Auditioning the Alexia

[Kingsrule]

Originally Posted by SRT-10 Viper

Charles, I felt the Alexias were better in every area including dynamics and this is with a speaker that has only 40 hours of break-in time. I haven't been this impressed with a speaker since I heard the XLFs. It doesn't have the massive sound stage of the XLF (height) but it sure sounds almost as good.

Chuck

Chuck

Do you feel the image height of the Alexia is significantly higher than what the Sasha gives?

[SRT-10 Viper]

Originally Posted by g997

Chuck

Do you feel the image height of the Alexia is significantly higher than what the Sasha gives?

I do feel it was higher not sure I would call it significantly higher like I feel with the XLF's or the Maxx's

[SRT-10 Viper]

Originally Posted by redm

What exactly is the finish on those speakers, they almost look like chrome?

The color is Gallaxy Grey... I thought it was a very nice color.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by SRT-10 Viper

Charles, I felt the Alexias were better in every area including dynamics and this is with a speaker that has only 40 hours of break-in time. I haven't been this impressed with a speaker since I heard the XLFs. It doesn't have the massive sound stage of the XLF (height) but it sure sounds almost as good.

Chuck

That's the kind of info foks need. I've been very busy lately. Amazing how busy one can get in "retirement". I'm not known as the "tweaker" for nothing. I recently had a Tg60 whole house surge supressor installed. See my thread which no one paid much attention to. I am telling you the difference in my Maxx3 treble and upper midrange was remarkable. Whatever edge and grain that I had heard vanished. Transient response became blazingly fast and resolution increased on CD after CD. The Maxxes will play 3 dB louder without hardness. I already had extensive filtration. This is not a placebo effect. Also my equipment rack always had previously produced a faint but audible hum due to the sheer amount of equipment concentrated there. My room is quiet. You can hear a pin drop literally. Hum is gone from my rack and also my amps. Completely, totally period. While I have no doubt that from what you say the Alexia is a significantly better speaker top to bottom in all categories, you may find the edge you hear in your Sasha treble eliminated by a Tg60. I have always preferred Ti over silk for a tweeter, like the sound better, but Ti can produce an edge with the wrong equipment. Eliminate the edge and man, you get a winner with a properly executed Ti tweeter. You can call me nutty but metal reproduces metal better than cloth. I know this last statement will bring some laughs

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by SRT-10 Viper

I spent several hours today with Alexias at Paragon in Ann Arbor and walked away very impressed. The components were ARC CD REF8, ARC REF 10, and we switched between D’Agostino and ARC REF250 amps. The Alexias only had 40 hours of break-in time.

The Highs of the Alexia are smoother (less of an edge) compared to Sasha's yet no loss of detail. The speakers were very coherent and the bass was tight and seemed to go lower than my Sashas. I could listen to these speakers for hours without fatigue.

Pictures don't do the Alexia justice. They are even more beautiful in person:

Thanks for the feedback Chuck! My Momentum monos are ready to rock with the Alexias. I can't wait!

[kfr01]

Can't wait to see a stereophile review of the Alexia. I am happy to see more speaker manufacturers focusing on time domain performance.

[Kingsrule]

If they sound as good as Chuck says, imagine what they'll sound like spiked.....

[trponhunter]

Originally Posted by SRT-10 Viper

I do feel it was higher not sure I would call it significantly higher like I feel with the XLF's or the Maxx's

It's higher bcause the tweeter if further off the ground - same basic reason the maxx and xlf image higher.

[NoahG]

Originally Posted by trponhunter

It's higher bcause the tweeter if further off the ground - same basic reason the maxx and xlf image higher.

Mark, Just saw you got outed on WBF, maybe you can tell us why WA dropped
you and now you're degrading WA products every chance you can.