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I guess what I am saying is - don't undersell your old ones and struggle and scrape to buy the new ones. It's not "night and day". It's an improvement for sure, but I wouldn't want anyone to put themselves in a tough place financially to make such a move. My overall take on the new version is that it's a refinement. It takes the strengths of the original Sasha and improves them in ways that are subtle yet palpable. |
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+1. Never experienced any fatiguing treble when listening to Sasha series 1 in my system.
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Personally, I think it becomes a function of two things - room size and wallet size.
In a small to mid size room, I just don't think Alexia is going to be a big improvement over the Sasha 2. In a large room, yeah...of course it's going to be better. If you can afford the Alexia, by all means do it! It's fantastic. But if it's gonna hurt...and hurt badly...you won't be disappointed at all with the Sasha 2. It definitely bridges the gap between the Sasha 1 and Alexia. that's why the price is going up on both! That's the other thing...BUY NOW! Or you'll pay more. |
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Apart from differences in physical construction, there are very real sonic reasons why the Sasha 2 and Alexia are priced where they are. I haven't seen a review comparing those two models, but Martin Collums compares the Alexia with the MAXX 3, and its worth reading. (PDF download) |
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My room is 14x17... I went from Sahsa 1's to Alexia's before the Sasha 2's were announced. It made a huge difference in my room. Friends that aren't Wilson fans again these are the toughest on Wilson, commented that my system went from sounding Hi-Fi to audiophile. It won over quickly my largest critics. Other's that really loved my Sasha's thought the Alexia's sounded like planer speakers... So much better integrated then the Sasha's. If you can do it, go for the Alexia's would be my vote.
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Im in My second year as à sasha 1 owner. I have driven it with solid state and tubes (mc2000 and mc452) and the treble is not at all fatiguing with either amp. Just clear and extended, and in My opinion one of the best tweeters i heard (which makes me really curious about the new sasha 2 tweeter). The speaker i Owned before the sashas were softdome (the excellent von schweikert db99) and the sashas is clear and marked improvement both in treble and bass (as it Schould be at twice the price). I Also owned à jmlab 927 with the beryllium tweeter but never got it to sound right. In comparison the sasha is so much clearer and silky in the treble. I guss My point is that implementation seem to be more important than material when designing à speaker. But im sure implementation is top notch with the sasha 2 as well
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