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Personally, I've never been been particularly aligned with JV's specific equipment sensibilities. He tends to prefer systems and components that super, super "clean" and transparent systems that are very resolving; for me, I tend not to find these systems not particularly engaging. I do like the fact that he really likes vinyl as a source.
That's okay, 'cause music and how we hear it means different things to different people.
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My beef with the review is this. I cannot believe that JV has not heard Wilson’s multiple times in many settings. If the show conditions were not up to par say so. Am I to believe after years of glowing Wilson reviews that all of a sudden
they do not understand woofer technology. I think there is more to the story. Back it up with more than anemic performance. A $59,000 dollar speaker, really? At the same time I am sure I can hear a blacker background on a $30,000 cable. Just venting! And not trying to start a cable war.
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when i was going around listening to a bunch of speakers, wilson always left me with
a "whats the fuss" moment. i do think wilson dont do well in a noisy and big environment with it's heavy bass, laid back and thin with a reverb'd kind of voicing(making it sounds bright?) kind of presentation. it was not until i tried it home where i became a believer and a fan. now i cant get enough of my sasha 2 more than my previous vivid g3 and demoing a lot of speakers like focal, yg, tannoy, gryphon etc. |
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IMHO, there are no valid reviews in show reports. Such comments are barely anecdotal, regardless of the source.
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I think J. Valin is a decent writer. I’ve read The Absolute Sound for a long time, my beef with his writing is that it seems as soon as something comes along that’s more expensive than his “reference”, it immediately becomes his new reference. I realize that there is a correlation between cost and performance in the high end, but at least to me it seems a little obvious that if if it’s newer and more expensive then it’s better which is not always the case.
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As an audio reviewer I think it would be pretty boring to constantly review the next big thing from Onkyo or Denon. So I get where they are coming from for sure. Heats up the audio arms race though.
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I'm not sure what the issue is here. This is not a review but some comments. In actual reviews in TAS Wilson does very well. I think reviewers should be able to render off the cuff impressions and I think Wilson probably appreciates the criticism. I doubt bias was involved.
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