Wilsons are the best speakers in the world

Yeah, ' Bose '.

Damn good speakers when paired with many different kinds of amps. The best, there is no best, mainly because NOBODY has listened to every speaker made. Most people have only heard most of these speakers at shows where most rooms SQ is mediocre at best.

Having heard at least a dozen Wilson demos over the past 20 years, they never fail to bore me with their lack of colorations.  For me, they just seem to suck the life out of music.  Only once was I impressed, but i think it was with just the right music and a charismatic sales rep.  I wouldn't fault someone for liking that sound, but it's just not for me.   Plus I really like natural wood veneers, and I don't find the Wilsons attractive at all.  

I've heard a few Wilsons. I heard a pair of Sabrinas which were quite good but not really full range; for their price, I preferred Focal Sopra 1's. 

Good speakers, generally, but every time Ive listened to Wilsons I always thought better speakers were available for less $. However, if I'm a big ticket amp manufacturer, you can be sure I want to demonstrate my amps with very good and expensive speakers. 

The key is to make speakers that are so expensive that no dealers stock them and almost nobody has ever heard them.  You can claim they're the best and shame anyone who questions you by claiming they're just too poor to afford them. 

I won't listen to anything less than the higherfi opulence.  I'm guessing none of these have ever been built but if anyone ever orders a pair they'll build and ship them off for a cool million.  They're the best and anyone who doubts that is an ignorant pauper. 

https://www.higherfi.com/speakers/higherfi-audio-opulence

To accommodate their 2100 lbs weight, placement can become an important consideration if you place them anywhere except solid concrete slab. 

@crazyeddy

Great post. Thanks for sounding off.

If you are anywhere in the Bay area please come and listen to Marten Bird 2. Bring your own music welcome.
A real treat.

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There is no "best" anything in audio. Anymore than there is a best automobile, suit, watch or any other traditional material object of men's desire.

This is more a matter of taste and also attitude/ideology. I personally am not excited with them, as, for my taste, they give a bit sharp and a bit aggressive (non-smooth) sound, the lower frequencies they give are not as good. They are not bad, of course, but the the relation quality/cost, I think, is too low for them. If someone does not care too much about the real sound quality and has a lot of money, he can buy these speakers  (shining "Rolex watches"). For me, Wilsons are not the best sounding speakers, even regardless of their cost.  Someone else though may like them more than the ones I like. 

Have to chime in and say I have never been happier with a pair of speakers than I am now with my old Wilson Witt series 1.
Ugly as a brick outhouse...definitely
Soundstage, vocals and bass to die for...assuredly
Yes these use Focal tweeters, I know as I had to replace the pair as one was blown along with the mid driver resistors in the crossover, one reason I picked them up for a song.
About $300 later and I am a VERY happy camper.
Are they for everyone, of course not.
Could I even dream of owning a 30k plus set of Wilsons, not in my limited lifetime!
Does their 220lb weight give me a hernia if I need to move them, yep!
Am I happy...you betcha

Yep, That's what we need! A straight 3-way speaker with a twelve inch woofer, six inch midrange and a sparkly tweeter. This used to be the norm (60's - 70's). then we started getting these "tower" speakers with the eight inch woofers (please). "Not to worry -if you want good bass, we'll sell you a subwoofer too!". I'd like to know why Mr. Wilson gave up on the Witts...

Imho people hear differently from each other. Once a speaker hits a certain point on the performance curve, it's almost entirely subjective. 

I have the VMPS RM 40’s for speakers. The owner and maker of these speakers passed on and his wife shut down the company. I paid under $2000 for these speakers compared to the Wilson’s that sells for thousands of dollars. I do not hear my system either. I hear sounds in the wide range beyond my speakers. I also hear great depth. Sound coming from the rear of the soundstage and sound from the front of the soundstage. Highs, midrange, bass are excellent. I listen to two channels only. People cannot believe what they are hearing when I put on vinyl, super audio cd, cd or DVD. Makes no difference. What does make the difference is the right components to drive your speakers. What makes the biggest difference is setting your system aright in your listening area or room. This is a must. Then of course there are good engineers and bad engineers when it comes to good sounding vinyl, etc. A good room setup with a recording done by an engineer that knew what he was doing can make any decent sounding component and speaker sound good. I am completely satisfied with my system and I do not hear my speakers or components.

In my experience, people who have good hearing do not hear differently but they might have different preferances and they might have different tolerance for distortion. For example, I don't have much tolerance for high frequencies distortion, some of mid and low are okay. I have a musician friend whoes hearing is better than mine but not different. He prefers the sound of panel speakers, I don't. But, he listens to mostly classical, and I don't listen to classical, only some neo-classical.