Wilsons new flagship

The target market buyers for upper range Wilson speakers are as interested in owning Wilson’s best speakers as they are about the sonic qualities of the speakers.  To that market segment, cost means little.  

It’s not an indictment of Wilson or the target market, it’s just reality.  Pride of ownership.

@bpoletti The target market buyers for upper range Wilson speakers are as interested in owning Wilson’s best speakers as they are about the sonic qualities of the speakers. 

Correct, they are paying in part for exclusivity, and some are demonstrably willing to spend extremely large sums to attain it.

Don't get me wrong.  Wilson has produced some remarkable speakers.  My ears detect some qualities that I would prefer they fixed, but they are still top systems.  Their prices make them rather exclusive.

@ted_b Correct, they are paying in part for exclusivity..,

Maybe yes, maybe no - they might also be audiophiles with a large disposable income…significantly larger than mine

@jasonbourne71 …with the $300K Wavac 833 tube amp! 

On that note, I would love to hear the Berning 211/845 monoblock or the Lamm ML electronics. 

Again, we seem to fixate on how other people spend their money. That's an aspect of the forum that I can't understand. $780k speakers are not for me. Its also not for me to judge someone as an idiot-someone who I know nothing about- for how they might choose to spend their money. I also understand that the price for the paint job is really steep. But how does it take an advantage of anyone? Wilson sets a price on a luxury item. Not an essential. No one is forced to buy. If you are like me and never going to be a customer for these speakers, why do you care what the price might be? If someone has the resources to buy these speakers and they exercise their free will to do so, why would any of us have standing to pass judgment? All this is relative. There are lots of people who listen to music everyday on their bluetooth speaker who undoubtedly believe that only an idiot would pay $5,000 for speakers. 

The only way these speakers and similar ultra expensive gear will ever affect most of us is the possibility that some of the technology developed for these products might trickle down to gear that maybe we will enjoy-that's a good thing.