I just read a little on the goldenear, to see what it is all about. It seems it has a strong relationship with Definitive Technology's Mythos series. If this is the case, I will strengthen my previous comment and say, get the Wilson, hands down, no comparison.
I owned a pair of Def Tech Mythos super towers a few years back. My wife, who may have better ears than I, always complained about the sound. I quickly outgrew them myself, wanting a more pure, higher end speaker. I sold the def techs and bought a pair of Rockport Mira Monitors and paired them with a Wisdom subwoofer. This upgrade made the Def Tech Mythos sound like child's play in comparison - there was no comparison! The Rockports are a world class speaker, and made much more realistic music.
Most recently I switched to the Wilson Sophia. I did this for two reasons, the first of which was that I had yet to own a proper, high end floor standing speaker, and I wanted to have that experience in my system. The 2nd reason was that my Rockports had not depreciated at the normal rate, and held much of the value that I paid for them. The Wilsons on the other hand, seemed to depreciate at the normal rate. The result was that I could leave Rockport & Wisdom for the Sophia 2 at an almost even trade, despite the higher system cost of the Wilson. Cake and eat it!
not only did the Rockport-Wisdom combo blow away the Def Tech, the Wilson Sophia 2 is out performing the Rockports in my room. Not by a ton mind you, the Rockports are outstanding. But in my room, the floor standing Wilson is simply better that anything I have ever had before. I am unbelievably happy.
hope this helps, good luck
