New Wilson Audio flagship speakers

[SHB]

Another monstrosity from Wilson Audio with speaker drivers that cost about 1% of the MSRP and a nonsensical design.

The ludicrous price is emblematic of everything that company offers.

Take a baseline Corvette, strap a bunch of crap on it that looks terrible & degrades its performance and charge $10M for it: that will be Wilson’s first automobile.

 

[rgpit]

Wilson's new subwoofer

 

[Linnie]

Most accurate speaker but it has no measurements.....

Feel free...

 

[TheLastGerman]

Der orangefarbene Ring auf der Palmer-Orbit 11 ist doch gar nicht mehr so schlimm, oder?

Made my day

 

[Ropeburn]

Is it a Transformer or a Decepticon?

Looks mean and gaudy, definitely not a good guy.

Me as someone who loves orange:

 

[Imakeller]

I can’t afford them, but I like them nonetheless. Very industrial, mechanical look to them. I’m sure they sound great too. Not my color though.

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

Looks like something from a 1990s sci-fi movie set.

That's not a compliment, btw.

 

[TehMowat]

This concept of allowing the customer to adjust the placement of drivers is quite fascinating, and cool mechanics with the gears and stuff. But I'm curious how a typical customer is supposed to be able to set this "correctly", to the extent there is such a position.

Most customers don't touch the adjustments. When we install these speakers, we set them up and calibrate them.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Maybe it looks better in other colors

 

[tineared]

 

[Zetti]

I was initially shocked by the price but then read carefully that it refers to a pair...

 

[Robin L]

All I can think of:
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Odd, this came to my mind:

 

[dfuller]

Maybe it looks better in other colors

It doesn't.

 

[Juhazi]

Let me think what the next top model will cost and look like...

 

[Ropeburn]

 

[tineared]

Damn, it's hard to stop...

 

[Ropeburn]

Damn, it's hard to stop...

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It just works!

 

[kemmler3D]

I can’t afford them, but I like them nonetheless. Very industrial, mechanical look to them. I’m sure they sound great too. Not my color though.

Thanks for being honest even though everyone is dunking on the looks. They are not my cup of tea but I don't think their strategy of making them look a bit extreme (putting it politely) is wrong.

In a competitive market, the big risk is not that some people will hate your design and you lose those sales. The risk is that nobody loves it and you get NO sales. So a love-it-or-hate-it approach works as long as at least a few people love it.

At $800k if 1% of people think it looks amazing, (and 99% wince at the sight of it,) that can be enough...

 

[Dialectic]

Thanks for being honest even though everyone is dunking on the looks. They are not my cup of tea but I don't think their strategy of making them look a bit extreme (putting it politely) is wrong.

In a competitive market, the big risk is not that some people will hate your design and you lose those sales. The risk is that nobody loves it and you get NO sales. So a love-it-or-hate-it approach works as long as at least a few people love it.

At $800k if 1% of people think it looks amazing, that can be enough...

It may find buyers in the Middle East, the PRC, and Southeast Asia.

Outside of those places, I doubt Michael Fremer's bank will lend him enough money to buy a pair.

 

[smygolf]

Why the extreme contrast ?
The orange one is bad, but red and chrome is sooo much worse.


Is bolted on contrast pieces meant to make it exclusive ?
Looks cheap