Wilson Audio Haters


I've always wondered why there are so many people out there, that more than any other speaker manufacturer, really hate the Wilson line. I own Maxx 2's and also a pair of Watt Puppys. They are IMHO quite wonderful.

Why does Wilson get so much thrashing?

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+++1 Doug. All we need is yet one more acronym with an unsupported claim to an audio revolution.
I very much agree that sense of 3rd dimension increases greatly the enjoyment of the system.  In fact however, when I go to live concerts I rarely if ever get that 3 D sound that I so enjoy in my system. 

@bo1972  Please refrain from calling other members "stupid" as you have done a number of times. Feel free to voice your opinion, but let others have their say, and respect their opinions as well. This is a discussion amongst gentlemen, not a lecture class in university.

That being said, I am a Canadian citizen, and travel across Europe every summer, during the month of June on a motorcycle adventure, with no particular destinations planed. I think that you are in South Eastern Europe, and I would like to meet with you, if possible to hear you back up your claims. No animosity BO, just an opportunity. Your call.

Tru-Fi has nothing to do with any kind of equipment. There are different aspects you can hear when you listen to a system.

I give you an example: Diversity in sound is the most important part to create emotion for us humans. It is a part of Tru-Fi

A few days ago we did a shootout between the S1 (AudioFacts modified) and the new Esoteric N-05. The person who does Esoteric in the Benelux visit me and wanted to do a shootout.

The difference in diversity in sound was huge. The S1 was able to reveal a lot more layers in the whole freq. range. Voices were not only richer, but you could hear the layers of a voice. When we listend to the same music withe the Esoteric it was like the layers were gone.

There was no connection witht the music. Like the emotion was gone. With the S1 you directly are connected with the music.

A friend of mine gave classical live concerts for about 60 people in his house. Here I learned that voices and instruments are very direct and small in dimenson.

I was hypnotized when I closed my eyes and I heard a voice live. I call this intimate sound. It is a part of Tru-Fi.

You want to hear voices as realistic possible. They need to be small and own the same size as in real. When a voice  becomes more physical apparant we talk about a higher black level. This is also a part of Tru-Fi

With the right properties you can create a higher black level.  It is very easy to compare parts in how good they are in this part. What we do is we use music and pick one part of Tru-Fi and explain it to our clients.

When you compare for example cables, the differences in how big instruments anv voices are in proportion is big. Same about how physical these voices and instruments are tangible.

Tru-Fi makes is easier for people to understand what the differences are between cables, amps, sources, speakers etc.

Tru-Fi has nothing to do with any brand or product. The focus is on the sound you can hear at the end. And you want to hear all the layers of the music. Toy want to hear the space of the room. You want to hear the diversity in sound, You want to hear the place in depth and width of an instrument and voices. You want to hear the differences in height of instruments when they used microphones at different heights.

The Esoteric could create stage depth and width. But the stage of the S1 was so much deeper and wider. This is dna you cannot change.

The S1 was a lot more dynamic and controled. This is the difference in dna as well. Like instruments and voices became more free and apparent withe the S1. Instruments and voices were a lot less tangible with the Esoteric. 

The person who brought the Esoteric said at the first song within 10 seconds; okay clear, no comparison. 

We are talking about superior quality between the S1 and the Esoteric.

In this year we have done a lot of research in smog, electricity, magnetism and diversity in sound. With different technical people we developed new parts and ideas to modify sources, amps and powersupplies. We made huge progress in many products.

Perfectionism goes on and on in my head. It never stops and it always needs to become better. So we go on testing. I work with great people who are also autistic in audio like me. Togheter we create new thoughts in audio. 

I have ideas in my head all the time, and I use their technical support to create it. This is their specialism. For me this is what I love most. It becomes very addictive when the results are mindblowing.

2017 will be the year we share it with manufacturers and customers. We have done it with many people all ready. But now we will make it public as well. 


Only at small concerts and at a few jazz concerts I have auditioned a 3 dimensional stage. But we have many ideas for live music as well.

Soon we will do the first tests with S.A.P.-measurement  for live music as well. When it works as we think it will we hope to publish it as well.

We have done tests in a hall with a ceiling of about 8 metres. The result were the same as in a small room. But now we will use it for live music.