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

@steakster What you stated applies to most of the audio forums these days. On another forum, frequented by horn speaker lovers, anyone who disagrees with their mantra and dares to have another opinion on horn speakers is summarily banned...
on this very same forum, there is now a sitting guru, has the forum owners eating out of his hand...and is therefore allowed to get away with any post he happens to think of, regardless of how outrageous it might be...( @ Mike L...I think you were more than gracious to this guru( that word is being kind, I cannot post what I want to for fear of censorship here) when he called you sanctimonious ...and you backed down..:0( )...I wouldn’t have done this...and certainly that’s why I am banned there, lol..

As to the subject of this thread, I think that speakers and their worth are at the eye and ear of the beholder...since these Wilson’s are apparently at or close to the best that they can design....and if they believe that there is a market for these at the price point that they advertise, then that is good enough for me. If these very same speakers were $10million dollars a pair...and the company could sell all that they could produce, would it be correct for us to query even that price?

@mikelavigne I guess we will have to agree to disagree. The forum in question has some of the worst moderation of any I have ever been on. To that, there seems to be a person ( we both know who he is) that throws as much mud as he wishes...with absolute impunity. I think you were the brunt of his recent ad hominem...whether you believe it or not.
IMHO, this forum is moderated infinitely superior to that one. Over there, so many blowhards that believe their own ’BS’ it’s staggering. No moderation on ad hominem’s and failure to halt agendas...like the site owners' ongoing push to sell gear he reps.
I am VERY pleased that I have absolutely nothing to do with those folks on that forum..here is a much healthier place...even i think for you!

@mikelavigne Thanks, I have no problem with you either, but you can also push buttons. Neither of us pushes buttons or has ability to push the envelope like the ‘guru’...and I know both of us wouldn’t get away with what he does on that site. Like I stated before, the guru has absolute impunity...we both know why. BTW, I have never...never..pushed anyone’s buttons, or the ‘envelope’ unless I have been pushed first...not once. OTOH, your tolerance level for the type of behavior at that site is far more than mine.( the mods having a few ‘blind spots’ does not work for me!)..is that a good thing?

@mikelavigne  Let's put it this way, at the forum in question, i had had enough of the non- level playing field that grew there over time. It was clear that the owners had an agenda...and that anyone who was not towing the line with their expectations, was to be silenced. While that may sit well with you, it sure does not with me. The last time I saw the 'guru' attack you with a blatant 'ad hominem' and get absolutely no push back from anyone ( you included) was pretty pathetic, IMO. You say you pick your battles carefully..to which I say...why bother doing that over there??  Another former member and local friend of mine on that forum gave me some good advice, just after he left that rats nest....he stated.."that place is not worthy of my time...why is it worthy of yours?" I believe he has a great point. 

Luckily over here there is ongoing moderation with no hidden agendas ( so far, lol). 

Wilson markets a number of different speakers at different price points..albeit nothing in the hundreds of dollars ( like some of you would like, lol!) 
Magnepan has their little LRS speaker at a price point that is at that price...and its a real winner. BUT don't expect it to compete with Wilsons at that price point. ( the large Magnepan 30.2 is their flagship ( at a MUCH lower price than the Wilson in question)...and IME it does compete well with some of the larger Wilsons'--- assuming one has the space and the amp power!)

One thing that does strike me as a little strange when it comes to Wilsons...is why it took so very long for Dave W to hear how bad the long utilized Focal Titanium dome was in all of his older designs. Once he changed to the current silk dome, I think his line up really came into step with other speakers that are at the top of the heap in speaker ability. Prior to that, there were numerous other manufacturers who were bringing to market speakers that could- and did, outperform his offerings; all at lower price points.

@erik_squires   +1

My question was meant to be aimed at why it took so very long for Dave W to come to the realization that the old tweeter was such a weak part of his design. IOW, what precipitated the change ( for the better) after all those years?