Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars

This past week my buddy was staying at my home while getting ready to ditch California for Florida. He brought along a $12K bottle of wine someone gave at his wedding. That is $12K at a restaurant in town that has 2 bottles.

Well he and his wife wanted to share the bottle with me. All I could think of as we drank it was uber expensive audio systems. There is someone out there for everything. Cheers.

I think there’s value in trying to figure out why products exist, who they’re for, etc. If something is priced high for reasons that legitimately contribute to performance it’s different than if it’s just because the manufacturer is trying to appeal to a particular market, running a scam, etc.

I don't care, I just like um, I don't care how they sound. I like um, simple!
They are big, heavy, thick, and cost a whole lot. I just want um. I don't want pay for them. I just want to have them, you know add it to the REAL BIG PYLE. LOOK at my speaker collection pyle. 

Really "IF I COULD", I might, sure would be a nice place to start from.
Just imagine, anything you want, someone else foots the bill, everything, room, the goodies to supply the room, inside and out. The perfect Ampa style room, in the Maestro perfect position EVERYTHING. 

You know I bet I could live with them no problem..Beryllium domes impregnated with diamond dust though, I just don't know, maybe they have options. NO doubt. I love a great soft dome (Morel) with a true ribbon or grate planar for UHF. Nothing come close to me..

A buddy has Watt Puppy II or III, 10 years now. They were SET/Krell powered. Only like 20/100 watters. I was impressed for sure. This guy was a real picky shi? too, real picky. Most of "THE SOUND" was the room and his analness to get it perfect. Close for sure. Everything was routed, nothing touched. Very impressive. AND it didn't boil my ears, great HF treatment in the room..

In any case I'd be fiddling with those thing till I WOUND at a mental institution. They are a complicated speaker design, no doubt..

Regards

@steakster What you stated applies to most of the audio forums these days. On another forum, frequented by horn speaker lovers, anyone who disagrees with their mantra and dares to have another opinion on horn speakers is summarily banned...
on this very same forum, there is now a sitting guru, has the forum owners eating out of his hand...and is therefore allowed to get away with any post he happens to think of, regardless of how outrageous it might be...( @ Mike L...I think you were more than gracious to this guru( that word is being kind, I cannot post what I want to for fear of censorship here) when he called you sanctimonious ...and you backed down..:0( )...I wouldn’t have done this...and certainly that’s why I am banned there, lol..

As to the subject of this thread, I think that speakers and their worth are at the eye and ear of the beholder...since these Wilson’s are apparently at or close to the best that they can design....and if they believe that there is a market for these at the price point that they advertise, then that is good enough for me. If these very same speakers were $10million dollars a pair...and the company could sell all that they could produce, would it be correct for us to query even that price?

@mikelavigne   I value your posts and interactions on the various threads. I know of others who do.

@david_ten 
thank you for the kind words. i'm hanging in here, sharing and learning about hifi viewpoints. sorting through the chaff to find the value.

( @ Mike L...I think you were more than gracious to this guru( that word is being kind, I cannot post what I want to for fear of censorship here) when he called you sanctimonious ...and you backed down..:0

 
@daveyf 
i don't come to audio forums for negative interactions, this is fun only for me. so i avoid mud slinging. you can't throw it without getting it on you too. i deal with that stuff in my day job. other forums have people with agendas too and a dark side, and plenty of politics. but it's the exception, and not the rule. but that forum does self police effectively regarding some of the 'noise' type things that happen here. OTOH this is a purely commercial site and not run by hobbyists......for better or worse.

i hope Audiogon can see frequent threads about expensive pieces of audio gear where the majority of the posts are focused on the product and it's merits and other alternative products. that would make me want to post more here.

^^^^ This is a strangely common remark made by people who scoff at very high priced audio equipment. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen it. Some say "you could hire The Stones to play for you personally with that type of money," etc. Even as a joke supposed to make a point; it just utterly misses the mark.

What someone gets with a super high end system is generally what most of us want with out less pricey systems: the ability to hear a WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC played by a WIDE VARIETY of favorite or known musicians, in the highest quality possible. Even if you just stuck to listening to symphonic music, the point is there are a huge number of recordings by heralded orchestras, conductors, classic performances, performers contempory and deceased etc, that a great system will allow you to hear in the best possible quality.

Then add to that a wider range of tastes one may have - rock, folk, pop, R&B, electronica etc - and you have an endless array of music and great performances to hear in the highest quality. So, no, you could not purchase anything LIKE the array of music by known musicians for the money you pay for even the highest priced Wilson systems.

One can certainly try to evaluate the performance/quality-to-cost ratio to render a critique of these high priced items. But this weird critique "you could hire live music for that money" should just go away, it’s so nonsensical and so utterly misses the point.

One of pet peeves too.

First of all, richopp was probably being a bit facetious when he said you could buy an orchestra, but, most full time orchestra members make over $100K. So, no...

Most posts of this type, usually say, "with that money, you could travel the world going to any concert you want".  

But here's the thing. Anyone with the kind of money to be able afford this type of system, would also be able to travel the world going to as many concerts they want. The person that buys these Wilsons, and the rest of the type pf equipment that would go along with them, hardly had to scrimp and save to buy these.