Wilson Audio SabrinaX - EX DEMO
Ex-demonstration speakers finished in Carbon in excellent condition.
When it came time to upgrade the Sabrina, Wilson Audio faced a challenge: how could they improve a loudspeaker already loved for its supreme musicality? Their first goal was to preserve the Sabrina's affability and intrinsic listenability. To do this, they drew directly from their last project, the Chronosonic XVX. With those tools in hand, Wilson Audio evolved an already great platform into a loudspeaker with even greater musicality, transient speed, resolution, intimacy, and transparency.
Category Loudspeakers
Country USA
Manufacturer Wilson Audio
Ex-demonstration speakers finished in Carbon in excellent condition.
When it came time to upgrade the Sabrina, Wilson Audio faced a challenge: how could they improve a loudspeaker already loved for its supreme musicality? Their first goal was to preserve the Sabrina's affability and intrinsic listenability. To do this, they drew directly from their last project, the Chronosonic XVX. With those tools in hand, Wilson Audio evolved an already great platform into a loudspeaker with even greater musicality, transient speed, resolution, intimacy, and transparency.
Category Loudspeakers
Country USA
Manufacturer Wilson Audio
Ex-demonstration speakers finished in Carbon in excellent condition.
When it came time to upgrade the Sabrina, Wilson Audio faced a challenge: how could they improve a loudspeaker already loved for its supreme musicality? Their first goal was to preserve the Sabrina's affability and intrinsic listenability. To do this, they drew directly from their last project, the Chronosonic XVX. With those tools in hand, Wilson Audio evolved an already great platform into a loudspeaker with even greater musicality, transient speed, resolution, intimacy, and transparency.
Category Loudspeakers
Country USA
Manufacturer Wilson Audio
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Drivers
Woofer 8 inches (20.32 cm)
Midrange 5 3/4 inches (14.61 cm)
Tweeter 1 inch Dome (2.54 cm)
Enclosures & Materials
Enclosure Type Rear Ported
Woofer Paper Pulp
Midrange Doped Paper Pulp
Tweeter Doped Silk Fabric
Measurements
Sensitivity 87 dB @ 1W @ 1m @ 1 kHz
Nominal Impedance 4 ohms / 2.60 ohms minimum @ 135 Hz
Minimum Amplifier Power 50 Watts per channel
Frequency Response 31 Hz – 23 kHz: +/- 3 dB: Room Average Response (RAR)
Dimensions
Height 38 inches (96.46 cm)
with spikes
40 5/16 inches (102.34 cm)
Width 12 inches (30.48 cm)
Depth 15 5/16 inches (38.96 cm)
System Weight Per Channel 112 lb (50.80 kg)
System Shipping Weight (approx.) 290 lbs (131.54 kg)
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Wilson Audio SabrinaX Loudspeaker
Evolution
A short animated video revealing the form-factor changes within the SabrinaX in comparison to the previous model.
The SabrinaX is a ground-up rethinking of the Sabrina, perhaps the most universally loved of Wilson’s small, floor-standing loudspeakers during the last several decades. The original Sabrina attracted a loyal, almost cult-like following. It was a rare combination of traditional Wilson virtues such as musical authority, dynamic resolution, midrange beauty and integrity, and a sense of inherent musical “rightness.” This list of achievements and qualities would be uncommon in any loudspeaker. When considering Sabrina's compact size and relative affordability, it becomes obvious why so many audiophiles and music lovers admire Sabrina. The design goal with SabrinaX was to preserve the original model's inherent affability, flexibility, and its astonishing technical prowess while, at the same time, elevate its resolution, bass-transient speed, and clarity, and overall resolution and transparency.
Enclosure
The original Sabrina utilized X-Material only in its baffle and lower spike plate. Now, the SabrinaX outer enclosure is constructed entirely from X-Material. The SabrinaX cabinet comes that much closer to the near-silent ideal Wilson has systematically pursued for decades. The music emerges through SabrinaX from a blacker background. Bass transient performance and clarity are vastly improved. Listeners will hear superior “silence between the notes,” which, among other factors, enhance Sabrina’s rhythmic timing and pace.
Drivers
The Wilson tweeter combines ultra-low distortion, micro and macro contrast, and high resolution with a sense of ease, accessibility, and supreme musicality. Technically and musically, the MK5 continues to be the most honest and engaging tweeter we’ve experienced.When the new woofers’ intrinsically excellent dynamic resolution and transient performance combines with the SabrinaX’s more inert cabinet, the result is ultra-fast and articulate midbass and a solid and authoritative bass foundation.
AudioCapX
The first design to benefit from Wilson’s recent integration of capacitor design and manufacturer into the factory in Provo, Utah, was the Chronosonic XVX. Led by engineer Vern Credille, the design team developed a proprietary multi-wound capacitor specifically for the XVX, which the engineers dubbed Wilson AudioCapX-WA. The team took a similar approach with Wilson's smallest floorstander. Now, SabrinaX's crossover benefits from a version of the Wilson AudioCapX specific to its needs. The new capacitor technology significantly lowers the noise floor to even greater extremes, allowing the listener to hear more detail and resolution.
Hardware
The new model utilizes the same Wilson designed and manufactured binding post as the XVX. It is easier to tighten by hand, and also features a banana plug option. This unique Wilson Audio connector resets the bar for reliability and sonic integrity for high-current connections.
