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

it’s tiring that every Wilson thread brings out class envy which has become so prevalent in our culture.

If you mean pretentious dealers, I'm with you.  :-D

But lets not ignore the opposite is also true: Snobbery.  The belief that money = quality and that certain brands and only those brands can prove my audiophile credentials.

They look like something out of an “Iron Man” movie.

eric.. can’t argue with your comment. snobbery is unacceptable at any level and it’s been a problem with some dealers but they pay a price,  which they may not even be aware of. an audiophile that’s a snob is just a jerk. 

I myself wouldn’t own a speaker with the midrange driver wired in polarity opposite the woofers and tweeters, no matter the price. But that’s just me. I also don’t care for redheads.

Has anyone ever heard one of these Wilson's in a system and it sounded really good? Just curious. Because I never have. Not that I blame the speakers. Everything matters. But it sure is odd that I have heard great systems with lots of other speakers, but never with Wilson's. It also seems, now that I think about it, every one of those Wilson systems was presented with a very obvious air of snooty better-than-you-ness. Just sayin. 

But seriously. Anyone? Beuller?