Good question. At that time I was running WP 6's and had a chance to buy a pair of almost new MAXX l's from a very close audiophile friend of mine for $20K when MSRP at that time was $40K. I was enamored by the Wilson sound having gone from WP 5.1's to WP 6's and I had a reasonably large room and was looking for a grander soundstage. It was a deal that I couldn't refuse. I owned them for 8 months when I then heard the X-1 series lll which was a revelation, so much so that I traded the MAXX l to the dealer for more than what they cost me for the X-1. I reached audio nirvana however the day I was invited to Provo to tour the Wilson factory with a special invite to Dave Wilson's house to hear the a/b test between the X-1 Series lll and the new Alexandria. A friend of mine who is an editor for Soundstage warned me not to go unles I was prepared to buy the X-2 because as good as the X-1 is the X-2 made it sound broken. The experience for me was the most amazing demos of any of my 35 years in this hobby. That was Oct 2003. I ordered my X-2's in Nov 2003 and took delivery April 2004. For me I will never buy another speaker. Having said this my son who is also an audophile had MAXX l's. I heard the MAXX ll at the home of one of our audiophile members here in the SF Bay area. I can tell you that had the MAXX ll been available before the X-2 i wou;d have given serios pause and bought the new MAXX ll. They are truly remarkable. I made my son do the upgrade and heard his system last month and it was simply amazing. Many will disagree about me and my thoughts about the Wilson sound but for me I just wouldn't own any other speaker. They rock my sonic boat and with the X-2 I personally have reached audio nirvana.
