A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx

I decided to stop my subscription to Mr.Hardesty magazine when in issue 12 he killed both planars and electrostatic speakers. That was like a heart attack for me. I can reprint the text because I will infringe copyright law I guess.
Basically the opennes/trasparency we hear in planars seems to be called "Time smear". Now to hear that also wilson (cannot afford them but at any single fair I went they were between the best sounding speakers to my ears) are pointed by his , seems to be a bit too much.
Reading him carefully sounds like between the 3 main technology of speakers building 2 of them are just for stupids.
Cheers
Daniel

Look folks. All of this is entertainment, OK? Just like professional sports and anything else in life that requires "spectation" on the part of the spectator, either visual or audible, or both. Stereophile, TAS, Hardesty and others are all about entertainment, and that is why I read them. If I get a little "philosophy" or "insight" in the process, and maybe it points me in a direction I want to go in terms of thinking, auditioning or purchasing, that's my choice. If I had no high end system, you can bet that I would find a way to make my JVC boombox satisfy my musical cravings.

Both Michael Fremer and Richard Hardesty have contributed to my education, evaluation and enjoyment of the "spectation" because they have influenced personal choices that I am satisfied with. I have respect for both of them. It is not easy being an entertainer. Neither is right, neither is wrong.

Buyer beware, for both entertainment and for purchases of so-called high end gear. And I did not fail to notice yet another dig at Krell from one contributor here...FASCINATING!

Jaybo,
Great response ! You hit alot of interesting points. I agree with your opinion that the the goal is to faithfuly reproduce the recordings. If you want a "live experience" buy better recordings. I hope people really think about what else you wrote. As an aside, the one "reviewer" who(IMHO)seems reliable is John Marks.- Jim

I'm entertained, how about everyone else?!

R_f,

I am entertained as well. Quite a few interesting people chiming in here.

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