“The Sabrina caught me off guard. I expected a level of excellence commensurate with Wilson’s reputation; yet, on paper at least, the very idea of greatness seemed like a stretch. Turns out it wasn’t. The Sabrina provided some of the finest listening sessions I’ve ever had...”
?————Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound
The Measure Of Sabrina
?How to take the measure of Wilson Audio’s smallest floor standing loudspeaker? As this video suggests, by comparing it directly to the Alexandria XLF. While size and complexity are the most obvious differences, more telling are the traits the two loudspeakers share in common.?
Design
The objective for Sabrina was to take the wealth of knowledge and experience contained in the XLF and distill it down to its essence. To create a loudspeaker that, like the first WATT/Puppy, could stand alongside much larger systems and offer the kind of dynamic contrast and harmonic expression that is the defining character of Wilson Audio loudspeakers.?
“...I can honestly imagine audiophiles planning to spend multiples of [Sabrina’s] price choosing it over much more expensive competition, such is the magnificence of its scale, its coherence, its expressiveness, its musical completeness. Pound for pound and dollar for dollar, the Sabrina is Wilson Audio’s best speaker, ever—the one that gives the biggest slice of the company’s considerable sonic cake for the least amount of money”
?————Marc Mickelson, The Audio Beat
Drivers
The Wilson Convergent Synergy Tweeter, introduced in Alexandria XLF, is a unique soft-dome design renowned for its uncanny balance of wide bandwidth and effortless musicality.
In Sabrina, an agile and dynamic 5.75' midrange driver is used. Its midrange beauty and dynamic alacrity extends into the lower treble (it is linear to beyond 3.5kHz).?
Sabrina’s eight-inch woofer was first used in the Alexia, and was modified for its use in this smaller, single-driver enclosure.?
Enclosure Materials
Sabrina’s cabinet is hand-assembled, glued with proprietary adhesives, hand-sanded, gel coated, painted with multiple layers of automotive-grade paint, inspected, then polished and buffed to the same exacting standard as every other Wilson loudspeaker. The front baffle and bottom panels are built from Wilson proprietary composite, X-Material.?
Sabrina Technical Specifications
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 Cone
Midrange
Paper Pulp
Tweeter
Doped Silk Fabric
Measurements
Sensitivity
87 dB @ 1W @ 1m @ 1 kHz
Nominal Impedance
4 ohms / 2.53 ohms minimum @ 139 Hz
Minimum Amplifier Power
50 watts per channel
Frequency Response
31 Hz – 21 kHz: +/- 3 dB: Room Average Response [RAR
Overall Dimensions
Height
38 inches (96.48 cm)
Width
12 inches (30.48 cm)
Depth
15 3/16 inches (38.55 cm)
System Weight Per Channel
94 lbs (42.64 kg)
System Shipping Weight
222 lbs (100.70 kg)