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Old 10-14-2011, 10:15 PM
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JGM411, what preamp and amp? Try BAT with them and you will be hooked.

(ok, ok or ARC, Lamm or McIntosh )
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Old 10-14-2011, 10:50 PM
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I heard Wilson Sophias for the first time last Friday. wish i hadn't......

It is a sound I want. I am new to this high end stuff, but I finally think I understand what you all are chasing.
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The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago...
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Old 10-14-2011, 11:07 PM
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The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago...
We welcome y'all with open arms...and Wilson welcomes your open wallets.

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Old 10-14-2011, 11:17 PM
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We welcome y'all with open arms...and Wilson welcomes your open wallets.

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My room is a little small for Sophia's right now but all in good time my friend, all in good time...
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Old 10-15-2011, 12:41 AM
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Jerome, come to Columbus and I will convert you into a Wilson fan.
Maybe Randy.... I'm a very opened person....
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JGM411, what preamp and amp? Try BAT with them and you will be hooked.

(ok, ok or ARC, Lamm or McIntosh )
funny you should mention BAT. The place I was at is big into BAT.
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Old 10-15-2011, 01:23 PM
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funny you should mention BAT. The place I was at is big into BAT.
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"I think Magico has passed Wilson in many ways..."
- Sales is not one of them.

- I can't predict what the top high-end speakers will look like in twenty years, but I know some of them will be branded 'Wilson'.
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Great point and I look forward to hearing them.

I like that Wilson does not have the arrogance that many "younger" audio companies have. The arrogance is usually short lived as are many of the companies.
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Old 10-16-2011, 12:54 AM
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Great point and I look forward to hearing them.

I like that Wilson does not have the arrogance that many "younger" audio companies have. The arrogance is usually short lived as are many of the companies.
I agree.

Many young high end companies won't be here in 20 years : just look how many of them vanished since 20 years !
Although I wish them all the success they deserve, it is not easy to get a real place in the HiFi market....
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Old 10-16-2011, 07:36 AM
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Of the arrogance certainly but they defend their concept with arguments, interview of Alon Wolf in HI-FI news:
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' check the driver screws in a conventional cabinet and you will see what I'm talking about. In all these wooden products, the most torque you can put on them is 3-4 lbs Newton . It stays securely coupled for a couple of days, but that's all. Coupling drivers to our aluminium plates allows us to achieve around 11lbs. The sound get clearer, tighter and it stays like this.
We are pushing R&D in all areas but there seems very little of it going on in our industry. If you look at products from some leading high-end manufacturers you can see that it is mainly about integration. Drivers that can be bought off the shelf, cabinets that are built from MDF with the veneers on them- it is more like furniture building. We should be more like the car industry : driven by technology and not by gurus that think they know what sounds best because they woke in the middle of the night and saw the light. It doesn't work like this. Speakers are a technical product and are not best developed by intuition'

communication of a challenger certainly....I think that they are in the audio landscape for a moment. Note that I am not the lawyer of their cause, I do not know indeed either Wilson or Magico, but I note that they made however a very big impression on the English reviewers....
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