Upgrade from WIlson Sabrina


I have a small room approx 14'x12'x 8.5' well treated with GIK acoustics panels.  Currently using the Sabrina's (not x).  Considering the Talus from YG acoustics, mainly because it is sealed. and may integrate better. Unfortunately since I am located in India, auditioning is almost next to impossible as dealers only bring in equipment on order - they usually only have the top of the line model for demo.  Would appreciate any feed back.  I love the Sabrina's and the x is a logical choice, but being ported, I am experiencing some room node reinforcements (mitigated somewhat by pulling the speakers forward by 4'), so am considering sealed options. Magico is not sold in India.

TIA - Cheers,

Sid

sidvee

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Thank you all. Regarding the posts recommending bass traps, I have 6 x 244 gik traps, plus two evolution polyfusors which also help as bass traps and also some corner traps at the ceiling.  Yes all of these help and having the speakers pulled out to 4' from the wall also helps and the room is currently fine - I am listening to these for the past 5 years in this manner.  However as I consider an upgrade, my focus was on sealed speakers like YG/Magico, to do away with having to deal with too many placement issues.  Anyways I will look into Revel and will also try to get a detailed audition of the YG peaks series.

Cheers,

Sid

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/4761#&gid=1&pid=1

This is my current system pic.

Cheers,

Sid

Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback. The rear corners of the room have 244 panels diagonally across with an air gap. Yes the front have panels against the walls, but as remarked above not much room available and the front corners I cannot place any bass traps as there is a door on the left, and the right has a book shelf. Anyways the most potent weapon in my arsenal is the Luxman CL-38uc preamp, which has tone controls with bass adjustable at 150/300/600 hz. Set at 150 and reduced the bass knob slightly, it works like a charm. Agreed purists may scoff but it works very well indeed. 

Cheers,

Sid

 

Let me clarify a bit as to what I am looking for. Currently I have no issue with room nodes with my Wilson Sabrina. With the eq. on my Luxman preamp and adequate treatment with GIK 244 panels (and an Indian brand of tri traps type bass trap placed at the front ceiling) and current speaker placement, I am happy with the speakers with 99% of room node issues resolved. However the speakers are 5 years old, and I want to move on to a different sound, and am looking for sealed speakers in the $15-$20k range. In my research I have found only YG and Magico designing sealed floor standers. Hence was requesting if anyone tried the YG peaks series as they are available locally.  TIA.

Cheers,

Sid

@barry2013, thanks, I will look into Carmel2. Very difficult to find used in India, and if one imports the cost of shipment plus customs will make it close to new.

Cheers,

Sid

Thanks moto man, yes even in my room the key to best sound especially tight and taut bass, is side wall distance. Currently I have them at 22 inches. If moved in to 36" they sound superb. Unfortunately my room is not 100% dedicated to music, it also houses a home theater and a pull down screen on the wall behind the speakers which is 106" diagonal and occupies approx 96" linear width. Hence I am a bit constrained on side wall distance and they are where they are.  Anyways I am also leaning more and more towards the X, I think it measures better than the sabrina as per the reviews. 

Cheers,

Sid