Impressed with recent Wilson XVX audition - is there anythings that presents that kind of detail without sounding analytical?

[cjfrbw]

C'mon, man. Mountains? That's cheating!

Until it blows up.

 

[Gregadd]

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What a homely speaker. I bet they have a sweet personality. I think I passed on a chance to hear them. I will not make that mistake again.

 

[Gregadd]

Large planars are intrinsically incoherent - the path from center of the speaker to the bottom or top differs for an appreciable fraction of the wavelength in the middle frequencies.

I currently enjoy a lot the SoundLab A1Px 's , but surely they do not deliver me the realism of the soundstage of the XLF's or even of Quad ESL63.

I need to brush up on my definition of coherent.

 

[ScottK]

I've never understood the descriptor "cold or sterile" to describe any respected high end speaker. I have two systems. One with Magico A-5's and the other Wilson Alexia V1 (have ordered Alexx V). They are both wonderful but different speakers. I prefer the Wilson's a bit as they seem to image better which is my priority (i.e. taste). Heck I won't even describe my Bose portable as cold or Sterile.

 

[ScottK]

I'll take East TN for fall!

 

[slowGEEZR]

A very fine speaker to audition would be the Giya G1 Spirit. As a Wilson owner for many years I think Wilsons are very good speakers, but they will reveal any bad things in your system. Also, Pikes Peak is America's Mountain. I saw a street sign that proves it.

 

[itay123]

Love Wilson Audio ( I've had almost every W/P series, Maxx and more...And the speaker that I almost closed on was the ALEXX about a year and a half ago,), but in my opinion at the prices they offer their speakers,
there are better and more exotic alternatives,
one of them is definitely Kaiser Acoustics,
they sound more natural, more dynamic, detailed like the nature around us and not like many others , that sharpening the MID-HIGH and sounding synthetic,
The naturalness in Kaiser,
when we hear a musical instrument, the ratio of weight, presence, transparency, air, texture, character and high capabilities, presented at the most reliable level I've met,
without any effort.
So the one who can definitely compete against the XVX is definitely the Grand Kaizer and the Kaiser KAWERO! Brilliant Edition version with the separated CROSSes.