garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
Not a bad gig, if you can get it - lol...just playin' with you, Gary
Did I remember to say that you don't get paid, but you have to pay to get my job?
Not a bad gig, if you can get it - lol...just playin' with you, Gary
Did I remember to say that you don't get paid, but you have to pay to get my job?
The quality of Wilson's current lineup is self-evident. It does puzzle me that WIlson has been blessed by the Audio press in a way that appears to me at least to have escaped many equal or superior product lines..
The quality of Wilson's current lineup is self-evident. It does puzzle me that WIlson has been blessed by the Audio press in a way that appears to me at least to have escaped many equal or superior product lines..
IMHO it's down to their longevity and the consistent quality of the product. Genesis had great coverage in the early 90's - until the company stumbled and couldn't afford to send products to review and then finally went bankrupt in 2000. After an absence of two years, and then bought by an unknown, unproven industry outsider (me) some reviewers still think that it's made in China. I still can't afford to send products to review.
IMHO it's down to their longevity and the consistent quality of the product. Genesis had great coverage in the early 90's - until the company stumbled and couldn't afford to send products to review and then finally went bankrupt in 2000. After an absence of two years, and then bought by an unknown, unproven industry outsider (me) some reviewers still think that it's made in China. I still can't afford to send products to review.
On a serious note, can you invite influential audio people to your house to generate some buzz? Can you do something unusual that will attract positive publicity to your speakers?
As I said above, the gurus will always go with the safe choice - because another guru alredy thinks it is very good.
Thanks, Caesar. I'll have to find the first guru who will go against convention
But seriously, the Pacific Northwest Audio Society has a pair of my speakers (and my amps, and my cables) and slowly, I am making headway. But this is the Wilson forum, and I don't want to be rude.
How about passing it to all of the major audio societies in the country?
IMHO it's down to their longevity and the consistent quality of the product. Genesis had great coverage in the early 90's - until the company stumbled and couldn't afford to send products to review and then finally went bankrupt in 2000. After an absence of two years, and then bought by an unknown, unproven industry outsider (me) some reviewers still think that it's made in China. I still can't afford to send products to review.
Hi Gary, without wanting to be seen contradicting you, Stereophile has reviewed some of your speakers, and we even featureed Genesis on the cover of our February 2006 issue. See, for example, http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/206gen/index.html .
Best wishes - John
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
The quality of Wilson's current lineup is self-evident. It does puzzle me that WIlson has been blessed by the Audio press in a way that appears to me at least to have escaped many equal or superior product lines..
Did I remember to say that you don't get paid, but you have to pay to get my job?
@John Atkinson and others:
Does Stereophile really have an anechoic chamber to measure frequency response?
I vaguely recall the Q5 being too heavy to measure anywhere but outdoors - is this true?
Can you really take meaningful measurements with so much background noise outdoors?
Specific to the Sophia 3: I couldn't help but notice that you claim the midrange driver is wired in opposite phase. Why do manufacturers do that, and what does it say about their competence?
What's the specific audible effect of such a design?
Why wouldn't they design with all drivers in phase?
@John Atkinson and others:
Sophia 3: There we have that dip around 2-3kHz again (also seen in the Maxx 2 and possibly elsewhere; at least the Sasha is much better) - it's been discussed here that sometimes this is a desirable design decision. The dip, is mentioned, was worse with the grills on. JA - wasn't this worth a damning comment by the reviewer, or was he unable to identify that dip?
Sophia 3 and Sasha: AD's room has a major dip around 150Hz as your measurements show... Why isn't he mentioning this in his reviews? It's so deep that it's impossible not to perceive it.
Is his room really worthy of reviews with such anomalies?
Is AD specifically avoiding discussing this because he knows his room's limitations?
If so, what does this say about the overall quality of the reviews?
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