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  A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx
I enjoy reading this fellow (Richard Hardesty)

http://www.audioperfectionist.com/PDF%20files/APJ_WD_21.pdf

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G_m_c  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-26-05
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11-02-05   Bigjoe, i hope in reading these threads you will see that ...   Aldavis

11-02-05   Yeah thats what i get for being smart :) oh well then we fou ...   Matrix

11-02-05   I think rhbblb1 brings up a good point (and one that *should ...   Nrenter

11-02-05   Lol - too many posts to read them all but it's fun to see wh ...   Robm321

11-02-05   I challenge one hardesty "basher" here to: 1. act ...   Opalchip

11-02-05   Well a lot of people slander the above mentioned review, som ...   Amperidian

11-02-05   Aldavis: excellent posts, thats all i have to say, and a goo ...   Matrix

11-02-05   John atkinson's measurements of the maxx ii reveal nearly a ...   Rhbblb1

11-02-05   Opalchip's right on point. not only are none of the peopl ...   waldner123@

11-02-05   Geez, a lot of responses about a speaker only 10 people in t ...   Tomryan

11-02-05   I'm waiting for the educated here to tell me that the vr9's ...   Oneobgyn

11-02-05   "geez, a lot of responses about a speaker only 10 peop ...   Samuel

11-02-05   Forget about measurements ,parts quality and whatever other ...   A1126lin

11-02-05   "i heard the x-1 before not but cup of tea , but i thou ...   Oneobgyn

11-02-05   Chanliz, my "mommy" is dead. i buried her three ...   Aldavis

11-02-05   richard favors, i am told, the vandersteen 5a's and other ...   Samuel

11-02-05   Ob, "to me the maxx ll blows away the vr 9 at less mone ...   Mikelavigne

11-02-05   Mike there is nothing intended at you or yours, so please t ...   Oneobgyn

11-03-05   Not defending hardesty (he's perfectly capable of doing that ...   Bigtee

11-02-05   Man this is like watching "clash of the titans" b ...   Chadnliz

11-02-05   i understand both mike's and oneobgyn's responses. mike's ...   Samuel

11-03-05   "dave wilson at the pinnacle of his game"? ... are ...   Amperidian

11-03-05   Well to tell you the truth anyone that spends 45,000 on any ...   Matrix

11-03-05   Amperidian what you dont know, we listen to music why we are ...   Jayctoy

11-03-05   R&d costs a lot and, for these top-performing audio componen ...   The_smokester

11-03-05   This thread is bogging down a bit, so i'll inject this, just ...   Opalchip

11-03-05   We have beat to death all of the issues related to whether o ...   waldner123@

11-03-05   The colouration of wilson speakers i believe, is green. fro ...   Cdc

11-03-05   Waldner - i'd add that inviting hardesty to the factory does ...   Matti

11-03-05: Amperidian
Opalchip why are you taking potshots at Samuel? Why can't a Wilson Maxx2 owner and "industry insider" defend his choice? ... seems like none of us could possibly defend our points of view then, because we don't all own the perfect equipment?

I own some powercords made by Samuel's company and can tell you that they are among the best in the world, and his identity is not that hard to find out ... just go and surf the websites of the leading 4 powercord manufacturers in North America (Elrod, Transparent Audio, Shunyata, Purist Audio Design) and you'll see the examples he used in the post you quoted will show up on his website. I've never met Samuel in person but I do have great respect for his products, and I consider them to be among the best out there. His top of the line powercords have never failed to impress me and it shows all the R&D that went into developing them because to my ears they sound amazing ... and yes, Wilson Audio does use them in their test room and so does Halcro (who actually provides them with their amps) ... I guess samuel knows a thing or two about high end audio and his opinions are - to a certain degee - driven by his vast experience.

I'm not a Wilson Audio owner or fan, but their speakers are among the few cone designs that can match horns in the frequencies where the horns excell. Not perfect of course, but they deserve some credit at least.

Amperidian  (Answers | This Thread)


11-03-05   any response regarding the "specific" technical ...   Samuel

11-04-05   A core issue in the design of audio equipment is, "what ...   Audiokinesis

11-04-05   It's too easy to criticise any spkr based on some (often inc ...   Gregm

11-04-05   When industry insiders are privy to special pricing(and term ...   Jaybo

11-04-05   Samuel, what exactly in the hardesty article do you consider ...   songwriter72@

11-04-05   Audiokinesis, you state that as an amature speaker designer ...   songwriter72@

11-04-05   For the record - i'm not taking potshots at samuel. he seem ...   Opalchip

11-04-05   My biases tend to run parallel to rh's. that's probably why ...   Unsound

11-04-05   Hi songwriter72, as an amateur i did build other true first ...   Audiokinesis

11-04-05   Well. i got no beef in this. i was at ces last year and will ...   Rysa4

11-04-05   Rysa4 i do totally agree with you,you will find out the trut ...   Jayctoy

11-04-05   i remember reading something like that in tas where they in ...   A1126lin

11-04-05   "the writer of the article critical of the wilson's rea ...   A1126lin

11-06-05   Rysa4, i understand your desire for an "objective stand ...   Khrys

11-06-05   "why must it be an anechonic chamber?" perhaps be ...   Unsound

11-06-05   Unsound is correct of course. you need a standard reference ...   Rysa4

11-07-05   Just trying to help this thread get to 200 responses. would ...   Jaybo

11-08-05   Unsound, how is an anechoic chamber a less prejudicial refer ...   Khrys

11-08-05   Amperidian - "i'm not a wilson audio owner or fan, but ...   Skushino

11-08-05   Skushimo, could you educate me on how wilson cone designs ca ...   Nilthepill


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