Sabrina is nearly the same size as its 1980s progenitor. The XLF, on the other hand, represents the current pinnacle of Wilson’s three-decades-long quest to bridge the gulf between live, unamplified music and its reproduction. The XLF platform offers the world’s most precise time-alignment capability, custom-designed drivers, and cabinet modules constructed from Wilson’s proprietary materials, reducing cabinet resonance and coloration to inaudible levels.

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.

Put simply, all the things that characterise what the brain interprets as “real” in music reproduction. The adjustable driver modules in Wilson’s larger loudspeakers exist to provide unprecedented control over time-alignment in a large variety of listening environments. But in a single cabinet speaker such as Sabrina, the concept is still valid. Sabrina’s driver array has been time optimized for the typical listening room (hence the sloping front baffle of the loudspeaker).

Every Sabrina crossover is a solitary work of art, each built individually to match the reference crossover. Wilson mandates tolerances that are as stringent as plus-or-minus point-two percent (two-tenths of a percent)—much more exacting than what even the best individual components can achieve. 

When designing the Sabrina crossover, proprietary measures were taken to reduce distortion along with its deleterious audible effects. Bass performance and dynamic contrast that met or exceeded Wilson’s standards was a primary design goal.

Much has been written and said about Wilson’s proprietary Convergent Synergy Tweeter. Its original design goal was to provide an ideal balance between the upper frequency smoothness of some of the so-called "exotic material" designs, and the lower frequency reach and power handling capability to mate seamlessly with Wilson’s large midrange drivers.In many circles of the industry, it remains the ne plus ultra of high frequency reproduction. Convergent Synergy is a product of Wilson’s ongoing innovation, and provides the basis, in simplified form, for Sabrina’s tweeter. 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). To capitalize on this driver’s seamless musicality in this area of the bandwidth, the tweeter is crossed over at a higher frequency than in other Wilson designs. The higher crossover results in an even higher power handling capability for this rugged yet musically expressive tweeter.

Sabrina’s eight-inch woofer was first used in the Alexia, and was modified for its use in this smaller, single-driver enclosure. These drivers represent “trickle-down” technology at its best, and represent the commitment to making Sabrina a speaker entirely worthy of the Wilson Audio name.