Dave and the R&D team created those damping devices over the past few years. They are used primarily in the Music Room and by R&D. They are not secret but they were not meant to be a product either.
Having sat after their formal demo and listened to some familiar music. They are amazing. They layer the musicians and present a sound stage that is gigantic. They are much better than the sasha 2 in many ways. That being said they are supposed to be. I can see them flying out of Utah at a fast rate . Damn near Alexia2 performance, at almost half the cost !
Tried first with the D'Agostino, and now I'm using the Audio Research REF 160M, in triode mode no less
These are truly high-efficiency speakers, and empirically, they sound even more efficient than the (already pretty efficient) Alexia Series 2! A client actually thought we had broken the meters on the D'Agostinos, as the music was fairly loud and they just were not moving!
"With experience of a number of W/P systems over the years, I felt the Sasha DAW was immediately differentiated from past examples by a greater neutrality, and also showed greater homogeneity
and less of that historic, mildly theatrical ‘go-for-it’ character."
For wilson specialists. When I compare weight of the sasha, v1 =90kg, v2 93kg, daw 108kg. So an increasing of 20% and is not much bigger. An idea of explanation ?
Nice job highlighting what I call Wilson's 'Trickle Around' approach to model and line evolution - their willingness to share design and technology from any model to any other model. Keeps the entire line-up moving forward.
"With experience of a number of W/P systems over the years, I felt the Sasha DAW was immediately differentiated from past examples by a greater neutrality, and also showed greater homogeneity
and less of that historic, mildly theatrical ‘go-for-it’ character."
No experience with the DAW, but I would say that the XLFs needed about one week playing all the time, mostly chamber music as advised by Wilson Audio. Perhaps the few times I played the frightening Purist Audio System Enhancer CD also helped!
It was a few years ago, but I remember that the Sonus Faber Aida's took much longer to burn-in.
For wilson specialists. When I compare weight of the sasha, v1 =90kg, v2 93kg, daw 108kg. So an increasing of 20% and is not much bigger. An idea of explanation ?