RMAF 2012 Day 2 - Tyson and Pez Coverage LIVE

Pez · « **Reply #40 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 12:45 am »

And that's the show for today! Going to dinner with some AC folks.

morganc · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 12:49 am »

GR Research
Dodd Audio
PI audio group, LLC
dB Audio Labs
Triode Wire Labs, Inc.

Now that Danny wants to sell $20,000 speakers, he should consider stepping up his front end. He may notice that people judge a $5,000 speaker quite differently than a $20,000 set. I've witnessed how great the Super V's sound with a $40,000 front end. I've owned pretty much the same front end he's using here with the Mac Mini,Dodd, and Tranquility and they are very good, but the $30,000 in extra gear (chosen with synergy of course) does take the system to the higher echelons. Hopefully he gets the system to shine by tomorrow.

sounddog · « **Reply #42 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 01:07 am »

If you get a chance, check out the Tocaro speakers in the Austin Hi Fi room. I found them to be clear and natural; these speakers got out of the way of the music.

jhm731 · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 01:53 am »

Quote from: Pez on 13 Oct 2012, 11:59 pm

Get my pictures, sit down and suddenly the absolute worst sound I have ever heard explode out of these speakers. There was some sort of file corruption and it caused what I can only describe as white noise at 120 dB. Fuck me I thought I was going to die.

Yikes!

Thanks for checking out the room, hope you're not hurt....did they give a t-shirt for your pain and suffering?

Other reports on the room and speakers are very positive:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-alexia-and-its-elite-companions

http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/auditioning-the-new-wilson-audio-alexia-loudspeaker

Wilson has already sold 80 pairs of Alexias.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #44 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 03:20 am »

Quote from: jhm731 on 14 Oct 2012, 01:53 am

Yikes!

Thanks for checking out the room, hope you're not hurt....did they give a t-shirt for your pain and suffering?

Other reports on the room and speakers are very positive:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-alexia-and-its-elite-companions

http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/auditioning-the-new-wilson-audio-alexia-loudspeaker

Wilson has already sold 80 pairs of Alexias.

I have similar impressions as Pez & Tyson. Every time I listen to Wilson's I find they sound very analytical and not in a good way. Very sterile and not tonaly accurate to my ears. I never never feel like I am listening to music. I think they are some of the most over-hyped, overrated speakers on the market, but they do have a beautiful finish.

Laura

jtwrace · « **Reply #45 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 03:49 am »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 14 Oct 2012, 03:20 am

Every time I listen to Wilson's I find they sound very analytical and not in a good way. Very sterile and not tonaly accurate to my ears. I never never feel like I am listening to music. I think they are some of the most over-hyped, overrated speakers on the market, but they do have a beautiful finish.

Laura

YES!!!

ted_b · « **Reply #46 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 03:52 am »

Quote from: jtwrace on 14 Oct 2012, 03:49 am

YES!!!

+10

jhm731 · « **Reply #47 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 03:52 am »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 14 Oct 2012, 03:20 am

I have similar impressions as Pez & Tyson. Every time I listen to Wilson's I find they sound very analytical and not in a good way. Very sterile and not tonaly accurate to my ears. I never never feel like I am listening to music. I think they are some of the most over-hyped, overrated speakers on the market, but they do have a beautiful finish.

Laura

Laura,

Are you at RMAF and listened to the Alexias?

Maybe you're just used to listening to the colorations of a wooden box.

Pez · « **Reply #48 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 03:59 am »

Nope they absolutely were awful. Laura is pretty dead on here.

Edit: I also want to posit a question, why is it that a wooden box is colored sounding, yet a composite box is not? The reality is your trading one type of coloration for another. Just because something is new doesn't mean that it sidesteps the laws of physics.

satfrat · « **Reply #49 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 04:03 am »

Quote from: Pez on 14 Oct 2012, 03:59 am

Nope they absolutely were awful. Laura is pretty dead on here.

The Dispenser of Truth has spoken!

jtwrace · « **Reply #50 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 04:08 am »

Quote from: jhm731 on 14 Oct 2012, 03:52 am

Laura,

Are you at RMAF and listened to the Alexias?

Maybe you're just used to listening to the colorations of a wooden box.

Ummm. Nope.

standub · « **Reply #51 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 04:27 am »

Yeah I'm going to back up the other opinions here and say the Wilson's were very middle of the road. And just plain stupid at the price they are charging.

rbbert · « **Reply #52 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 04:49 am »

I think the Wilson Maxx 3's sounded absolutely fabulous in Nick Doshi's room. The Alexias, not so much...

orientalexpress · « **Reply #53 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 05:04 am »

At California Audio show,i feel the way.Wilson sound like

.All four of us leave before the song is over.The record they're use on the turntable is dusty and dirty

.

lapsan

jhm731 · « **Reply #54 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 05:30 am »

LOL!!!

2bigears · « **Reply #55 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 06:41 am »

Super V's . 5k dollars to 20k dollars for new model ,,,, hummmmm You guys are doing a great job relying neat info and great pics....

Rclark · « **Reply #56 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 08:34 am »

Quote from: hessec on 13 Oct 2012, 05:09 pm

Anybody seen or heard rumors of any magico speaker being used in any room? I know they don't have their own room. Many thanks want to hear the s5.

welcome

Jeff Joseph · « **Reply #57 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 10:38 am »

Hey guys,

You haven't actually hit the Joseph Audio room yet.

We're in 522, with Bel Canto design, & Cardas Audio.

Jeff
JosephAudio

JLM · « **Reply #58 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 11:28 am »

Pez/Tyson,

Could you please clarify which Vapors you were commenting on in each room?

drumiha · « **Reply #59 on:** 14 Oct 2012, 12:52 pm »

Many thanks Pez for sharing your impressions with us ! In the Vapor room that impressed you the most, the speakers playing were the Joule Black or the Cirrus Black ?