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Post Subject: Reality CheckPosted by Paul S on: 5/30/2018
I first heard the WAMMs in LA, sometime around 1984-5, or so. They were multi-amped. I suppose my (SS) amps would drive the new WAMMs FR, since they will easily drive Mark M's giant electrostatic speakers to over 100 dB, measured at 5 m. They are 600W/channel. I wrote about them on this site. I have not heard the big Wilson speakers "optimized", other than the original WAMMs. I've heard lots of the smaller ones, in many settings, and they are always too lifeless and boring. The original WAMMs sounded pretty darn good, but they lost ground in "transparency" and "presence" to the old "stacked Quads" that were also demonstrated at that show. Nothing but horns could touch those WAMMs in terms of "dynamics", however. Sure, if there is a serious approach to a speaker system, then the amps have to be considered at the same time. Of the "tight stack" Wilson speakers, the Alexx seems to be the "least" one to consider. I have had two opportunities to listen to this speaker but I have not wanted to stay in the room with it as they presented it; too many problems and not enough time to try to sort it out. They can make SPL, all right, but I've not yet heard them properly load their room. It would be a hell of a project to tie big Wilson speakers to DSET! Wilson spends a lot of time and money on their networks, they pretty much "design the speakers around them", and these networks alone pretty much ensure that SETs will have a tough time with Wilson speakers.
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