Wilson are far from the only company with a speaker in this price range. Magico, YG, Sonus Faber immediately come to mind, but there are others - particularly smaller companies without the engineering or fabrication chops of Wilson - areas where they are probably as good as anyone.
Most of us participating in these forums spend more on our hobby than non audionuts think prudent or reasonable. It’s all relative so I don’t begrudge someone with the means spending as they wish.
It also strikes me that someone purchasing these speakers will likely place them in a dedicated room separate from the living area. The looks are interesting but certainly polarizing. Even if I could afford them, WAF would be a hard no. But that’s also true of the entire Wilson lineup. When they were using the Focal tweeter, they hurt my ears - they were just too bright and fatiguing. However, when they went to the soft dome tweeter, I came to quite like their sound (though I generally prefer Sonus Faber’s and Rockport’s sound), but could never quite warm up to the aesthetics. Their new TOTL takes that aesthetic to an extreme. I’m sure it sounds fabulous and i look forward to hearing it some day for fun.
