Any bad experience with wilson audio sasha w/p?

Folks, Bo... is 100% correct. As a fellow member of the A'gon community, it pains me greatly that any of you would be suffering with those Wilson speakers, any model. So, I will take them off your hands at no cost to you of course. Send me a note to advise on shipping costs and I will reimburse you.

P.S. I'm only interested in late model Wilsons.

Ricred1, happy to oblige and end your suffering. It's the Mother Terresa part of me.

I've had 2 CDPs before the ARC Ref CD-8. My first was a Rega, maybe the Apollo. Then I snatched up an ARC CD-7, which I liked a lot, but I always thought a bit dark.

I had an opportunity to grab a CD-8 for a very good price a while back and I bought it. Definitely a great CDP. It's tonally balanced and does a very nice job overall. I'll dispense with the pedantic adjectives because I'm sure there are tons of other top quality CDPs that may have a different presentation, but are equally good if not better.

I haven't looked back since. More importantly, I am not interested in moving anywhere else. At best, I am NOT convinced it wouldn't be a lateral move. [Sorry for the double negatives.] Of course, it's built like a tank.

If you look at the ARCDB web site, you'll notice the innards of the CD-7 and CD-8 are almost identical. Probably the main change is the DAC. The CD-8 uses a better DAC, a Burr-Brown as I recall.

For the $$$, a very good way to go .... if it matches to your line-stage. If any doubts, call Kal at ARC.

Cheers.

P.S. When can I expect to receive those rotten Wilsons???

LOL ;>)

Elberoth,

This is my first time looking at your system. If it sounds half as good as it looks . . . , then WOOOWWW! Gorgeous job.

Two questions. Dunno if you're married. If so, how do you keep your wife out?? My wife, bless her soul, invades my finished basement man-cave when the house starts shaking and then yells at me. She threatens to throw a bucket water on my gear. One major big-time coping issue!!

Other Q is about the room acoustic response graph that you presented in your system description. How did you tune your room so well and what outfit did the acoustic study. Your right -- it's quite remarkable.

I live in the Philly area. There might be only 2 or 3 retail outlets that could (maybe??) replicate what you did, but only after dropping major big bucks.

Enjoy!!

P.S. I been following that crazy post about Wilson Sashas. Let me know if you want me to take those rotten, ugly, color matched Sashas off your hands. No cost to you of course. ;>)

Ricred1, I agree with your last point about leveraging off dealer expertise. However, I would caution that I have found some dealers to be somewhat limited in their ability to advise on set-up, including equipment compatibility.

Of course, I'm sure there are many dealers who really know what they're talking about. A case in point is John Rutan of Audio Connection in Verona, N.J. (I think he knows more about Vandy speakers than Richard Vandersteen . . . . just kidding Mr. V).

I'm also happy to read that Wilson is user friendly and fills in the blanks. [Still taking late model Wilson speakers off of peoples hands at no cost to them. LOL ;.')]

My point is that if a customer is planning on dropping big bucks on gear, he or she needs to be a smart consumer. And as I said above, that is not always an easy task. I think checking A'gon Forum is a good place to start, followed up by a call(s) to the factory(ies) as needed. Caveat emptor.

Btw, that's not to say I haven't made mistakes. Fortunately I have been able to recycle equipment that isn't working out with minimal net cost (of the buy/sell).

Cheers.