Originally Posted by daveneumann

My wife and I were on a little mini vacation in Scottsdale when we went shopping one day. After going to some high end boutiques with her, she tagged along with me to a Wilson and Vandersteen dealer. In the room he had the Vandersteen 5A (without the grills), a pair of Max 3 and the Sasha's in the Desert Gold color. By comparison, the Sasha's looked small and elegant. My wife loved the color and after hearing the speakers she said "You must buy them!" She's always gotten the new cars, new furniture, and is a constant clothes buyer. She said it's now my turn.

Over the next several months she kept asking me if I ordered the Sasha's yet. So I finally did it.

I guess I'm very lucky...and she's really pretty and a lot of fun too! We are coming up on our 25th anniversary this fall. I think I'll keep her.

Originally Posted by W9TR

So I went and listened to the Sasha's on Saturday. Very, very impressive sounding loudspeaker. I've never heard better in terms of overall coherency, dynamics, soundstaging - the works. I was smitten.

So I'm talking about it with my wife this morning. I showed her some pictures from Wilson's web site. She literally laughed out loud and said "you've got to be kidding, it looks like a robot!" This is the very tolerant woman who loves the look of McIntosh stuff and has encouraged me to get rid of the rest of my non-McIntosh gear.

Now I have to admit that when I look at pictures of the Sasha, some lyrics from Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage start to go through my head....
"It looks like a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner and a chrome piggy bank with ..... "

I didn't find the appearance, in person, to be a problem at all. I've got pretty much free reign on the listening room, but her response was suprising. Our house isn't exactly in the style of Mies van der Rohe.

So, how did you do it?
How did you get to yes?
What was the collateral damage?

Throw me a bone here, would ya?

Originally Posted by PHC1

Wilson speakers reside in some very upscale homes. Check the net for pics. Nuff said. Robots or whatever else you can think of, it doesn't change the fact that the Sophia II, Sasha, Maxx 3 and Alexandria X2v2 are some of the most impressive speakers in their respective price ranges. Oh yeah, they also come in multiple colors as well as custom. Who else offers that?

Originally Posted by W9TR

Now we're cookin'. Jerry - thanks for the specific advice. The 2301's cost me an entire bathroom refurb in collateral damage. Well worth it though.