Wilson Sasha's - All evolution in Wilsons are.....


Very much like a revolution in long runs. I heard them in several places and highly tweeked rooms. SUPERB!!!!
I am a pround owner of the Sophia's Mk2 and I still envy the Sasha's very much every single time.

A true step up for Wilson, much more forgiving than the Puppy 8's. Now it pretty much works with every credible amplifier out there. Great looks, Wilson built quality as usual without question and stunning sound. Setup and everything else is the same, a real pain in the A** to get them right :)

"A" Plus for Wilson.
rapogee
Well I just got my Wilson Sasha last week and I must say they are amazing good. It is realy a work of art. I currently played with the Maxx but the Sasha just plays better is every aspect except very loud bass. Mids and highs are fantastic. Even much better than any Puppy I had.

Peter
I listened to a set of Sashas at a friend's house (also a well-known reviewer). We brought over a set of our amps (MA-1s) to play- I have to say I was quite interested to see how the two worked together. The MA-1s replaced a transistor amp of twice their power.

It turns out that the Sashas are very easy to drive, the meters on the MA-1s barely moved at all, yet we were getting a very satisfying volume from the speakers- I was worried we might disturb the neighbors. Very fast speaker, very articulate, good cohesion between drivers, spot on imaging, good lack of signature, quick, articulate bass that was extended without boominess but nevertheless easily conveying weight as the program material required. In a nutshell :)

Its obvious that Wilson likes tube amps, so far every single speaker he has ever made has worked with our amps and most every tube amp that can make any power.

Excellent work.
"...It turns out that the Sashas are very easy to drive"

Sure, 1.5 ohm at 80Hz, just a breeze isn't?
MC in his review practically said that they are barely drivable...
Well if you put the Pass mono amps or the Krell amps with Wilson they play fine. I tried many amps with Wilson and although a lot of people get good results with tube amps I never thought the Wilson speakers sounded the best with tube amps.

The strong points of Wilson speakers are the very very good bass and livelike sound. For this I found that big transistor amps like Krell work the best. Krell has good bass and the new EVO lines have also very very good mids. The match with the Wilson Sasha is absolutely perfect. I am going to try my Pass XA100.5 this weekend in the Sasha en will post the results. Now I play with the Krell EVO202 and EVO402 and the match is perfect.

Peter
I agree with Peter,
They do sound perfectly fine with reputable tube amps IMO but these things are not the easiest things to drive including all other Wilsons for that matter.
The huge VTL Monos I listen to them were pretty darn good but the the big transistor Boys, they are truly exciting and fun to listen too for sure. Rock cracking bass with one of the Krells I have heard. Unbelievable! Even with Norah Jones first track on a her new CD "Chasing Pirates", what a wallop!!!!