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Here's the real description of the WAMM speakers...

Design and Philosophy:

"Frankly, I designed the WAMM Master Chronosonic for me as a tool, and as a thing of beauty," Dave told me. "It was never designed as a product; I intended to build a limited number of them for friends of Wilson who chose to acquire them."

The WAMM's driver configuration consists of:

Front Firing Drivers:
1x 1" Convergent Synergy Tweeter (version 5) developed for WAMM
2x 4" Upper Mid (8 ohm) developed for WAMM
2x 7" Lower Mid used in several Wilson Audio products: XLF, Alexx, Alexia, Sasha W/P 2, Yvette, and Polaris
1x 10.5" Upper Woofer developed for WAMM but first released in the Alexx due to the very long WAMM development cycle
1x 12.5" Lower Woofer developed for WAMM but first released in the Alexx due to same.

Rear Firing Drivers:
1x 1" Convergent Synergy Tweeter (version 5) developed for WAMM
1x 4" (16 ohm) developed for WAMM

All internal wiring is by Transparent. Each driver's wiring has a custom twist ratio whose sonic differences are both measurable and audible. Twist ratios may change when the same driver is used in different model loudspeakers.

You'll note that the Alexx is mentioned at least three times in the driver description. Truth be told, Daryl was developing the Alexx at the same time Dave was perfecting the WAMM Master Chronosonic. During my visit, either he or John commented that the Alexx is, in some respects, a smaller (and less finely adjustable) version of the WAMM. At one sixth the price, I might add.

Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audios-ultimate-loudspeaker-wamm-master-chronosonic#MgCjEwYdW3lKUrhg.99

I've heard the Alexandria and they looked and sound very formidable. The only thing wrong about it was I couldn't afford them.




Edits: 02/13/17
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