New Alexx?
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Thoroughly enjoyable evening at the Alexx release party in Santa Monica- John Quick from DCS was manning the rig and the Alexx's were driven by a suite of D'agostino products and of course the big DCS stack. There was a TechDAS in the house as well, but wasn't spinning.
The Alexx's were in a gorgeous red that isn't very common (penang red or something?) - really suited the larger size speaker well without Rosso Red type garishness or maroon meekishness. The ports were setup to the rear for this (treated) room. I had the sweet spot for 20-25 minutes and thought they sound like larger Alexias, but with more presence. I'm not sure if that is related to the new mid range drivers or not. The tweeter was a hair reticent for me, but toe-in probably could be further adjusted. Sometimes prior Wilsons had a pretty narrow "locked" sweet spot - I think the Alexxs were larger in that regard and more coherent. What surprised me the most was that the Alexx's were pulling 100-125 watts from the amps often - these aren't particularly easy to drive speakers, so I wouldn't be looking at ARC Ref 75 or similar stuff....but dynamics were crisp on the Dags.
The Alexx's were in a gorgeous red that isn't very common (penang red or something?) - really suited the larger size speaker well without Rosso Red type garishness or maroon meekishness. The ports were setup to the rear for this (treated) room. I had the sweet spot for 20-25 minutes and thought they sound like larger Alexias, but with more presence. I'm not sure if that is related to the new mid range drivers or not. The tweeter was a hair reticent for me, but toe-in probably could be further adjusted. Sometimes prior Wilsons had a pretty narrow "locked" sweet spot - I think the Alexxs were larger in that regard and more coherent. What surprised me the most was that the Alexx's were pulling 100-125 watts from the amps often - these aren't particularly easy to drive speakers, so I wouldn't be looking at ARC Ref 75 or similar stuff....but dynamics were crisp on the Dags.
Here is a photo from Axpona. As you can see they are set up with front firing ports.
I copied this from Audioshark
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Actually these are the Alexx...not the XLF. So i guess i STILL have not seen the XLF set up with front firing ports open.
i am sure someone does...
Assembling the Wilson Audio Alexx Loudspeakers, serial numbers 001 & 002:
https://vimeo.com/162919978
https://vimeo.com/162919978
I had a brief listen to them after listening to the Alexandria's powered by all Audio Research components. The problem was they were only 4 days out of the crates and just set into place at the audio store where auditioned. They were also on different gear. T+A which I have only heard one other time. From what I heard they were presenting a wonderful sound stage with lots of inner detail. Low end had not "bloomed yet". The bass is there but not on the same level as the Alexandria. I own Maxx 3's and honestly if I were to upgrade I would save for the Alexandria's and be done with "what's next" from Wilson. I had asked Daryl Wilson in a phone conversation when I was buying the Maxx 3 about the differences between the smaller models and the larger ones. He stated that if you desire the authority and slam and open dynamics, it is only obtainable from their big floor standers like the Alexandria, Maxx 3, and now Alexx, and soon the be released WAMM.
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Heard it today with Nordost Odin 2 cables and Niagara electronics with Alexx
Heard it today with Nordost Odin 2 cables and Niagara electronics with Alexx
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