Wilsons new flagship

@phusis -Thanks for your thoughtful response.

bill

@whart --

Sounds like a deal compared to a banana:

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199568/a-duct-taped-banana-sells-for-6-2-million-at-an-art-auction

Ah, it sounds like you got introduced to what a large horn system can do...w.r.t to raising the ceiling... You could even do that kinda thing with a Klipsch Jubilee...but, don’t use the trash active crossover sold by Klipsch. Use a Accuphase active crossover like a DF-75 with it or one of the used older models, if you want to save some cash. Go into it with a digital pre and you should be good to go.

I have a different approach to keep costs down these days...I like pro horns that aren’t marketed for home use, but, they can beat the daylights out of anything... like a pioneer xy-3b, it had some tad hands in it. Danley, electro-voice, etc make some cool stuff..You need large subs to go with such things, of course.

If you let audiophiles near anything, price will go up...So, it’s not a bad idea to look at pro markets that audiophiles generally don’t know about (In fact, audiophiles need to be chased away with a broomstick from the other realms if you want lower prices).

@whart wrote

@deep_333 - I dunno. I just heard a full on Klangfilm Bionor system in a very large room (34 x 20 x 12, roughly). It took what I considered to be a ceiling in music reproduction up several levels, and I’m no neophyte. Costly, yes. Hard to source, and maintain, absolutely. But, it was far different than the modern forensic sound, simply a big wave of sound, coherent, seamless and balanced from bottom to top, and called no attention to the machinery of reproduction. We were listening at levels far louder than I normally do and zero fatigue--it really is a different experience than a lot of what we think of as "ultra" hifi today. 

@deep_333 wrote:

I have a different approach to keep costs down these days...I like pro horns that aren’t marketed for home use, but, they can beat the daylights out of anything... like a pioneer xy-3b, it had some tad hands in it. Danley, electro-voice, etc make some cool stuff..You need large subs to go with such things, of course.

Within that realm there are different ways to skin your cat with the intention to create a superb home reproduction, but I totally get where you’re coming from. 

If you let audiophiles near anything, price will go up...So, it’s not a bad idea to look at pro markets that audiophiles generally don’t know about (In fact, audiophiles need to be chased away with a broomstick from the other realms if you want lower prices).

+1

However going by a very recent tête à tête of mine, and assuming it has a representative nature, I’d say chances for that to happen (i.e.: an audiophile invasion of pro market grounds) are slim. It’s really their feathers that are ruffled when you’re trying to correct disinformation and a less knowledgeable, preconceived approach to named realm of speakers.