New Wilson Audio flagship speakers

[Audionaut]

SET amps and horn speakers guys will rave about how realistic they sound - how pure SET amps can sound, or how lively horn speakers can sound

A carefully tuned horn system can be technically far superior and more efficient than other systems. The dispersion characteristics can be precisely adjusted, and the headroom at high volumes is generally much greater with significantly less distortion than conventional speakers. Achieving linear on-axis response is also no problem.

Vacuum tubes, on the other hand, represent a system with fundamentally inferior technical specifications and a distortion characteristic that one may appreciate, but which is technically flawed.

So you’re lumping things together that don’t belong in the same basket.

 

[LSPhil]

Similar to this?

Konstantin Jireček​

“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”​

― Konstantin Josef Jireček

We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, have been doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.”
Impressive. Sounds exactly like the job description nobody asked for — yet somehow we all got hired.

 

[Audionaut]

A tour of Wilson Audio.
The article is in German, but you can usually have your browser translate it.

I found it interesting that Purifi seems to be included in the driver selection as well.

Rundgang mit Daryl Wilson - Zu Gast bei Wison Audio - FIDELITY online

Daryl Wilson führte uns durch die heiligen Hallen der legendären Lautsprechermanufaktur: FIDELITY besuchte Wilson Audio in Provo Utah.

www.fidelity-online.de

 

[Pearljam5000]

I've never seen such a small midrange
Why would they use a 2- inch?

 

[DatSpeakerTho]

I've never seen such a small midrange

You've never seen a Phil BMR?

 

[Pearljam5000]

You've never seen a Phil BMR?

Never noticed the driver size
I'm used to 3-5 inches

 

[Mnyb]

I've never seen such a small midrange
Why would they use a 2- inch? View attachment 530211

There two of them and it says ”upper midrange” complicated setup but with the right crossover it’s fine . Then there is dual 7” for ”lower midrange ” wonder what the crossover frequencies are .

 

[Audionaut]

I've never seen such a small midrange
Why would they use a 2- inch? View attachment 530211

5-cm / 2 inch dome tweeters were used in many European speakers for a while, but they have actually fallen out of favor.

With a typical frequency response of 800 to 6,000 Hz, they integrate well between the 1-inch tweeter and the 7-inch midrange driver and help balance the sound dispersion—when done right.

 

[Dialectic]

I found it interesting that Purifi seems to be included in the driver selection as well.

Rundgang mit Daryl Wilson - Zu Gast bei Wison Audio - FIDELITY online

Daryl Wilson führte uns durch die heiligen Hallen der legendären Lautsprechermanufaktur: FIDELITY besuchte Wilson Audio in Provo Utah.

www.fidelity-online.de

It just says the "R&D department" was trying them, not that they were actually using Purifi drivers in their speakers.

 

[thewas]

5-cm / 2 inch dome tweeters were used in many European speakers for a while, but they have actually fallen out of favor.

View attachment 530242

With a typical frequency response of 800 to 6,000 Hz, they integrate well between the 1-inch tweeter and the 7-inch midrange driver and help balance the sound dispersion—when done right.

Some very good early German designs from the late 60s and early 70s could be even crossed as low as down to 500 Hz and thus combined with some 7-8" woofers and 0.75-1" tweeters make some fine low distortion and wide radiation 3-way loudspeakers or studio monitors, I currently am using one of the best ones of such in my current system, the low distortion at 95 dB is impressive, even more considering it was released in 1969!

 

[Pearljam5000]

The design is starting to grow on me lol

 

[DatSpeakerTho]

It kind of makes my eyes hurt when I look at it.

 

[Jaxx1138]

I was going to comment until I started reading the responses. I am laughing so hard that I can barely type. Kudos Amir, ASR is poison to all of the charlatans out there with their decadent, ostentatious million dollar abominations to science and sound reproduction.

 

[cavedriver]

I really don't have words for just how ugly I think Wilson's speakers are. They are a blight that damages some of my brain cells just seeing them. Of course Wilson doesn't give a rat's a$$ what I think so no problems there, but the price is also deeply offensive, and maybe not for the obvious reason. The issue is that if you spend $800,000 on a Ferrari or a boat, you get a higher performing car or a sweeter boat. With these things you're just buying a bigger boat anchor. Ok, there's what I really think, haha.