A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx

Not to beat a dead horse, but I too wish that he would have given more review of the speakers and less review of the reviews.

I heard the Maxx last year hooked up to a $20k Meridian cdp, and the top of the line Halcro pre/power, and with very expensive Transparent cables everywhere. Total system price was well over $150k, and it sounded cold and unbalanced - terrible regardless of the money.

I've only heard one person whose opinion I trust tell me of a Wilson speaker sound good, and that was the same person who heard the aforementioned abomination of a system with me. A few months later he was at the Heathrow hi-fi show and heard them with Audio Research gear, and was very impressed. I'm not going to go out of my way to try and hear that combo.

Funny how no one has mentioned how fugly they are... that would end it for me before they were ever plugged in.

Czbbcl, You said it far more eloquent than I could have and the Wilson's have never been my cup of tea either. Cheers!

I remember Widescreen Review's reference system having the Mirage M1si speakers back in the mid 90s.

Oz

bright yellow ones go nicely in any moderately sized listening room with a velvet painting of Elvis. even if they were what they are thought to be, cars should not be covered in wood veneer and loudspeakers should not be covered in automotive paint and clearcoat. long live the real stuff!

Larryi,
your guess is partially or even completely wrong.

Audioperfectionist's a fan of a correct values in the business and truth as well.