Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Yvette vs Sabrina (Regular)

I have the Sabrinas too. My room is 16’ wide, 34’ deep, 10’ tall.

I love the Sabrinas. Mine are 5’ off the front wall and 4’ off the side walls.

I’ve been really impressed with their ability to maintain linearity at loud volumes (103 dBC peaks). And they present excellent detail even at very low volumes too.

I’m driving them with an ARC REF 75SE, but have also used a pair of CJ LP275Ms.

I’m not clear on why your room would not accommodate the Yvettes.  If care were given to placement, there’s really no reason it couldn’t work well.  My appetite has been whet for the Sasha DAWs or the Alexia 2.

FWIW, Wilson wants a factory trained set up specialist to do the installation.  I know from countless showroom demos, all the way up to the Chronosonic XVX, that the installation is not always right, and when it’s wrong, the Wilsons sound mediocre (all of them).  David was a fanatic about setup.  

@broadwayjoe the OP’s room is 16x14. I’ve found with Yvette and above, the speakers need at least 5’ from their backs to the front wall. In that size of a room, they would already be close to halfway out in the room. Your room is 34’ deep. You can accommodate them, and it sounds like a stellar sized room!

Yes, 16x14 is a challenge.  I think most speakers do better 4 or more feet off the front wall, and 3 or more feet off the side walls.    But with focused effort, I think it could work,   Of course it’s an expensive experiment with someone else’s money.  The room issues will be present with any speaker.  

Just for fun, here’s what DAW had to say about Sabrinas.  
 

I had my Yvette with 4 feet from the wall to the back of the speaker, and I had bass traps in the corners and directly behind the speakers on the walls. Don't get me wrong, it sounded lovely. Many would have considered it endgame. But it wasn't getting the openness I thought I would and heard in other shows and compared to some other speakers. I tried positioning for months, and at the end of the day, I traded them in for speakers that were better fitting for the space.

Will it sound bad? Not at all. Will it be endgame in the space? Not at all, either.

My music room is 11x11x11, untreated.  I have Sabrina X's about three feet from the rear wall.  They sound great in my small room, and my dealer urged me to get the Sabrina's for my size room over the Sasha DAW, for what its worth!