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    Impressed with recent Wilson XVX audition - is there anythings that presents that kind of detail without sounding analytical?

    With a properly set up XVX, the image is not too tall, and certainly not 8 ft for a voice. In order of the set up process, the following are all possibilities 1) Poor choice of the Zone of Neutrality/ Listening Position 2) Improperly aligned modules relative to the listening distance/ ear...
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    Midrange 7`scanspeak, Sophia 2 Vs Alexia V and Alexx V ?

    Those are Wilson Audio Quadra-Mag mid-range drivers, designed by Daryl Wilson and Vern Credille (initially for the Chronosonic XVX and now used in Alexx V and Alexia V) , and built for Wilson by Scanspeak.
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    Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX First Impressions

    HughP3 Sunday at 5:03 PM The XVX need room to breath and do deserve top shelf everything. I auditioned them in 2 locations (2 different states in US). The first audition was poor do to the room and a very poor cobbled together choice of electronics. The second audition was spectacular with a...
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    Has Jim Smith Found the Magic Formula for Speaker Placement?

    Tweeter to Tweeter * 1.2 = Listening Distance Example: 100 inch tweeter to tweeter = 120 inch listening distance (DAW range) .83 * Listening Distance = Tweeter to Tweeter. Example: 120 inch listening distance = 99.6 inch tweeter to tweeter (Jim Smith) These are good starting points, assuming...
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    Wilson Audio announces the Alexia V

    A piece of a very large puzzle. So many other pieces allow it to shine
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    Wilson Audio announces the Alexia V

    The Quadra-Mag Alnico Mid-Range was Dave's last project with Vern Credille. The difficulty of design - the manufacturer insisted that the concept would never work - left it a design in progress at his death. Daryl Wilson and Vern completed the design specifically for the Chronosonic XVX.
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    Wilson Audio announces the Alexia V

    Steve not to worry. If we have painted it previously and it is still available from our suppliers, a color falls into our upgrade category. I believe we are somewhere between 70 and 80 upgrade colors.
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    "High End Dealers and You" - The "Hidden Rules" (At least for some)

    We have discussed the methodology to enact a fair effective trade-in/ CPO program with high end manufacturers who will listen. Any long established manufacturer has far more owners of their product in the field and more aspirational potential owners than all their new product owners that will be...
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    "High End Dealers and You" - The "Hidden Rules" (At least for some)

    Some of what you have written is contained within our Wilson Way Training sessions on the ever changing hifi market (and how we got here going back to the Fair Trade Acts states enacted in the 1930's) followed by sessions on Trade-Ins and Certified Authentic. The vehicles and methods change but...
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    "High End Dealers and You" - The "Hidden Rules" (At least for some)

    Sadly, exclusive (entitled) territories have eroded service expectations over the past half a century. Better to remove geographical lines and set a dealer service standard well above expectations than continue to empower dealers who believe they "own" the customer because of his/her address.
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    New AlexxV

    That reply is referring to Chronosonic XVX and the WAMM. They are the only speakers for which we provide dealers/distributors with proprietary offsets. However, we supply exact listening distance/ear height settings to our dealers and distributors for any of our alignable speakers.
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    New AlexxV

    I am talking about proper time alignment based on a listening distance and ear height numbers that are between the distances/heights listed in the manual. Amplifier specification is not a part of this.
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    New AlexxV

    Pedro can contact us to get precise numbers for a listening distance and ear height that are in between the settings in the manual. Those settings should be requested/applied once the speaker position and listening position are finalized.
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    Axpona 22’ pictures

    I was not there. I was just trying to ascertain to which DAW you referred. There were two pair at the show
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    Axpona 22’ pictures

    The Mytek room?
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