Article: Review | Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX - Part 1, The Build

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On 11/25/2020 at 2:54 PM, NOMBEDES said:

No doubt a wonderful build.

 

However, I have to say it:

 

WAF Score:  O out of 10 (a 10 is given to a speaker that the significant other will admit "looks OK".)

I have often wondered what any Wilson Speaker would sound like in the poor acoustics of a certain bunker in central Berlin circa 1945.   They certainly look like something only a fan of the brutalism school would love.

I agree.   Wilson speakers have always struck me as the product of advanced engineering with crudely sophomoric aesthetics.  

 

The best audio design is where Form and Function are aligned to create something more.  Unfortunately, Wilson is capable of only half the equation.  

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On 11/28/2020 at 12:32 PM, Allan F said:

 

IMO, You are being unfair to yourself. Allow me to point out a very significant and fundamental difference between this "Review" (Ad?) and yours of the RAAL headphones. Unlike this "Review:, you raved about the product. You did not, however, endlessly heap superlatives on the manufacturer. Therein, IMO, lies the difference between a reviewer and a fanboy.

I found Danny to make the same error (in my opinion) with his Coffee Talk interview with David Wilson.  Fanboy from start to finish.  I think it's great that he has such admiration for David and Wilson Audio, but it just comes on so thick as to border on idolatry.  Maybe try to "tone it down just a little bit" as David Wilson himself said at the beginning of the interview.

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On 1/2/2021 at 1:13 PM, The Computer Audiophile said:

Wow, inside every cloud there’s a black lining I guess. 
 

I’ll never understand such comments and spending one’s valuable time to leave them. 

I'd encourage you to try to take criticisms of the writing on your site constructively (as they are intended) instead of defensively.  

 

  At more traditional publications, Stereophile for instance, the writing first goes to someone who edits and guides the writer to produce the best work possible. I don't know how it works at Audiophile Style...

 

I think a lot of the material on AS is pretty awesome, btw!