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kleinbl00  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Vintage Audio




steve  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·  

wow is right. The WAMM is impressive to see - but I preferred the X-1 (which I think is called something new). Yah.. the WAMM - back in the 90s, cost more than I paid for my house in 2008. And for that price, Mr. Wilson would come to your house and help you get it dialed in.

kleinbl00  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I knew the guys at Cello - the last one left, which I think is still in business. They'd built up a 5.1 rig out of Dynaudio drivers and custom amps hand-built by Mark Levinson. I was told I was listening to $70k a channel.

It sounded pretty dope, but it didn't sound 70x as good as a $1k/channel system.

Speakers shouldn't be impressive to see - they should be impressive to hear. I find that the weirder they look, the worse they sound (lookin' at you, B&W nautilus).

steve  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yah... if you can make a speaker sound good - who cares what it looks like. If you can make it sound good and look elegant - more power to you. Those B&Ws have been fodder for many-a-punchline.