Wilson's new speaker the Sasha is coming.

I listened to them on the same day I heard the sophia IIs. The Sashas were fantastic, smoother on top, and the bass rounded out the bottom. The sophias, driven by ayre equipment, were bright to the point of being too harsh for me. I felt the Sashas communiciated plenty of treble information without crossing the line. They were driven by some heavy duty Mac tube monos, great sound.

One of the surprises in this session was hearing magnepan 3.6, driven by Mac solid state. On a ravel string quartet, I think I liked them more than the sashas - the air was amazing. On Rolling Stones and Patti Smith, they couldn't compare to the Sashas - too diffuse.

You may be right. I did not mix and match. i could see tube monos and pre being more forgiving. The sasha's did sound fantastic. But the big revelation was the magnepan 3.6 on a string quartet. My god! The notes attack, the body, the decay, just floated out there. So palpable. It was like time was slowed down. I wish I could have a pair just for chamber music! Believe the system was Mac solid state amp and pre, rega cd player.

Dave,

That's where I heard them. What a speaker! Congrats. I didn't have a problem with the bass with the tubes, just really really appreciated it.