DAW vs Alexia 1 vs Sasha 2, descending order of $$


Having recently heard the DAW, and Alexia 2, they are very close in performance the $$ suggest the DAW is a great value. I have Sophia 1 Wilson offers a generous trade in program, that said its still a lot of money, so my thinking has been to just get the DAW (my heart, my head says get the Alexia 1 CPO or Sasha 2 CPO) Not being independently wealthy, getting Either the Alexia 1 or Sasha 2 seem like sound choices, and trade up again later a couple years from now. My question is would you spend 10k more to get the DAW and stretch a little to make it happen or buy the lesser siblings and trade up in a few years?

Compared to my Sohpie 1s.

What would you do with the given choices.
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I'll give you my impressions about the Sasha DAW and the Alexia 2.  I love listening to my  Sasha DAWs.  I have had them 7 months now.  About 2 years ago I heard the Sasha DAWs and the Alexia 2s in a store.  I went back a few months later and auditioned them both very closely.  I liked the mid/highs of the Sasha DAWs but the Alexia 2s had better bass.  The bass of the Alexia 2s had more clarity and strength.  In fact, I had one CD with me that I have had since the early 90s.  (Stanley Clark East River Drive- Justices Groove).  Hearing that track on the CD on the Alexia 2s was a revelation.  I had never heard the clarity of the bass drums like that before.  I could hear the skin on the drums.  I mean, on my home system at the time, the bass was so muddy I could barely make out those drums unless I stood in one spot to the side of the room.  That pushed me to go home and work on my room.  I made it better but my old speakers were no match for the Alexia 2s at all.  

The Sasha DAWs do not quite match that clarity/resolution in the bass like the Alexia 2s.  It's very close and for me I only notice the difference playing that one song but I know it's there.  In the end the cost was a major factor and since I liked the mid/highs better on the DAWs I felt the trade off was acceptable for me losing that bit of extra detail in the bass in essentially one song.  I'm sure the Alexia V excels in all areas over the DAWs but I'm all set.

I am indeed still enjoying my Sophia 1, a humble speaker in the Wilson family. I still think about "upgrades" Yvette or Sabrina X, or DAW, the Alxia which is too large for my room as is the Sasha if I am honest. I recently replaced all the resistors in all of my Wilson speakers. (Watch V3, Watch Surround V1) that brought a slight improvement but can't be sure it wasn't just confirmation bias don't you know...

I had a similar conundrum. I sold my Sasha 1's in 2022 and auditioned the DAW's and Sabrina's in Tennessee where I was headed. I definitely wanted the DAW's and at that time the dealer would not take my Sasha's. So I sold them and moved to Tennessee without the extra load. I found an online deal for Alexia 1's and pulled the trigger for slightly less than the new DAW's. I wanted the bigger speaker with more bass anyways. I'm thrilled with the one's and as mentioned, they can be "for life" speakers with no regrets. I love these tweeters and the larger woofers. A well-balanced speaker in my new room. Check out my system page. I am increasing the sound quality one step at a time through cabling upgrades.