Great stuff, Lee. Thank you for the thorough overview and detailed sound impressions.

What a great review. Thank you for describing your experience with the speakers and for explaining the Wilson Audio line. Great job.

I really appreciated all the detail in your review. Very aspirational. And inspirational.

A very good review. I have had the opportunity to listen to these fantastic speakers myself and I can only agree with your comments. Keep up the good work!

That Cranberry Pearl is absolutely exquisite. Anyone who hasn't seen it in person needs to do so to truly appreciate it. I agree with you about bass; one of the most amazing demos I've ever heard was a few years ago at RMAF. Wilson had a system set up with a pair of their Thor's Hammer subwoofers. They played a track that didn't have any appreciable low bass content, and in the middle of it shut off the subs. As soon as they did, your sense of the size of the room the track was recorded in went away immediately. When they turned them back on, it came back. It's clear that our bodies use subsonic cues we can't hear per se to help determine spacial orientation - which makes sense, as it's part of what allowed early humans to determine if that rustling in that bush was a potential bear or mountain lion across the field or RIGHT THERE. 🙂

How splendid, thank you for sharing your time with these speakers.

Excellent review and presentation by you - thanks.

Just beautiful. I wish I could see that finish in person. Congrats!

Thanks for the great review, snapped up some music along the way :)

When I first heard that you were a recording engineer, I thought, "OMG, another dynamics crushing recording engineer." Then you said Chesky Records and I am so happy that you did.

Great review Lee. I’m looking forward to hearing these at Axpona this weekend.

Need some Wilson audio in my life lol great review!

Good review. It was great see how the speakers were made. I have to commend you getting good quality video of the Cranberry Pearl finish. If I was to buy and Wilson speaker I would likely get that color. I have heard the XVX, AlexV and Sasha DAW with that finish, they all look gorgeous.

Great review. Thanks so much.

First: your reviewing via video makes most other TAS reviews seem quite limiting by comparison. You've done a superlative job that helps us get closer to appreciating the product. Second: as someone who's progressed from Alexia to Alexia II and now Alexia V, I'm in full agreement with your experience and assessment. These are musical and articulate and just so damned great!

That baby behind you the Revox A77 is for me the best open reel in design and sound, I have repaired it and was delighted

This is so great. Thank you for your collaboration with Chesky and subsequently the Atlanta musicians. I trust your judgment.

Nice review thanks👍

I have been an Audiophile for over 50 years. I that time have owned more big systems that most people read about. Starting with Quads original in my dorm room in 1970. The thing that I have always strived for , is the reality of size in relation to the listener. We should always try to repace the position on the performer to you at the concert or club at a distance that relates to your position in the listening hot spot . So with the speakers at say 20 feet from you the performance on simple vocal should be 20 to 30 feet back. The trouble with larger speakers and I will use the larger Wilson’s as a reference . The voice and ambiance become larger in reality. Having lived with both the Aleixia 1. And 2 and will say that their ability to relate to size and ambiance with the hot spot is Superb. There have been very few systems in my travels that do this. With many systems the voice projected is if you at at the microphone and not a listening position 20-30 feet away.this is very fatiguing. By the way I was the part owner of Lyric Hi Fi . And sold thing like infinity IRS etc .larger than reality, but many people liked that during its time . The Duntech Sovereign was one of the only large speakers that did it right years ago.

Great review.. Now that you added the Loke’ subs, I’d love to know why you felt subs were needed and what value adds were gained. My AlexiaVs in Ember Pearl arrive this month. Thank you!

The paint quality is even more superb, absolutely.

So Lee would enjoy seeing you at the Atlanta Audio club meeting . Like the video.

They look very nice in Ivory..I always went with dark colored W/A speakers but switching to white for my DAW's makes a very nice statement in our living room.

I’m a Wilson Sasha owner and these are a logical next step. Thanks for the review!

Terrific review, thanks. I have been looking at these and the Sasha DAW, wondering whether the Alexia V would work in a 15 X17X20 room--a lot of volume with the high ceiling but a relatively small footprint. Would appreciate your thoughts on minimum room size.

The cost of Scanspeak drivers + crossovers is only ~ U.S.$ 2,000.Wilson charges U.S.$68,000+ for ready built product.Nice.

Ditch those GIK Alphas for the front wall and put in pure well diffusers. Mind blown. Biggest best improvement I’ve ever done to my system.

Great long form review, the question now is Alexia V vs Alexx version 1 second hand…

I have some very nice speakers and suitable supporting cast but your video has me lusting after the Wilson Audio Alexia V's. Because I still have some sanity left I will never part with over $100,00o AUD's (unless I win Lotto) but at least I'm going to have a listen given the chance. Great video, thanks.

Great Review!! I think you mentioned the speaker cables you are running... was it Ansuz? I have Sasha DAW's coming in at the end of this month (in Cranberry Pearl as well) Which was an easy decision to make, speaker cables on the other hand, that has not been an easy decision. I want to get the most out of my new purchase but I also don't want to spend as much money on cables as I have in the speakers! So I have not purchased any yet.

The midrange unit has been changed so is the tonal balance, Alexia V sounds different I'm not really sure it's better

Good stuff

I have the convergent tweeters I use them in my ultra car audio set up some of the best tweeters I've used the focal Ultima by contrast harsh

These are exactly the same speakers I’m getting including the paint. The Alex V,they were too much for my room. I have a small room that is 10 x 20’

How much money did you pay for your speakers? Not MSRP, but how much did you specifically pay for them?

I think Alexia Vs are great. But I've also heard the Magnapan 20.7s which cost less than one third the price.

If I’ve been looking & listening to the Bowers & Wilkins 800 speakers, why should Wilson speakers for their extra cost be a consideration?

Comprehensive review. System tour...?!

Scanspeak collection in a fancy box .....nothing more. Troels Gravesen shows these for what they are !

Wow

At the price of them most will not buy its not convenient at all , How do they expect to make mass sales on them they do look amazing i must say.

I found my speakers. Paradigm Founder 120H

I admire Wilson’s products, but… If you have bass drivers that opposed forces you wouldn’t need to decouple from vibrations. If you got rid of the woeful invention called a passive crossover you wouldn’t need adjustable time-alignment, as the DSP can handle that. Micro and macro dynamics, low-level detail and driver control are all vastly improved with direct (active) amplifier connections.

I found my final car - Aston Martin DB 12.

Are these speakers really $67000??

Alexia 5

31 changes to the Speaker. YES, Because that is what Wilson is known for. Also my bet its not your last Speaker. I'm thinking Bose will be it. Wilson just made another change. That Wilson is way out dated Now 7 28 23

Until Next month when you find your final last speakers. Repeat for the next 30 years.

But my name is alexia

fantastic audio. Sad that the end result looks like something a rich boomer with no taste would put in his hobby boat

Amazing. A speaker that costs the same as a mid-size sedan…. & they couldn’t include magnetic grills.

it's funny how you speak: "I Found My Final Speakers" why these declarations? audiophilia is a lifelong disease, nothing is permanent here :) but what I'm trying to say is that it's normal that when you get bored with them, you will take another one...

Why do you used compressed files from Qobuz & Tidal instead of streaming hi-res files from local storage? I my experience streaming an album from a local hard drive or NAS sounds significantly better then streaming the same album from Qobuz or Tidal, with Qobuz sounding slightly better than Tidal. Your system certainly has the resolution to hear the difference.

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Thanks God we listen music 🎶 very good with no alien speakers and spent money in other areas, 67.000 for 2 speakers !!!