DAW vs Alexia 1 vs Sasha 2, descending order of $$


Having recently heard the DAW, and Alexia 2, they are very close in performance the $$ suggest the DAW is a great value. I have Sophia 1 Wilson offers a generous trade in program, that said its still a lot of money, so my thinking has been to just get the DAW (my heart, my head says get the Alexia 1 CPO or Sasha 2 CPO) Not being independently wealthy, getting Either the Alexia 1 or Sasha 2 seem like sound choices, and trade up again later a couple years from now. My question is would you spend 10k more to get the DAW and stretch a little to make it happen or buy the lesser siblings and trade up in a few years?

Compared to my Sohpie 1s.

What would you do with the given choices.
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Showing 1 response by tonywinga

I'll give you my impressions about the Sasha DAW and the Alexia 2.  I love listening to my  Sasha DAWs.  I have had them 7 months now.  About 2 years ago I heard the Sasha DAWs and the Alexia 2s in a store.  I went back a few months later and auditioned them both very closely.  I liked the mid/highs of the Sasha DAWs but the Alexia 2s had better bass.  The bass of the Alexia 2s had more clarity and strength.  In fact, I had one CD with me that I have had since the early 90s.  (Stanley Clark East River Drive- Justices Groove).  Hearing that track on the CD on the Alexia 2s was a revelation.  I had never heard the clarity of the bass drums like that before.  I could hear the skin on the drums.  I mean, on my home system at the time, the bass was so muddy I could barely make out those drums unless I stood in one spot to the side of the room.  That pushed me to go home and work on my room.  I made it better but my old speakers were no match for the Alexia 2s at all.  

The Sasha DAWs do not quite match that clarity/resolution in the bass like the Alexia 2s.  It's very close and for me I only notice the difference playing that one song but I know it's there.  In the end the cost was a major factor and since I liked the mid/highs better on the DAWs I felt the trade off was acceptable for me losing that bit of extra detail in the bass in essentially one song.  I'm sure the Alexia V excels in all areas over the DAWs but I'm all set.