Wilson Audio
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Wilson Audio is an American high-end audio company, located in Utah, run by David Wilson. Wilson Audio manufactures and sells subwoofers and loudspeakers.
Wilson Audio is known in the audiophile community as offering some of the most expensive speaker designs in existence. For example, the most inexpensive stereo speaker from Wilson Audio, the bookshelf-sized Duette, sells for about $10,000 US per pair, while home theater "Watch" center and rear channel speakers cost over $5,500. Their most expensive stereo speakers, the Alexandria X-2, sell for $135,000 MSRP per pair and up, depending on finish.
Wilson Audio will always be known for implementing the concept of highly rigid speaker cabinets. To further this end, Wilson's products have always used a synthetic resin, similar to Corian, for its speaker cabinets. Special colors and several high gloss varnish coat runs are applied to many of their products, giving them a unique automotive-like finish. Wilson also has used complex bracing and even lined its small WATT speaker with lead plates to increase the speaker's solidity and weight.
[edit] Controversy Over Wilson Audio
When Wilson Audio first began offering its products in the early 1980's, the highest priced small "monitor" speaker was $1,600 per pair. Wilson's small WATT speaker was introduced at $4,400 per pair (reference: [1]). Wilson's follow on products were even more expensive, which is why many audiophiles blame Wilson Audio for contributing to a severe price increase for the "best obtainable" audio products, which soared in the '90's and '2000's. [citation needed] The advocates of Wilson Audio counter that Wilson Audio products are made to exacting specifications in the USA, and offer higher performance than similar products from the competition.
