Article: Wilson Audio Alexia V Full Review

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Been on the same track for a decade.  Alexia to the Alexia II's were a very nice leap.  And I've had the Alexia V's installed about a week ago, and yet another big jump in overall performance.  Both of the last times I heard them at my dealer with Peter presenting.  But it's not until I got them in my own space that I really discovered how big a difference they make in comparison to the prior sonics.  Guess the room and associated equipment and memory account for much of this.

 

Words to describe what I’m hearing so far:

 

The Alexia V delivers:

 

No more clutter…unpacks everything…nothing is hidden..ruthlessly exposes everything, including too close or bad miking in the source

 

Articulate comes to mind, as does clarity and lifelike decay

 

The soundscape is more clearly exposed in all three dimensions

 

Yet the background is quieter than it’s predecessor

 

Three dimensionality is magnified yet with proper proportionality

 

There’s a deep bass foundation that effortlessly delivers, when called for with propulsive force

 

More articulate and dynamic…listening to Senor Mouse with Chick Corea and Gary Burton the instruments are more like the real thing…as are massed voices and an accordion on cuts like “Talk to Me of Mendocino” on Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s “Tell My Sister”.  Like many other instruments played through the V’s, it's more realistically rendered.

 

Authoritative - especially moving air - think a Joe Frazier body blow

 

Greater delineation, resolution and accuracy of sounds with a better and more pinpoint soundstage imaging - this midrange is wonderful as is the tweeter.  Seamless and absolutely time coherent presentation throughout

 

This speaker seems to demand you play the system louder to let it blossom, yet you don’t feel you’re being overwhelmed or swamped in the listening.  And proportionality is maintained throughout the sonic spectrum.

 

Everything is more realistic…even the audience in live recordings is captured in all manner of varied microphone placements

 

Net: refined yet mighty!