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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

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doug99
288 posts
 
Anyone know the new midbase on the Wilson Sophia 3's?
I know the Sophia 2's used the Scanspeak revelator midbase.
doug99
288 posts
 
Hi, i just spoke to someone who's very familiar with drivers.
He told me he's 99.9% sure the Wilson Sophia 3's are using an SB Acoustics midbase with the paper cone
doug99
288 posts
 
He's telling me the Wilson Sasha's are also using the SB Acoustics midbase along with the Aerial 7Ts.
doug99
288 posts
 
Check out these Wilson Sophia Clones.
[/url]http://www.audiotechnology.dk/iz.asp?id=4|g|138|7||bubinga2[/url]
doug99
288 posts
 
Wrong link.
Here's the right link to the Wilson Sophia clones.
The cabinet looks amazing.
Its on Skaaning's website.
http://www.flexunits.com/iz.asp?id=4|g|138|7||bubinga2
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.
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