Wilson Audio SOPHIA II"s or III"s; good or bad passion.;on CJ gear ?

I have Sophia twos and I am very pleased with them.  My previous speakers were Rockport Mira monitors along with a wisdom subwoofer. That set up sounded outstanding, but I longed for a full size, full range speaker and really wanted to give that approach a try.  I listened to some Wilson watt puppy version seven’s, Which sounded very nice indeed. I chose Sophia 2  because I wanted slightly more modern speaker. The fit and finish, the way the grills attach, and the look and feel are quite important to me. Obviously they must sound good,  or what  good are they?!  The Sophia 2’s do not disappoint.  I was lucky to find a pair on the secondhand market that were recertified by the Wilson audio factory. That means they were refurbished so to speak, looking flawless, packed in Wilson crates.  I highly recommend searching for a factory recertified pair.  Many dealers have access to them, so ask around! 

When I first bought them I was using an audio research 100 watt tube amp and an audio research tube preamplifier.  The sound was excellent. Now I have changed direction quite a bit and I am using a Devialet Expert 220 Pro. The sound is still excellent, though a bit different.  

Good luck!

Mark.  Thank you for your experienced thoughts.  Did you ever solve your brightness issue you had when you switched from the AR’s??  I also looked at your pictures and saw you had a shot of your speaker wire on the amp and it was connected at 8ohns not 4? My inexperience wonders what I missed with that?
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I had a pair orf Sophia 2s and wasn’t impressed.  Great midrange, but that was about it.  Sold them and bought a pair of Focal Sopra ones and added a subwoofer.  Much happier with this combination.