Wilson Sasha vs. older Watt Puppies

From an article about Gary Shandling in 2010 in GQ magazine:

We're in the living room, checking out his speakers—a six-foot-tall pair of Alexandria X-2 Wilsons that he calls "the best rock 'n' roll speakers in the world"—

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I heard the Sashas recently at JS Audio in Bethesda, MD, and I thought they sounded stellar. The Sashas had the typical Wilson virtues of being extremely detailed, dynamic, transparent, and "open" sounding but did not sound harsh, strident, hard, or otherwise offensive. Plus, they had subjectively phenomenal bass response, despite being in a relatively small room. Overall, they sounded as good as I've ever heard reproduced audio, and I've been lusting over them since this audition. A friend of mine owned the WP7's, which I heard a few times. I also thought those were great, but the Sashas strike me as being more relaxed (i.e. less overtly analytical) and having improved bass definition compared to my memory of how the WP7 sounded.

I found the Sashas to be an excellent speaker when I auditioned them, and might well have bought them but for my very lively room.

The older Watts did indeed tend to have a brightness unless you were careful about your amplification. They worked much better with tubes in that regard than solid state, due to the way the resonance in the tweeter was controlled.

The Sasha however is quite impressive, and a lot easier to drive with tubes than its low impedance at 80Hz (or thereabouts) would make you think :)

The Sasha has a much more natural presentation than the 6s which were clinical by comparison. The etch is gone unless your source transmits it.

Rgs92, while your question has likely been asked before, it is ok to ask again.

I had wp 6's, went to 8's, then maxx 3's...the 8's go a long way, the sasha's nearly are perfect in comparison. You wont be disappointed, trust what you have heard so far with your ears...

these speakers were recently discussed

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