Wilson Audio Haters

Correction, third paragraph should be "your budget" not "you're budget". 

It depends what your rules are of the level in stage depth.

In my world each system with one metre of stage depth is 2 dimensional.

The Pl-500 can outperform even a Wilson Audio Alexandria in stage depth, width and especially in diversity of height. 

These parts are essential in the world of highend. But there is more.....also in layering in the whole frequency range the Pl-500 can reveal details a Wilson Audio Alexandria cannot show.

I will ask for a shootout, this is how audio should be used.

Funny  that most  people that denigrate the Wilson speakers have never heard them - probably reacting to a company making speakers they can't afford?

I listened to various Watt/Puppy combos over the years (never occurred to me that they looked like trash bins....) but was never enticed by them, but when I had the chance to hear some Grand Slamms I changed my view and kept an eye out - they rarely come up for grabs locally.

Recently purchased a pair of Maxx 2s, very much in the same idiom.

The other day when a lady friend of my wife came over, she said "OK, show me how loud they can go!" and didn't understand when I declined.  Told her that if she ever needed speakers she should look at Cerwin Vega....

But I have been very happy indeed with the Maxx - I also listen to my other system which has Martin Logan CLS, a totally different sound but also very satisfying.

wspohn,

I've seen the same statement several times, "Funny  that most  people that denigrate the Wilson speakers have never heard them - probably reacting to a company making speakers they can't afford?" I've owned several Wilson speakers. In hindsight "I owned" them more for their name and wanting to belong to a group of Wilson Owners than their sound. I argued that Wilson's were the best and defended my choice. I will say, Wilson's are some of the most dynamic speakers that I've owned, but I would take my current speakers over any Wilson that I've heard or owned. As I have become more in tuned to the sound I prefer, I have moved further away from the Wilson sound. I don't worry about the company name, I just think about how it sounds to my ears. So, there are some people that have owned Wilson's and can afford them; however they just don't prefer them. No absolutes in Audio, just preferences!

I often asked the question overhere: what do you want to hear?

- The truth, or the thing you would like to hear.

* When you test and compare like we do, you will hear that the truth is a lot different than what people write.

When a highend speaker is able to create a deeper and wider stage, and also more diversity in height, this speaker is better than a speaker who build a less deep, wide and high stage. This has nothing to do with personal preference.

When a speaker is able to create more layers and details of the music, it is better than a speaker who show less.

When a speaker has a better timing and more control and layers in the lowest frequencies, it is better than a speakeer who show less details in this part.

When a speaker has more grip on the high frequencies and reveals more details, it is better in this area. There is no discussion possible.

So please stop the bullshit stories about preference. That is why is said many times; highend audio needs parameters. The way it works now , it is a free world. And you can say whatever you want to say.

In my world audio is all about shootout and the truth. So arrange a shootout between Wilson Audio and a Monitor Audio Pl-500. How difficult can it be?

When you can’t handle the truth, you are the one who limits yourself!