admin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:35 pm
At this high level, maybe it really comes down to subjective preference vs objective performance? In all honesty, how can one really say one is superior vs inferior when you are comparing top of the line gear like this where no corners are being cut?
The real driving force for this whole nearly two year long adventure was my love of what Wilson calls micro detail. Their foundation stands on three legs defined by David as Dynamic Contrast, Harmonic Expression, and Micro Detail.
It sounds like marketing gobbledygook, but if you spend enough time with a well set up pair, and if you’ve been listening to other speakers in a critical way, David’s sonic vision may come into focus. It did for me.
The BIGGEST difference between the 088/911 combo and anything else I’ve heard, is in the micro detail. More mumbled lyrics and more backing vocals clarify with this combination in my system than any other electronics combinations I’ve auditioned. My wife walked through my fairly sound proof man cave last night. She was taking a short cut to get something she thought was in my garage. It was while I was playing Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy album. She entered quietly during the cut before The Man in the Long Black Coat, and she returned as TMitLBC was starting.
She stopped in her tracks and quietly listened. She doesn’t care about audio or critical listening. As a rule, she would prefer to watch real estate programs on Magnolia Network.
But later in the evening she was still thinking about her unintended audition. When I emerged from “the room,” she said without prompting “I have NEVER heard Bob Dylan sing anything so clearly.” My unarticulated thought was “Yes, and this is one of his most unclearly mumbled lyrics.” But as a 48 year Member of the “Happy Wife = Happy Life” club, what I said was “Yes, I agree.”
It’s just stuff. I like mine. I hope you like yours. I probably like yours too.