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I am not going to share any numbers on this forum but I can confirm that the first production run of the Wadax Studio player was up front completely sold out.
I do not understand your remark as regards their ‘greatness’. Why would that depend on the behavior of some dealers who might be restricted because of their contracts?
Give the Wadax reference combo a listen under controlled (ie non show) conditions and - even if it in the end is not your cup of tea because you prefer a softer / less transparent sound of for example some tube dacs - you will recognize its ‘greatness’.
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Totally agree. I don’t like the speaker but its issues were never brightness, it was coherence and bass (not quantity of bass, which beginners go for but the quality). It is what I call a boom boom speaker that needs a bam bam amp
I think these kinds of statements would be more valuable if you mentioned the specific Wilson model that you have bass issues with. The Wilson Audio line, like many others, is constantly improving and in my opinion, the bass, midrange and HF driver performance have improved immensely over time. I say that, in part, based on my own experience with the upgrade of my Alexia 2s to Alexia Vs.
Another observation stems from the recording Nick Arroyo and I did of the Texas Guitar Quartet, sonically one of our best efforts. We played that back on Sophia 3s with the metal and it was indeed bright. Later on, we played it on the new CST tweeter and it sounded natural and lifelike again, just like we heard in the two-track recording session.
Another observation involved a listening session with David Solomon from Qobuz at my house. David told me the system (then Alexia 2s) sounded great but the bass lacked the visceral impact of other systems. I had to admit he was right at the time and I went to work on this issue and brought in Jim Smith and we fixed some room acoustics issues and made real strides on placement. The 2s left a visceral impact when we were done. But then I upgraded the to the Vs and it got much more coherent and impactful still. I believe a key factor was the extra volume in the cabinets.
It was certainly doing justice to dCS at Axpona where Quintessence had Wilson XVXs and Dagostino amplifiers. That was my favorite room at the show.
Interesting. Some of the best bass I have heard is in the flagship XVX system at Evolution hifi. I also heard incredible bass at a Florida show with the DAWs. Maybe the variable is setup quality.
American Sound is the Canadian distributor for Wadax, not USA. they are North America for Avantgarde. likely they shared Axpona room costs with dCS.....as they are not a dCS distributor. might be a dCS dealer but it's not listed as a brand they carry on the website.
What I’m hearing through my social network is that she was originally the Wadax distributor for all of North America. As part of her job, she persuaded the Analytical Sound to audition the Wadax dac, which resulted in that “Best digital ever” review. (Mind you - just from 1 guy; valin likes Soulution digital, while Fremer and Heilbrunn like dcs.) The print copies of the analytical sound state her as the distributor of Wadax.
However, shortly after that, the Spanish Wadax guy took away USA distribution from her, so he can sell direct. She still maintains the Canada distribution. But the Canada market is much smaller than USA. Anyone who travels to hear the Avantgarde can hear both Wadax and dcs, but she prefers dcs with Avantgarde but plays wadax with other systems. I wouldn’t be surprised if Heilbrunn and Fremer heard both when they visited her, but are just mum. (I’m sure she will be happy to sell the wadax! Big coin!!!)
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