Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars

unless you’ve heard a wilson speaker in your home criticism is conjecture at best.
it’s tiring that every Wilson thread brings out class envy which has become so prevalent in our culture. I can’t afford a Ferrari but have no feelings one way or another about the owner as it has nothing to do with me. fwiw I own ‘budget’ Wilson’s and remain quite pleased. 

eric.. can’t argue with your comment. snobbery is unacceptable at any level and it’s been a problem with some dealers but they pay a price,  which they may not even be aware of. an audiophile that’s a snob is just a jerk. 

oh man. the comments that offering a product that may or not be worthwhile is a scam is frightening. the beauty of capitalism is that an individual or company can build a widget and let the markets decide its worth. if the market rejects said widget then it/they fail. some audiophiles including myself fall for claims that intellectually we know are pure folly. too emotional to be rational you might say.  IMHO

mijosten.. obviously there are those that disagree with you. are they wrong?
daveyf.. which badly moderated forum are you talking about? audioshark? just curious

wouldn’t call it politics at all. simply a business decision. 

jon 5912.... if you’re not interested then why comment? 
wilson has the assets to create anything they want whether it meets your requirements or not. you’re not possessing knowledge but rather opinion. 
you’re also reeking of class envy which is not attractive. 

in my experience the more that you spend on uber high end gear the more likely that you’ll be disappointed. that said if i had big bucks to spend and was inclined to keep things a very long time, i’d put it in speakers. fwiw

what i meant is that in my experience expecting a monumental jump in sound quality from a well chosen 25k amp to a 50k amp that ‘may’ sound incrementally better can be disappointing in that the improvement is not more meaningful. this would apply to most component categories.
A jump from 25k speakers to well chosen 50k speakers can buy a huge difference in improved sound quality. an amp example. one can buy a luxman m900u amp for $15 list. watt for watt up to its limit I seriously doubt that a 50k boulder, dag or whatever will make the impact of a speaker upgrade. they just can’t . by no means am i saying don’t spend x on a dac, preamp and amp, just don’t expect it to fundamentally change your system as would a better speaker once you are already set with very good gear in front of the speaker. imo

also... have to wonder why anyone would be concerned how wilson or any other speaker manufacturer wires their drivers. they are simply putting forward their idea of how they think their product should sound. each manufacturer has their own recipe. either the consumer likes it or they don’t. 

class envy running amok. i doubt that most wealthy people are dumb and if money was not an object a very expensive audio system would be on my list for sure. how could it not be?

daveyf is all over it. the silk tweeter is a great upgrade sonically.  the latest tweeter is very smooth and extended.