Wilson Audio Sabrina

[Dr Tone]

After spending all week with the Sabrina's they went back with the dealer today.  I can't believe how bad my 1028BEs are in comparison.  Unbelievable, I'm curled up on my bed literally crying right now.

I had hoped for 80% as good from my Focals when I plugged them back in but that didn't happen.  I'm not even going to bother auditioning the Sopra 2s at the dealer show room.

So only because your old 1028 is not as fantastic as Sabrina (which is something like three times as expensive) you are not going to give Sopra a chance, that is a little bit strange to me.....

I have owned 1038 but sold them and I think that Sopra is a better speaker maybe not so good  as a Sabrina but they dont cost as much as the Sabrina either.

I understand, it is odd, I'll try to explain.

The Sabrina is only 15% more expensive than the Sopra 2 out the door from the conversations I've had.  I'm in Canada.

Trying to quantitive sound quality of my 1028s in comparison to the Sabrina, they are 1/3 to 1/2 the speaker the Sabrina is in my room.  My room is the important part.  I have no doubt the Sopra 2 is a better speaker, heck it might be twice the speaker but I have no way of confirming that as they won't let me home audition them.  I could go there, be just as blown away by the Sopra 2 in their perfectly acoustically treated room, buy them, and get them home and be disappointed.

Ultimately my goal was a speaker that was more forgiving to some of the crappy recordings I like and easier on my messed up ears overall.  It is clear now that I have to move away from Focal to get that, I really enjoyed that new silk dome tweeter of the Sabrina.

Lastly, this new dealer has been running back and forth to my house with various speakers and has been awesome.  I'm rather disappointed in the other dealer's stance.