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Originally Posted by PHC1

I have lived with Sophia II, Sophia III, Sasha and Alexia for some time as well as the other incredible home theater related speakers such as the Polaris and Mezzo and surrounds. I've auditioned most of the Wilson speakers at one time or another from the Duette's and up to and including the Alexandria's.

Of course as you go up the line those speakers bring more to the table, no doubt about it. Having said that, the Sabrina all in itself is a very enjoyable speaker that I would not hesitate to buy and spend many years listening to. It is definitely enough of a speaker to present the listener with all the great aspects that go into enjoying music and keeping the cost at more down to earth levels.

I certainly do not need Alexandrias nor would I ever buy them for even my 26x31 room as they are really meant to fill a much bigger space with incredible pressurization and the grand scale of sound they can recreate in proper acoustical spaces and I have heard those beasts in the wild! Unforgettable experience. The Sabrina's would be more than enough at substantial savings for me and I am saying that as a previous Wilson speaker owner. Speaking for myself only of course, I realize that many will prefer to reach for the higher shelves and that is absolutely understandable as well.

Serge,

Thank you for that review of the Sabrina speaker. Much appreciated. I have only heard them once and it was sharing the space with a customer who was auditioning them. I have to go back and listen when the store is empty. Okay now for my second reply. I have a slight disagreement with your statement about the size the rooms. I have a 21'X15' room myself. I was torn between the ability to actually buy Maxx 3"s or go into serious debt trying to buy the Alexandria XLF! I have heard the Alexandria XLF in a huge dealer showroom with obviously more space than your room and also heard the Alexandria X2's in a 23'X15" purpose built room (OBGYN's room). Believe it or not the smaller of the two rooms sounded fantastic. Being driven by SET Lamm monoblocks helps. I even had a long detailed talk with Daryl Wilson before I bought the Maxx 3's and if that was too much speaker compared to my Watt/Puppy 7's. Of course a year later he finished the Alexx and they began shipping. You are absolutely correct about the bigger the better. Just confused why would you would be against them in your room which is huge. Us mere mortals have smaller rooms. I am enclosing photos of both rooms. Now I am suffering from room envy!