for Wilson products is about 4 years - Sophia 2 was introduced back in 2006 (Sophia 1 in 2001), so you can prolly expext next update in 2014-5.

I sense a good dose of irony in your post, but on the data I posted above, it is unfounded.

The midrange unit also seems to be very similar to the one used on Maxx 3 and W/P Sasha.

If you add to that a more beningn impedance curve (my guess is that the minimum will be around 3.5-4 Ohms), the new Sophia 3 for many, may be a prefered speaker. Much cheaper to boot.

Sophia’s U.S. MSRP will be $16,700.00 – the same price as the outgoing model

Just came back from Munich Show. The new Sophias III are a big step up from the Sophia II in terms of looks - they look much more modern now.

Peter did not have the exact specs on hand, but promissed the new Sophias III to be much easier to drive than the Sasha (with the minimum impedance similar to Sophia II) and over 1dB more efficient than the outgoing Sophia II - now almost 90dB.

Some images (Sophia 2 in white and Sophia 3 in desert silver):
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James63 - I did not have a chance to listen to the Sophia 3.

However, based on my experience with Sophia 2 and Sasha, i can tell you that the biggest difference for me is in the HF department. Sasha tweeter is noticably different to Sophia 2 tweeter and much, MUCH better IMO. Sophia's 2 tweeter sounds grainy and 'hot' in comparison, wheres Sasha tweeter is very extended, airy and oh so smooth.

It is a bit difficoult to compare the midrange microdynamics, since Sasha is higher sensivity, which almost always makes the speaker to sound more alive, but it sure has more body.

I belive the finish issue was an on off, and was traced down by Wilson to the bad batch of glue. It affected various models, including the Maxx II. AFAIK all customers who reported this problem got brand new enclosures or even speakers, some even got a free color change/upgrade in the process. I'm on my second pair of Wilson speakers (first Sophia 2, and now Sasha) and never had ANY prblems.

The speakers do not sound any worse than the day you bought them. If you liked the sound then, you shoud like them now as much, irrespective of the new models.

Say for those people that live in China, France or Southeast Asia. I guess, in short, they will have to live with those cracks. It is expensive to be shipping back speakers of this size to Provo Utah for repairs.

AFAIK the so called 'repair' (which in fact was a cabinet swap) was only an option for US based customers.

Ppl living abroad, got a brand new pair of speakers instead. It was probably chosen by Wilson as a cheaper option for them (you only had to ship the speakers once). Cracked cabinets were scraped by distributors. This is a first hand info from my local distributor and a friend living in Poland who had this very issue. He ended with a brand new pair of Sophia 2 speakers, in a different, premium color (color change was free of charge, no less !). Since then, he upgraded to Maxx 2 and recently to Maxx 3, so I can safely assume, that his confidence in the company has not been shaken.

Let's face it - even the greatest companies have 'fuck ups' from time to time. Even Porsche does, and prolly RR too. The real test is, how those companies deal with them. IMO Wilson passed this test with flying colors, although it must have costed them a lot of money.

I did not hesitate for a second to get my first, and then second pair of Wilson speakers. And if they continue to improve their products at a current rate in the future, I will buy them again.