Wilson's new speaker the Sasha is coming.

I've auditioned the Sasha yesterday. Driven by all Ayre gear, the C-5xeMP, KX-R, MXRs and Transparent cabling, the speaker sounded surprisingly warmer and slightly darker up top than most other Wilsons. The Sasha sounded engaging and musical and was well balanced top to bottom. I currently own the Sophia 2 and having heard the Sasha, I bought a pair on the spot.

The only unkown to me were the MXRs but I own the Lamm M1.2s and the KX-R so I expect them to be very musical in my own system as well. The synergy between the Sasha and Ayre was great, dynamic, deep, well controlled and nicely articulated bass, excellent imaging and focus, warmer mids and slightly darker top than W/P 8's for example. Great speaker to my ears, job well done. If you didn't like Wilson speakers before, give the Sasha a listen.

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No I bought the Sasha because I found them very musical and engaging and a bit smoother/forgiving overall. The Sophia 2's are great speakers but the Sasha elevates the bar especially in the bass. I like the slightly warmer tonal balance as well. Like I said, unless the MXR imparted such a deep sonic signature on the Sasha, that the new sound is really not the speaker but the amps.

I did find the Sasha to be extremely enjoyable with a variety of music I threw at it. In the end that's what matters, if the speaker/system connects with you and evokes a positive emotional response, then that is a great system/speaker for you. I found the Sasha did just that.

Dave_b, you are twisting my words out of context. I said "slightly darker up top". Again, I am not familiar enough with the MXR amps as this was the first time I heard them to really know if that is the sonic character of the MXR or the Sasha. Trust me, the Sasha will not disappoint in any performance parameter in a room of appropriate size for them with appropriate amplification.

I've heard many Wilson speakers before and this combination was just as dynamically impressive as Wilson W/Ps usually are but it was also very enjoyable, engaging and musical with a variety of music thrown at it.

I've heard the Alexandria X2's in that same room and the Sasha/Ayre combo while not being able to reproduce quite the same scale and overall visceral impact as the Alexandria X2/Krell Evo 900 combo, had a more engaging personality that drew me into music much deeper.