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Paint crack Wilson Sophia 2

Hi,

I bought a pair of Sophia 2 second hand one year ago. They are now 3 years old. Yesterday a line crack suddenly appeared in the line between the bottom section of the speaker and the mids / top section. The crack follows the exact line between the two sections. It seems to me that the speaker has been put together by two parts, and painted afterwards. And due to vibrations of some sort, the paint has cracked up. You have to take a close look to see it, but the second hand value has detoriated. Any similar experiences out there?

I presume I have to repaint them at a custom shop. I have some friends who are one of the best in Europe, so we will be fine. But, annoying though. And the question remains, why did it happen?

Cheeers, ToffenG
toffeng
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kvnlee
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Hi
I am in Taiwan . I bought this pair from Audiogon. Crack line happened few days ago.
I contact Wilson audio by email and Facebook but no response.
My serial no. 3053/3054 built on Mar 2009 accroding thier record.
In Taiwan there is W/P dealer but they said only responsible for Tawian sold. 
What shoud I do ?

Rgds
Lee 
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jafant
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Contact Wilson for a consultation.
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kvnlee
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In Taiwan, the delaer  will replace the new cabinet for you but I bought them from  USA directly. The Taiwan dealer could not do this service for me. The wilson audio could not face to customer directly , must be via local dealer ,  It really gave me a lot of trouble.  The cabinet crack is quality problem. Now I suffer a lot.

Rgds
Lee
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pbnaudio
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This can happen to any object glued together, what happening is that the two cabinet parts expand/contract differently from heat and or moisture.  The effect of this is that the paint will show hairline cracks.  It has nothing to do with lack of quality.  It would not matter what kind of glue or assembly method is/was used it would still happen.  

This of course becomes a lot more visible on a smooth surface like the side of the Wilson cabinet where the upper part of the cabinet bends inward and there is no facet or other visual distraction.

Best of luck

Peter
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