VR-5 Anniversary VS Sasha

I purchased an "upgraded" a pair of Von Schweikert vr-35's which are 8K retail and will say that they will compete with speakers in the 20K+ range and do it quite easily. They are very "musical', not sterile and overly detailed and have lots of the trickle down technology from Albert's more expensive models. My friend owns the Sashas and they are very nice in deed. Combined with his ARC 5 preamp they sound very very good. I personally prefer the silk dome tweeter to metal tweeters. I believe Von Schweikert speakers are a great bargain and out perform their competition across the board at comparable price points.

I use to own a pair of VR5 HSE and loved them. Have a friend currently running a pair of the Sasha's and I am familiar with the VR 5 model and it certainly competes if not betters the Wilson product as goods as it is. I looked seriously at the VR 5 model of about 4 yrs ago now when I was interested in upgrading my VR 5HSE and was a litle disappointed that they had increased the size of that model considerably. One of the real strengths of my VS model was its 9 by 16 by 42 in size yet amazing performace. I ended up going for a pair of B&W 800D which I felt offered even greater performace to price. I have such fond memories of the VS 5 product and as a previous comment indictated there is something spooky about the 3d effect and center image that the VS offers that is amazing. Albert is a wizard with a croosover design. Best wishes.

I have very happily owned a pair of VR5 HSE's for some years now, and have heard the Wilson Sophias at audio shows. I cannot speak for the current VR 5's or 9's, but I found the Wilson's to be undesirable and could not understand what the all the talk was about. They were screechy and way too forward. The true test of a speaker is long-term "liveability" (much like a wife) and my VR5's have stood the test of time.

Neal