WILSON AUDIO/ cost vs. value

How many of the posters on this thread actually own, or have owned, WIlson products?

Out of the people who have, what do you feel about the cost vs value issue now, are you comfortable with what you paid, or do you now feel the price was inflated, and you did not get good value?
883dave (Threads | Answers)

Great question. Long term owners (or owners who have eventually sold) of any product are the best sources for opinions of value.

Dave, excellent point. There are things I do, own, have done for me that, when I was a young buck, I thought to be ridiculous to spend the money on. Now I do those things and oodles more. Why? Because I have the means. As to Wilsons, being worth the money? I haven't heard their new Puppy, but the ones I have, I'm not wild about the sound. I don't understand why all these audiophools are picking on Dave Wilson and his (to me) over priced speakers. Don't buy em and clam up. He's entitled to his markup. Fair or unfair. Wilson does give you a lot of weight and fine craftmanship...sound? Not my cup of java..

Tvad,

Nicely put, my point exactly, approximately 50 posts ago.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1149015570&openflup&30&4#30

Thanks for re-affirming it!

Regards,

Grant

Warren...
It has been said that people generally stop spending money in their early fifties, so maybe we all revert back to being frugal like the young only now with a different reason.

If you are not wild about the sound, which is not your cup of java, why have you not sold the puppy's yet?

As for picking on Dave Wilson, I believe that once you get sucessful, or high profile in the media eye, the masses start to notice and take sides, we all need hero's to embellish, and villian's to debase.

PS...nice looking system, bet there is a lot of time in front of it.

I meant the Wilson's I have "listened" to. Not ownership "have." Sorry for the confusion...