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Wilson Sophia 1,2, or 3?

I have long been a fan of the Wilson's and recently heard a new pair of Sophia 3 at a dealer. I loved the sound, but the price of a new pair is beyond my budget. As I have bought most of my audio equipment on Audiogon, I have always had good results. Can anyone please tell me the differences between the 1,2, and 3? We would assume that the newer one is better and perhaps more refined, but would a Series 1 at 1/3 the price of a new one be close and good place to start for someone who has never owned a pair of Wilson?
Associated equipment is all ARC, VT100MKII amp, LS26 pre, CD3MKII
Shunyata and Transparent Cables
Thank you
vdosc
doug99
288 posts
 
For some reason the link wont go through.
Just go to Skaaning's website.
www.audiotechnology.dk/
Click on Gallery on the left side and then you'll see the speakers. Its on the 6th row from the top on the left side.
Alot of nice DIY speakers there with Skaaning drivers.
james63
501 posts
 
Doug,

There is a DIY version of just about every brand on there.

The devil is in the details though.
samhar
1,034 posts
 
James63

+1
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elberoth2
1,219 posts
 
The problem with the clones is that they never sound like the real speaker.

The midwoofer on both Sophia 3 and Sasha is basicly the same. AFAIK the main (only ?) difference is the shorter voicecoil on the Sasha driver, which gives it more sensivity.

It is difficoult to say that one is a simplified version of the other - they are just a bit different.
ricred1
1,412 posts
 
This is what the Wilson website states about the Sophia 3's midrange, "The proprietary Wilson midrange driver,which transformed the sound of Alexandria X2 Series 2, and was subsequently deployed in MAXX and Sasha now, in a simplified version, finds a home in Sophia."
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