Wilson Alexia - what's the competition

I would certainly listen to Rockport, Tannoy or the Magico Q3 for comparison. I
did hear the Wilson Alexia at the recent NYC Audio Show and they had
Transparent Ref XL cables which cost less than the speakers. The Wilson Sasha
in the next room had Transparent Opus cables which cost much more than the
$45K. The Alexia was driven by D'Agostino electronics and digital only. The
whole system was unfamiliar to me, so I can't really say how the speakers
sounded.

I good friend of mine compared his Sasha with the Alexia, and he told me that
the Alexia is a very big improvement. This was a direct comparison in the same
room with only the speakers changing. He is keeping the Alexia.

It's a pretty new speaker, so I would not think that many people have had a
chance to listen to it in their own systems or even compared it to others at
dealerships.

Audioconnection, Do you mean Transparent cables are laid back and dark sounding in an absolute sense or in a given system context?

In my system, I actually found that Transparent Cables sounded more neutral than either Harmonic Technology (a bit laid back and dark) or MIT (a bit bright with emphasized highs and lows and recessed mids).

Rockport and Wilson speakers use Transparent cables internally.