Wilson audio speakers

Hi all. Planning to upgrade yet again my speakers. Quite impressed with wilson audio shasa speakers which i recently auditioned. whilst the dealer say this speaker can be driven by small powered valve amp (mine is 40w class A single ended) and it has relatively high sensitivity of 94, I believe this speaker needs a lot of power as i usually see ppl driving it using high power amp

Any one has experience using this speaker with valve amp?

where you test the speaker? Penang?

Congratulations, Wilson Audio still remains my dream speaker although I don't really have space for it in my room even if I could afford them. I was told that the driver surrounds for WA speakers need to be replaced every 3 years or so because they deteriorate very quickly - Is that true?

BTW, it's Sasha, but I just call it Darth Vader because the top is shaped just like his helmet.

high end research sg. our local dealer is perfect hifi right? they have this model?
the one i plan to buy is not shasa but is the older used sophia 2. i think they will have same family sound which i like.

Sasha W/P is the replacement for Wilson Watts/Puppy which is double the price of Sophia
http://www.wilsonaudio.com/product_html/sasha_intro.html

Latest Sophia is Sophia 3
http://www.wilsonaudio.com/product_html/sophia_intro.html

Better audition Sophia before you buy as it is a different speaker from Sasha

One of my most memorable listening experience was with a pair of Sophia 2 at Perfect Hifi. Mindblowing! Where can you buy a used Sophia 2 anyway?

lamkochai... It is Sasha, not Shasa. The guy who named it must either be a fan of Sasha Baron Cohen or Sasha Grey.

my friend in sg. do you know waht is the price here when new? the sophia 2 still available? u listen at andy or alvin's place?

The Sophia 2 was RM60k new but not sure if still available. I listened to them at IOI Mall store.

ok. wow. i definitely cant afford the 60k brand new price. but in sg is a lot less.. if manage to bring in untaxed u can get for around 45k or may be less if u bargain. my used one is a lot cheaper:). can even buy from him and resell it for money

http://hifi-unlimited.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-boys-toys-pride-of-malaysia.html

Although some of Wilson Audio's current top of the range models still look a little strange to me, I have to say that looking at these Wamm speakers, they sure have come a long way since then.

No sour grapes with this statement... but these speakers look like they were put together by some DIY person in their home workshop. The oval bass drivers look like they were pulled from a car and stuck into some box with a kitchen cabinet handle attached to the back, after which he pinched some mini compo speakers and attached 2 to each speaker.

hifikrazy,

>>>>No sour grapes with this statement... but these speakers look like they were put together by some DIY person in their home workshop

You do not know how close you are to the truth in making that statement....in fact they were the 1st commercial speakers that Dave Wilson built

It started life when Dave put together a pair of Dahlquist DQ-10s and added an ESR electrostatic tweeter and a Braun mini-monitor.
Then i think he added those 18 inch subs later

See link below:-

http://www.wilsonaudio.com/company_html/history1.html

I see, that explains it. "...aesthetically challenged amalgam..."

I thought Wilson Audio was around for longer than that. Anyway, good to see that they have moved on in leaps and bounds since then. I still aspire to one day have myself a pair of Wilsons, but even their cheapest model is out of my reach.

Mind you, the latest version Wilson WAMM are selling for US$250,000 today.

USD250k!

Still got Wamm? I thought Alexandria is their top of the range.

Sorry, no more, but the last known price.