Why? IMHO it has conditions to sound great - a diffuse reflector structure behind the speakers and the side cavities. Besides it has a large area and high ceiling.
Why? IMHO it has conditions to sound great - a diffuse reflector structure behind the speakers and the side cavities. Besides it has a large area and high ceiling.
Wow. Those massive speakers actually look small in that space. I like the fact that it looks like a room for entertaining others and not some windowless room in a basement meant for solo listening. Those are fine too for the listener, but it is refreshing that this owner seems to want his system in a more public space.
I don't see a centrally located listening seat in a "sweat spot". Ack, did you have a chance to listen to this system? How did it sound?
If you read Robb Report (aka Michael Jackson's favorite magazine) you will see ads from a fair number of high end manufacturers, including Wilson. They also feature stories of people who have very expensive home theater installations, sometimes a stereo system, and often other collections of wine, cars, boats, watches, etc. The settings are almost always extremely large, elegant, and, for most all of us, over the top residences. We were talking with a piano dealer who sells very expensive grand pianos ($100K and more). Many have gone into homes where the owners do not play, but want a concert grand in the living room because of how it looks. And, of course, only the best. I believe that most of the people with grand homes and matching stereo installations will have consultants who do the installation. They often have to compete with interior designers and spouses who want a certain look, and not to have speakers in the "wrong" spot in the room where a certain piece of furniture has to be. Of course, they can always build a separate room just for the stereo.
Interesting differences. With the Wilson WASP set up procedure where installation is handled by the dealer, how can something like this occur? Perhaps the owner or interior decorator's opinion overrides that of the dealer/Wilson rep.
Bruce, that photo is something these eyes will never forget. It's like accidentally seeing your grandmother naked. You never wanted to see it in the first place but it's a mental image that you can't get rid of! Whomever owns that system needs to hand over their audiophile card yesterday. What a shame!
Bruce, that photo is something these eyes will never forget. It's like accidentally seeing your grandmother naked. You never wanted to see it in the first place but it's a mental image that you can't get rid of! Whomever owns that system needs to hand over their audiophile card yesterday. What a shame!
That person probably doesn't care. Some people buy things because they get to a certain place and feel like this is necessary. I bet his garage has several exotic cars that never see the light of day too.
pull the speakers out from the wall and away from the side window and toe them in. That should fix things....along with some traps/diffusors. Quality Burm gear there.
maybe okay if all speakers are on Stillpoints. As it is, the bass sound wave is going back up the spikes and resonating with the main speaker cabinet....a muddy feedback loop.
Whats the big deal if the guy enjoys it that way , he definetively will know by now how its done " the audiophile way "
I guess he wants to get good high bandwith large scale sound and still enjoy the living space and watch tv on the system .
