Wilson Electronics Sophia Series 2, Owner'S Manual

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lution, and an utterly grainless sense of purity. Highs emerge from a silent, black back-
ground.
Revised Crossover
David Wilson and the Wilson engineering team are ever searching for the sources
of time-domain distortion. During the development of Alexandria, Wilson discovered
that the interaction between the high and low pass filters created propagation delay
noise they dubbed “crossover jitter.” Dave and the engineers created crossover strate-
gies and topologies that reduced this deleterious interaction. The reduction in distor-
tion-noise allowed Dave and the design team to hear into the loudspeaker and detect
and parse out problems previously obscured by the noise. Thus the breakthrough not
only improved the areas of performance directly related to the anti-jitter technology,
but also allowed enhancements to be made in other areas of the loudspeaker as well.
This process was applied during the development of MAXX Series 2, and now has been
empployed in the Sopia Series 2. In the Sophia Series 2, low-level details, previously
obscured by noise, now shine forth from a black background. Midrange beauty, clarity,
and musicality, already a strong point of Sophia, are noticeably better in the Series 2.
Instrument texture and timbre are more convincingly rendered and complete.
Recessed Diffraction Pad and Pin-Style Grill
Introduced in the Alexandria and subsequently employed in the MAXX Series 2,
the austenitic stainless steel pin system ensures non-resonant and reliable grill attach-
ment. The diffraction pad, which previously sat atop Sophia’s baffle, is now recessed
flush to the façade. Problems of diffraction pad detachment are nearly eliminated.
Sophia’s shape is enhanced, taking on a more finely sculpted and integrated profile.
In designing the original Sophia, Wilson Audio determined to introduce not mere-
ly a more accessible loudspeaker, but the best compact single cabinet loudspeaker we
could build, and the best loudspeaker in its price range, period. To improve upon that
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