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Sonus Faber vs Wilson

I currently own a pair of absolutely gorgeous Serafino Tradition speakers. They are about 3 months old and I’ve finally got them positioned nicely in my room. They are being driven by a Gryphon Diablo 300. Great soundstage and imaging even off access. Tremendous detail and I just love the way the speakers look. I must add that it’s really important to me how all this stuff looks in my home. I love the tight fast and nuanced delivery of the Gryphon but not loving the way it looks…alas..that sound made the decision for me and I’ve hidden it away so my wife doesn’t have a coronary.

So….this brings me to my newest quandary. My local dealer has a gorgeous dedicated listening room in the lovely Biltmore hotel just minutes from my home. (Very dangerous…!) There are a pair of Wilson Sasha DAW speakers that sound…well…that sound like the best speakers I’ve heard. I absolutely HATE the way they look…and I would dread getting them up the three front steps of my home…but that sound….

Do I keep the lovely sounding and gorgeous looking Serafino’s or swap them for the ugliest best sounding speakers I’ve ever heard.? 
(There is an $18k price difference so there’s that too…!)
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audioman58
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The Wilson Sabrina X with all its trickle down technologies and their proprietary X  cabinet  material ,and now they bought Rel cap capacitors they make custom in house, my brother owns these 
these are without peer in the $20 k range as far as naturalness 
and image density and soundstage depth Bass only high 20s but solid tuneful Bass. Granted his system is well beyond my budget 
but you are drawn into the performance without any effort it’s  
that good.
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arcticdeth
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Wilson’s are nice, their iconic robotic futuristic look is cool. 
 Keep the Sonus Fabers & don’t look back. 
speakermaster
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The bigger and uglier the better in my book especially when it comes to the vintage speaker market set down a pair of wilson speakers next to a full size vintage 50's speaker and realize what has been missing from music for 70+ years, it will blow your mind.
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daveyf
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If you like the looks and sound of your SF’s there is little wrong in that. The Wilson Sasha DAW’s are an excellent speaker that can probably bring you more dynamics and bass punch at the expense of some room flexibility. If your room isn’t up to par, I think you will hear that more with the Wilson’s. 
Maybe consider an alternative, giving you great looks and SQ…the Franco Serblin designed Stradivarius. IMO, SF’s from the Franco era are still the best of the lot.
roadwhorerecords
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@mijostyn  
  Unfortunately you'll never get back what you have invested in the wife. Better idea is to attempt to collect the insurance you have on her. But you are on the right track.
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