Upgrade from WIlson Sabrina

During my backpacking days (many decades ago) in your country as a youth in search of truth, I stumbled upon a very old temple..Enormous structural stone pillars carved out of solid rock that played do re mi fa.... if you tapped on em (mind boggling). The ancient inhabitants of that land seemed to know something about Acoustics and some related matters that modern man has lost forever possibly.

Audiophiles are very scared of basic construction/remodeling in general. When the spouse is visiting the in-laws, just get a contractor, tear a wall and convert the 14 ft to 20 ft. The sonics can go up a notch from there.

I have had YG Carmel 1s, Kipod Signature passive and Hailey Reference 2.2s.

The last is.of course the best. but too big for your room.

I wasn't impressed by the YG Peak series at Munich a couple of years ago. Have you considered a pair of used Carmel 2s. Plenty for sale and very good sound .

Should be very good in your room, particularly as it is a sealed box design

@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

My room is 11.5 x 11.5 x 9.5.  I have the Sabrina X’s about 2 ft from the front wall and 3 from each side.  no room treatments.  They are powered by a Pass 250.8, with an ARC REF 6 pre and an MSB Discrete DAC and Premier power base, a REL S/510 and a full loom of Shunyata Alpha V1 cables.  In my small listening room, they sound fantastic and I have no interest in replacing them.

Before you get upgrade-itis for new speakers, I would work with the room first, and maybe consider the Sabrina X’s, since you like your Wilsons, if you must get new speakers.  If you are looking for a new sound, there are a ton of choices in your price range.  Check out the Joseph Audio Perspectives . . . Very easy placement and sound great too.

Just an idea, but have you considered just placing a thicker GIK trap directly behind your speakers, just on the floor, a couple inches from the wall?  Take two from somewhere else and try it.

Leaving a gap between the wall and the trap will allow the trap to better deaden lower frequencies (and actually all frequencies).  This also works with corner traps, btw, which are also an excellent idea.

Another idea is to put a slatted dispersion panel (typically hardwood slats on rubber) on the front wall behind the speakers and also the thicker trap in front of that.  I did this in a literal bomb shelter and it worked wonders.