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Wilson Sasha 2 or Alexia for small room 10' x 17'?

I went to audition the Wilson Sabrina at a local shop. I so wanted to love these speakers because of the reviews, price and compact size. Unfortunately, I could not (don't hate me  Sabrina owners). I did, however,  fall in love with the Sasha 2. It seemed to do everything and more that I was looking for and I am hoping this speaker will be a speaker I can live with for a very long time. After thinking about it, I wondered, is the difference between the Sabrina and Sasha 2 smaller or greater than the Sasha 2 and current Alexia? The room has  good acoustics, Mcintosh C50 pre, MC152 amp and as noted above, is very small. Would there be too much bass and overwhelm the room. I have not heard the Alexias and was wondering if any owners or listeners familiar to both can comment on the differences and similarities and give impressions as to how they might work in my small room. I currently own and like very much the  Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 but am looking for more. At this point, I am pretty sure I will go with the Sashas  but am looking for guidance from someone with experience especially since it is very hard to locate the Alexias and hear personally.  Thanks for your opinions
996cupracer
vitop
221 posts
 
I have no dog in this fight, but I do have some observations. In my opinion, the Wilsons are probably the most musical speakers I have heard. I really love their sound and could listen to them forever.
I recently listened to the Persona speakers and I think they are probably the clearest and best resolving speakers I have ever heard. But they are not as musical as the Wilsons.
JMO, but Wilsons for music, Personas for home theater. The dialog is incredible with the Personas, but I would tire of music much faster with the Personas. They are VERY good with music, but also brighter. Not in a bad way at all, but just not as involving as the Wilsons.
enginedr1960
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Bass in a small room is always a problem . I use 4 subs and a DSPeaker Antimode 2.0 in my small room with much success and the bass response is even . Google distributed bass Dr. Earl Geddes


 

996cupracer OP
49 posts
 
Thankfully the room and system does not suffer from the boominess or imbalance possible in a small room . The  bass is tight, involving,  and quite pleasing without fatigue experienced over long sessions. 
Vitop, I have not heard the Personas but am curious about how they sound.
The very talented horn player Sebatian Studnitsky's KY Organic on  a pair of Sasha 2's is heaven. He is a recent joyful discovery and would recommend his music!
fdpdk
45 posts
 
996cupracer, gratulations with your speakers i really enjoyed reading this thread
( the parts that is about wilson )
I have been auditioning Focal Sopra 2 and 3, and then went to hear what Wilson is all about , i listened to Sabrina with ARC ref6 and ref 150 as well as Sasha 2 on same equipment, heard the Yvette on Devialet, and all i can say is that i was blown away, over the soundstage 3D, bass precise, height incredible.... it was so good and i could have listened forever.
I will for my part "only" be able to opt for the Sabrina sometime in the future....the interesting thing is that your room size is almost the same as mine, so i can only say if i had the money i would go for the Sasha 2 after reading your quest.
How close to the wall are they , i think back of speaker to wall ?
Lots of happy listening, i am sure.
vitop
221 posts
 
996cupracer, I don’t have anything that I would call a practiced ear so I am not sure I can really describe it very well. I just know what I like.
Against the Wilsons, the Personas (in my opinion) are more detailed. Everything seems clearer and more detailed. And that is strange to say when comparing to a Wilson because I love Wilsons. So you would think that the Personas are a better speaker with my having said that, but I’m not sure that is true. They are different. I love the Wilson sound and could listen to them forever. The Personas can sometimes come off as a little bright but they are tremendous speakers.
Like I said, sometimes the dialog in a movie can be muffled or there can be a lot going on along with the dialog. The Persona will resolve all of that better than anything I have heard and you just kind of hear all of it at once with absolute clarity. Pretty amazing really.
Right now, I am really thinking about a set of used Wilsons for music (I still like the Wilsons for music better than the Persona), and the Persona for home theater. So far, those are my favorites for those two functions.
I am going to hear some Legacy Audio Speakers also, but am not able to hear them head to head against either the Persona or the Wilsons, so going to be hard to say if they will be better or not, but they are a speaker I want to listen to. Has anyone does a really good comparison between the three?
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