>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> from scipy import signal
>>> b, a = signal.ellip(13, 0.009, 80, 0.05, output='ba')
>>> sos = signal.ellip(13, 0.009, 80, 0.05, output='sos')
>>> x = signal.unit_impulse(700)
>>> y_tf = signal.lfilter(b, a, x)
>>> y_sos = signal.sosfilt(sos, x)
>>> plt.plot(y_tf, 'r', label='TF')
>>> plt.plot(y_sos, 'k', label='SOS')
>>> plt.legend(loc='best')
>>> plt.show()

r+