Alexx loudspeakers now installed

[Charles]

Thanks everybody. The low impedance is no problem. I have some live performances that I play really loud easily hitting 120-240 watt peaks. My 1.2KW's don't even become warm and I am running off the 4 ohm tap. I really like my new 1.25KW. It handles my Thor so much better than my old 601. The Alexx really integrates well with my Thor. I run the Alexx full range and the Thor LP at 30 Hz with the 18 dB slope filter. I am surprised at how much better I like the Alexx bass than the Maxx3 bass. That was my other big concern other than the impedance. The Maxx3 was and is a really good speaker. I had realized for some time that it was not of reference quality as far as resolution was concerned and the upper midrange could be slightly rough hence all my room tunes were turned to absorbers but it made the room a bit like an anechoic chamber. With the Alexx being so smooth in the midrange and treble compared to the Maxx3 I was able to turn around 6 tunes to the diffuse side which gave me a livelier more involving sound and at the same time extremely smooth, extended, and detailed. One thing led to another and I purchased a Mac D1100 digital preamplifier for the best in Mac digital playback. Next I plan on purchasing some really reference quality speaker cables and interconnects between my preamp and power amp. Man those things are expensive. You would not want to know the price. I going to have to wait until next year for those unless I get a windfall.

[For The Love of Music]

Originally Posted by Charles

One thing led to another and I purchased a Mac D1100 digital preamplifier for the best in Mac digital playback. Next I plan on purchasing some really reference quality speaker cables and interconnects between my preamp and power amp. Man those things are expensive. You would not want to know the price. I going to have to wait until next year for those unless I get a windfall.

Yep, you go deeper and deeper.

If your disciplined to wait until next year, consider taking your time to try various cables to bring it all together, and I believe many here know the costs and also the saying of “what happens in AA, stays in AA” [emoji851]

[FDPDK]

Congratulations with the new speakers

[bart]

Charles, I remember that you have been thinking about upgrading your speakers for a long time.
Even the Alexandrias came into the picture, but you were afraid that they would be too large for your room.
I'm happy for you that you found the Alexx, and that they seem to work very well in your room.
Enjoy them to the fullest!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by bart

Charles, I remember that you have been thinking about upgrading your speakers for a long time.
Even the Alexandrias came into the picture, but you were afraid that they would be too large for your room.
I'm happy for you that you found the Alexx, and that they seem to work very well in your room.
Enjoy them to the fullest!

Yes, that is absolutely correct. I always wanted a reference set of speakers but always fell short. Although the XLF would definitely fit they would have been "stuffed". And then there was the enormous cost. I have always believed that the money in a hi fi system should be spent on speakers and around speakers. I have always had really high quality interconnects and cables. I have a very quiet system, meaning no hum of any kind at all coming through the speakers. I can tell any of you that if you have this issue you have a problem in my opinion. But now I would like to do a "connection" upgrade and it will take some time and money. But not this year.

I will send some pics. Its a disappointment to me that I am poor at photography and in posting pics because I personally like the way I have my system set up and its looks. I have all my equipment far removed from my speakers, except for the amps which are extremely well ventilated because they set on the floor on granite slabs (about 200 dollars apiece, very cheap but beautiful when it comes to audiophile racks). I keep my speaker cables very short and my amp/preamp connection quite long which is as I believe it should be. My Thor is set horizontally precisely in the middle eighteen inches from the rear wall and with the roll off beginning at 30 Hz there is zero localization effects. I will say again if any of you are thinking about speakers and like bass the way I do, consider the Alexx. The bass in this speaker is special. "Sudden" and balanced are the adjectives I would use to describe it. Most speakers are deficient in upper bass in regards to low and mid bass. The Alex does not over power you but you hear all the nuances of low bass and truly excellent upper bass so they excel in blue grass which has a lot of quick soft bass. You hear every note. However when the low bass is really there, the Alexx/Thor combo blows me away.

[dcvibe]

Congrats... I would love to own Wilson Alexx some day. It's a world class product!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by dcvibe

Congrats... I would love to own Wilson Alexx some day. It's a world class product!

Thank you so much. I have spoken to my son and after I take some more pics he is going to post all of them. It certainly helps to have a son living with me who has degrees in IT and lives and breaths computers. So pics are coming.

You have an extremely well thought out system. What amp are you a using for your front speakers? Your choice of Theta is superb. The Berkeley USB-Theta Digital and Theta amplification is very smart. Could you speak a little to the sound this produces through your Wilsons?


Also I notice you are using AQ. I am gradually switching out my KK to AQ. I am going with Wel Signature, mainly, amp/preamp and amp/speakers. They are solid silver whereas my KK are select copper. I hope to be doing this in the next few months. Don't think I can wait till next year. We will see.

[FDPDK]

Charles, i am for sure looking forward to see the pictures. And be dreaming of the great soundstage.

[Charles]

Here are the Pictures. We initially had difficulty with the site so we posted the important pics first. The last three are of the old system with the Mac 601 and Max3's.

[80B]

Wow, congratulations Charles, that is quite a setup!