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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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10-27-05   I scaned the review rather quickly and have to agree with hi ...   Czbbcl

10-27-05   I have the exact same feelings as chuck. i don't know why b ...   Aball

10-27-05   Finally, someone who doesn't have wilson in their pocket tel ...   Robm321

10-27-05   You mean a brutal review of the reviews of the wilson maxx. ...   Honest1

10-27-05   I heard some crazy grand slams or something from them in lik ...   Matrix

10-27-05   I'm gussing that wilson didn't send him any speakers for him ...   Tgrisham

10-27-05   The best thing to do on any review is trust your ears. never ...   Bryans

10-27-05   I agree with honest1. did he even listen? doesn't seem so. b ...   Ozzy62

10-27-05   I am willing to bet that audioperfectionist is a fan of time ...   Larryi

10-27-05   He has a "measuring stick" that obsesses about 6db ...   Hhiggins

10-27-05   Http://www.vandersteen.com/pages/pdffiles/model%205a%20repri ...   Fsarc

10-27-05   I'm not a big fan of the wilson sound either, and hardesty d ...   Hooper

10-27-05   Good guess larry - i think hardesty wrote for widescreen rev ...   Matti

10-27-05   My dealer was in business with hardesty years ago and if im ...   Braro

10-27-05   I don't own wilson speakers, never have, probably never will ...   Mgattmch

10-27-05   No agenda...are you kidding?!! i haven't seen pissing in pri ...   Siliab

10-27-05   One vote for wilson here!!! i am a big maxx and sophia enjo ...   Goatwuss

10-27-05   Even though its very refreshing to finally see a high end ma ...   Bigjoe

10-27-05: Ghunter
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.

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10-27-05   Czbbcl, you said it far more eloquent than i could have and ...   R_f_sayles

10-27-05   I remember widescreen review's reference system having the m ...   Ozzy62

10-27-05   Bright yellow ones go nicely in any moderately sized listeni ...   Jaybo

10-27-05   Larryi, your guess is partially or even completely wrong. a ...   Marakanetz

10-27-05   I dont want to talk about personal tastes, but if one buys a ...   Seurat

10-27-05   Well, finally, an honest review of a wilson product. i have ...   Cleopatra52

10-27-05   Hi, seems like a honest review to me. there are a lot of pr ...   Larry510

10-27-05   I beleve he owns vandersteen 5a's.   Husk01

10-28-05   I respect, but i don't particularly like wilson speakers. t ...   Onhwy61

10-28-05   I don't mind if people don't like wilson speakers, but i won ...   Nrchy

10-28-05   "unless you can afford them, you're really not in any p ...   Ghunter

10-28-05   He is not the only reviewer that gave a luke warm review of ...   Downunder

10-28-05   Perhaps he was turned down when he approached wilson about a ...   Ptmconsulting

10-28-05   Sounds pretty accurate to me. the review that is. not the sp ...   songwriter72@

10-28-05   with no mention of context, comparison, system or anythin ...   Samuel

10-28-05   Wow just read it. very interesting. never heard the maxx2 ...   Henryhk

10-28-05   I'm pleased to see a review that isn't just gushing. person ...   Dmurfet

10-28-05   Hmm from my experience with the wilsons, which is very limi ...   Piezo

10-28-05   Thanks for taking me to this well written review of the wils ...   Splaskin

10-28-05   Splaskin: "i am hoping that some of the wilson maxx2 sp ...   Cytocycle

10-28-05   Lets try it this way, no wilson slamming here, but fact is a ...   Matrix

10-28-05   I have to say that i didn't have wilsons in high regard (i h ...   Elberoth2

10-28-05   Some of you guys really don't get it - absolute sound, stere ...   Opalchip

10-28-05   Just an opinion that i find hard to dispute after listening ...   R_f_sayles

10-28-05   I have read this thread with much amusement. look, choosing ...   Grooves

10-28-05   Realize a wilson speaker is just the run of the mill audioph ...   Matrix

10-28-05   I'm glad to see michael fremer weighing in and weighing in s ...   Wattsboss

10-28-05   Interesting response by mr. fremer, but he doesn't address a ...   waldner123@

10-28-05   My post was not meant as a personal attack on mf, whose uniq ...   Opalchip

10-28-05   Way off topic, but i own the definitions and they defy under ...   Miklorsmith

10-28-05   This is a pretty silly description of the maxx2s or any othe ...   Grooves


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