Wisdom Audio Adrenaline 75 dipoles?

Hi Telescope, I have heard these speakers twice. I have no more than maybe 4 hours of listening time so my comments may not be accurate. Some of the Best bass I have heard. From the lower mids on up they sounded very musical, warm, and liquid. Colorations were on the euphonic side of accurate. This system had all Goldmund top of the line gear. I enjoyed the sound very much but at times it did sound a touch lazy or a little slow. This could be attributed to the electronics, room or set up. I thought this speaker had tremendous potential. Please remember I spent very little time with this system and my comments may not reflect the sound of this speaker. I hope things work out for you. Do not let the first reply get you upset. 99% of Audiogon's members love to give help. You just happen to get a reply from that 1%. Best of luck to you. I think you might have picked a winner.

Thanks Brulee, Just the kind of info I am looking for.

Anyone else? :o)

Bob

I have heard the current production monopole Wisdom Audio systems, which use basically the same driver as the older dipole Adrenaline system. I was considering adding Wisdom Audio to my line (I'm a dealer). But I heard the same thing Brulee did - the sound was slow, and the top end was lifeless. The electronics I heard the speaker with were first class. I think the problem is this - the Bohlender-Graebner ribbons in the Wisdom Audio speakers are able to go down to 125 Hz, which is quite impressive, but also means they have to be made quite rugged. The strong, rugged diaphragms trade off a bit of top end. This is perhaps a reasonable design choice, but not one I could endorse. I did not pursue becoming a Wisdom Audio dealer.

Audiokinesis,

Thanks for your reply, I may have to do more research, and
Talk to Tom about that.
Do you think it's possible that the planars were not broken in all the
way, or that the electronic x-over was not set up properly
or was all of that addressed at the time you heard them?
as far as you know.
Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any further
suggestions, so we do not get a tech talk going on this
thread. Or send for my # if you have some better speaker
suggestions, such as oh...I dunno some Sound Labs maybe?? :o)

Thanks,
Bob

Thanks,
Bob

I heard the Adrenaline when the inventer brought them by to our audio club a couple years ago. I felt they were good speakers, but have heard many as good or better in the same price range. My experience was in a room of other people, so it wasn't ideal. I had my bass demo disk of the time, Siris' Svale Band "blackbird", track 2 "love for sale" I found the bass to be slow and uninvolving, just the opossite of the others. This disk has two stand up bass players and track 2 is very fast and low. I sure would proceed slowly, and my opinion, I would not buy these speakers for myself after hearing them, so I would have a hard time recommending them to you.