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Old 09-02-2018, 12:01 PM
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If I recall from an earlier post the OP lives in the Denver area. Will Wilson be exhibiting at the RMAF? While you want new speakers by the end of Sept, the RMAF is the 1st week in Oct and you may be able to audition both at the show to compare for yourself. If not, believe there is another, longer thread in the Wilson forum on comparing the two.
Thanks, I live in Boulder and I'm not sure yet if I'm free the weekend of RMAF.
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Old 09-02-2018, 02:55 PM
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Yvettes if financially possible, absolutely.
But do listen to the B&Ws and Sopras you mentioned.
They might surprise you in a good way.
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Thanks. My room is large with a pitched roof ceiling 10-20ft high. I have little wiggle room for speaker placement, 10 ft spread, 12 ft radius ear height about 42.
This is well within the very flexible parameters within which Yvette will work.

Mine are 7-1/2 feet apart and 8 foot listening distance. If you go by expectations, my room would have been better suited to Sabrinas. Actually both work extremely well and Yvette easily shows the substantial differences between the two.

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If I recall from an earlier post the OP lives in the Denver area. Will Wilson be exhibiting at the RMAF? While you want new speakers by the end of Sept, the RMAF is the 1st week in Oct and you may be able to audition both at the show to compare for yourself. If not, believe there is another, longer thread in the Wilson forum on comparing the two.
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Thanks, I live in Boulder and I'm not sure yet if I'm free the weekend of RMAF.
Wilson does regional shows in conjunction with our area dealers who decide to participate or with manufacturers who would like to use our speakers and who do not conflict with our local dealer(s).

In the case of RMAF this year, our local dealer has chosen to feature the TuneTotTM. As far as I know, no others will be playing Wilson speakers.
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Old 09-03-2018, 01:22 PM
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I thought that the Sabrinas had a very nice sound at the sweet spot, but were less impressive off axis. How do the Yvettes fair off axis ?

I'm not going to make a panicked decision for this purchase, but I'm really looking forward to getting it over with . I tend to get a little OC about these kinds of purchases and I need my mind for other things .
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Old 09-04-2018, 10:34 AM
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I really love my Sabrina's they were perfect for what I was looking for. I'm moving away from them currently and didn't move further up the Wilson line because I wanted more than I perceived was available from them (within my budget).
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Old 09-05-2018, 01:34 AM
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I thought that the Sabrinas had a very nice sound at the sweet spot, but were less impressive off axis. How do the Yvettes fair off axis ?

I'm not going to make a panicked decision for this purchase, but I'm really looking forward to getting it over with . I tend to get a little OC about these kinds of purchases and I need my mind for other things .
Sabrina properly set up should do well off axis. Will it be as good as the sweet spot? No, but it should not go hard left or hard right as you move off axis. That issue is typically a result of two speakers mis-aligned left to right, front to back.

Yvette is significantly better than Sabrina, but again proper set up is necessary
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Old 09-05-2018, 09:07 PM
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In the September 2018 TAS p.87 there is a nice article on the Yvette by Jim Hannon.
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Mintakax how did your speaker search go? I’m also thinking about the same models.
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