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Are you a Wilson dealer or something Jkalman? Why are you pushing Wilson so hard?
Why enter the thread and try to change it's direction?

Nope. I'm not an audio dealer at all. I have sold a few pieces of my old equipment here on Audiogon though when upgrading recently. As per my profile... :)

You can see my personal webpage at http://www.jkalman.com

Funny, I didn't see the Wilson Maxx 2 on Maxx1973's original list of 6 speakers. I also did not see Max ask for folks to expand on his list.

When you have heard what you feel is a "great" thing, don't you want to share it with others also, so perhaps they too can enjoy it as well? Don't start posting irrational things just because I don't like your favorite personal speaker choice.

The original poster hasn't listened to anything on his list yet apparently, or at least not all of them. So giving him other options to check out is not unreasonable. Perhaps he will see a pair of Wilsons or Vandersteens at a dealer selling one of those other speakers he is considering, listen to them, and like them better than anything else. Perhaps he won't listen to them at all unless he hears about them from us first.

Again, I encourage him to demo as many different speakers as possible. It can only strengthen his eventual decision, and make him more certain he is choosing a speaker that is best for his ears. I've made the mistake of not demoing enough speakers before and paid the price when upgrading....

FYI, I recommend that people should demo Vandersteens all the time (the last time was a week or so ago on the Stereophile forum). Just because I don't like them, doesn't mean people shouldn't hear them.

Since so many people do like them, and because they represent a niche approach to audio that many pundits applaud, I tell people that they might like them even though I don't. I just don't like subjective opinions being paraded around as facts.

Jkalman, you are more than welcome to enjoy your "great" thing, I just don't understand your need to force feed your "great" to others. I am no fan of Wilson speakers, obviously, but I would also encourage demo's to those that are interested. I wouldn't encourage demo's to those that are not interested. 20 of the 84 posts on this thread belong to you, raving ad nasuem about a speaker that is not even in the running. While your youthful enthusiasm is to be lauded, you are starting to sound like the proverbial "used car salesman" here.

I suggest you start your own thread singing the praises of Wilson speakers, then feel free to sing to your hearts content. It's not polite to hijack anothers thread though. Mentioning the Wilson's would have been fine, but 20 replies out of 84 is ram-rodding your unsolicited opinions. It's like watching a train wreck now at this point.

About the only thing Max now got out of this thread is that it's better off NOT to ask questions. Maybe next time Max you need to throw in a legal disclaimer like Meagan02 did on this thread.
"While some may be tempted to throw in a red herring by recommending some other preamp, thanks--but that's not what I'm asking."
FWIW, even that is not 100% effective, but it did help somewhat.

John

What would NASA Carlos do?

Jkalman, you honestly don't think man has a obsession for money and material?

If not you must be brand new to america, cause materialism is unfortunately strong in this country and fancy audio is no different then a fancy house or boat.

You obviously need to be right so your right as far as I am concerned.