Wilson Audio Sasha 2 & Avalon Indra

Bo is correct - definitely try your best to listen to both Avalon and Wilson. Unfortunately you will probably not get to listen to both in your own room or even with the same electronics or front end in various audio salons.

Just to emphasize listening for yourself, I would differ from Bo that I would prefer Avalons for jazz over Wilsons, especailly small-combo jazz. The Avalons just throw a more believeable soundstage and image decay compared to the Wilsons. But again, we all hear a bit differently and only you will know what your ears tell you.

The biggest limitation of Avalon ( sold it for over 6 years of time) is the individual focus of instruments and voices within the wide and deep stage. In real instruments and voices are a lot more physical apparent. No matter what kind of cable you use, amps, conditioners, sources it does not come close to the real thing.

You need a lot more than a wide and deep stage. When you know properties of speakers you also know the limitations. Some limitations you can solve, others you can't.

In the US you have so much to choose. Use these possibilities. And when you find one you like try it at home.

Enjoy the search for your speaker. Because you are the only one who can make the choice, no other person can do it. It is that simple!

"The biggest limitation of Avalon ( sold it for over 6 years of time) is the individual focus of instruments and voices within the wide and deep stage. In real instruments and voices are a lot more physical apparent. No matter what kind of cable you use, amps, conditioners, sources it does not come close to the real thing."

That is hilarious. Avalons are known as imaging champs and creating a superb, life-like soundstage.

The Avalons are lower distortion.

The Wilsons are less refined, higher distortion, but have more body and dynamics.

Both have weaknesses. But the Avalon is more pure.

"That is hilarious. Avalons are known as imaging champs and creating a superb, life-like soundstage. "

The soundstage of Avalon is huge, wide and deep. This is a fact. But listening individual to all the single parts of the recording you miss the sharpness and full round physical image. Instruments and voices are extreme small in real. But they are also more what I call round. There is full air around them.

Ribbon tweeters can make the stage in front of a speaker wider but also physical more apparent. Going back to the Avalon you hear a huge difference in how sharp the image is focussed. It is less physcial.

Since today I play with 2 Audioquest Wel Signature xlr cables. I will write a review in a few weeks.

This cable is able to give you the round apperance and extreme small intimate image as it is in real.