Rockport Avior 2 vs Wilson Sasha DAW


I’m consider one of these two speakers, the Rockport Avior 2 and the new Wilson Sasha DAW. My room is 19’ x 25’ with a 20’ ceiling, the room floor plan opens behind me into a kitchen and the rest of the house. I listen at low to moderate levels and usually have to supplement the bass with a sub because of the large space. I listen to jazz, folk, classical full orchestra some old classic rock on rare occasions. I’ve always like the detail of electrostatic speakers but they all have there limitations. Looking for a great all around speaker. I Enjoy both tube and solid gear, currently using solid state spectral. I Have several amp choices from Spectral and Rowland. Just wonder if anyone knows these speakers intimately and can give me some strengths of each and an opinion which you would choose and why. I’ve been researching many other speakers and have come down to these two. Thank you for your thoughts.
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carey1110- I've done fairly extensive writeups on Whatsbestforum in my speaker search including both Rockport and the Wilson DAW. Not the Aviors, but rather the bigger Altairs. Check it out under my "Dream Speaker Search." I hope this helps!


My Rockport dealer loved the Atria most in his room where I heard the Altairs (which were a hair big for it, but it wasn't small). I've also heard they are the most coherent Rockport.

He also told me the entire line has the same sound, just bigger scale. Unlike Wilson ime.


Wilson is much harder to setup.

What are your top three criteria for speakers? Might make things easier to recommend.
Thanks, Carey - from my auditions this year:

1. Neither the Wilson or Rockport has any brightness or harshness. I don't know how Andy Payor does it in the latter. 

2. Rockport has superior tone with tighter, articulate bass. Best ported bass I've auditioned.

3. Dynamics much better with Wilson. I'd say imaging and soundstage are comparable. 

Good luck with your decision!

If I recall correctly.

Either- most popular two colors (along with Galaxy Grey) so can’t go wrong.