Are Wilson Sophia 2's lean in the midbass?

Lean? Uh, NO! In fact, they are one of the fullest most dynamicaly alive speakers around. My room has a suckout so I had to take my time and move the speakers about a 1/2" at a time forward and back playing known material with the appropriate frquency range reproduced. Less than an inch can be the difference between OK sound and absolute bliss:O)

Bottom line is you need to play around with them and put some time in evaluating the response until your happy! The Wilsons should be about 10 to 12 ft apart and need not be aimed completely at your head. As you rotate them out you will open up the soundstage and increase dynamics...do so until you maximize these aspects and still have solid imaging and centerfill. Overall your soundstage will expand in all dimensions and low level dynamics will bloom more easily. Soffit mounting IS used for the Pro market ala engineers, musicians, studios etc... Pro sound is vastly different from the typical listening experience us audiophiles require or expect. Pro sound is more direct and in your face for purposes of evaluating a mix hwile free standing speakers maximize dimensionality, ambient and spatial cues along with proper scale and imaging. Two dimensional vs 3 dimensional really.

Try the series 3....it's even better!!