Anyone have them yet? I'm about to place my order... Robert Harley's review comes out in TAS 204 (mails 28 June) although there's a paid-content preview online presently.
Wilson Sashas...
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i heard them at a demo with Dave Wilson at a NYC Wilson dealer. I am not a Wilson owner, so my only experience has been in the sytsems of others. i thought they were a big improvement over the W/P, delivered great bass and performed very well (with a Spectral system)...i am sure you will enjoy them
Have a read of my friend Marty's evaluation of the Sasha
http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?317-Wilson-Sasha
Good question.
On the TAS Website, http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound some not-yet-released-in-print articles are available only as part of the "Golden Ear Club" which has a $50 membership fee, thus the notion paid preview content (although there's probably a better way to express it).
Just checking the Website this morning, the Sasha review by Robert Harley has been taken off the list on the front page Review section, but if you go here http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound/review you can see the listing and the requirement for being in the GEC to download it now.
Waiting until the print edition mails on the 28th of June will work for me; the article may be available for download on the Website at that time, or maybe not.
On the TAS Website, http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound some not-yet-released-in-print articles are available only as part of the "Golden Ear Club" which has a $50 membership fee, thus the notion paid preview content (although there's probably a better way to express it).
Just checking the Website this morning, the Sasha review by Robert Harley has been taken off the list on the front page Review section, but if you go here http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound/review you can see the listing and the requirement for being in the GEC to download it now.
Waiting until the print edition mails on the 28th of June will work for me; the article may be available for download on the Website at that time, or maybe not.
I am sure these will be great speakers, but i must lament that is very difficult to get anything objective out of RH on anything Wilson: As a teaser, here is his first paragraph:
"Few products I’ve encountered have struck me the way Wilson Audio’s Sasha loudspeaker has. This isn’t because Sasha delivers the best sound I’ve ever heard, but because it seems fully realized in every aspect of design and performance. Listening to the Sasha gives the impression that the last iota of musicality has been wrung from its component parts. Not only that, but the Sasha is beautifully balanced in presentation—it’s the antithesis of a speaker that’s freakishly great in one sonic area but mediocre or worse in others. Moreover, the Sasha is simply gorgeous to look at, even by Wilson standards. The subtle enclosure facets, new to the Sasha, endow this loudspeaker with visual grace and elegance. The Sasha is made even more compelling by its ability to deliver the sound of a big speaker in a relatively compact package, and by its exceedingly reasonable price."
like the boy that cried wolf, it is tough to read these serious, even when it might be a really great product.
They may look a lot different in situ compared to a staged shot. Mine are going to be red and black, rather than avocado, which should help make them seem a little more organic.
Regarding the RH introduction, it's the first paragraph out of 1600 words, so let's see what follows. Robert has very, very good hearing. My belief is that what's being alluded to here is that the Sasha is coherent, integrated, and lacking "issues". There's nothing like "high end" gear that's SOTA except for several significant problems... He's also suggesting that there are much more expensive speakers that don't sound nearly as well, which I find very easy to believe.
Regarding the RH introduction, it's the first paragraph out of 1600 words, so let's see what follows. Robert has very, very good hearing. My belief is that what's being alluded to here is that the Sasha is coherent, integrated, and lacking "issues". There's nothing like "high end" gear that's SOTA except for several significant problems... He's also suggesting that there are much more expensive speakers that don't sound nearly as well, which I find very easy to believe.
You don't mind if I call you 'Nick? Beauty is in the eye the beholder. I really don't think of Wilson as SOTA. I do think he, for a price, has wrung everything you can out of a dynamic box speaker.
And if you get them in Steve Williams purple they will not look bad either.
Here is pretty and SOTA.
And if you get them in Steve Williams purple they will not look bad either.
Here is pretty and SOTA.
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@reginald... Any chance you could send me a PDF of the Stereophile Sasha review? It's not posted on their Website as far as I can tell, and same story for Robert Harley's review in TAS.
And here is Ed Kramer's review of his own pair, along with some useful test measurements:
http://www.avhub.com.au/ProductReview.aspx?MagazineID=5&ProductReviewID=483
@reginald... Any chance you could send me a PDF of the Stereophile Sasha review? It's not posted on their Website as far as I can tell, and same story for Robert Harley's review in TAS.
And here is Ed Kramer's review of his own pair, along with some useful test measurements:
http://www.avhub.com.au/ProductReview.aspx?MagazineID=5&ProductReviewID=483
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