What's Best Forum's Masters & Makers: Daryl Wilson, CEO, Wilson Audio

What's Best Forum's Masters & Makers Interviews: Daryl Wilson, CEO, Wilson Audio
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The industry of high-end audio chronicles the passion for emotionally-engaging sound, the pursuit of engineering perfection and the love of music. The designers of our components come to audio from many different fields, but each designer wants to fill our ears and our souls with joy from the sound of extraordinarily reproduced music.
We are an unusual industry, comprised of a few relatively large companies, and many small companies. Many high-end audio manufacturers start as one person efforts, literally in their garages.
Some designers have the engineering talent to create a breakthrough component which could bring us closer to the sound of live music in our homes, but not the business acumen to succeed. Other people have marketing prowess, but not a sufficiently differentiated or sonically accomplished product. Still other people have both the engineering ability and the business ability, but never achieve the profitability necessary to sustain a successful high-end audio enterprise. A few companies are so successful that they become enduring engineering, manufacturing and marketing audio dynasties.
Masters & Makers showcases these talented and creative designers, and brings them into your homes. Together, we will learn what drives them to dedicate their lives to the pursuit of high-end audio. We will understand how their love of music fuels their passion to achieve believable sound. Here are their stories . . .
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[@daveuk1324]

Thanks for sharing a great conversation between two well-informed individuals who don't descend into the usual vacuous marketing speak. Whether or not you agree with him, Daryl Wilson is a knowledgeable and articulate CEO. Far better than many in this industry.

[@whatsbestforum]

I'm glad you enjoyed the interview, Dave!

[@techrider2088]

Brilliant interview questions. So well thought out. Totally impressive!

[@whatsbestforum]

Thank you very much!

[@trackingangle929]

Excellent, very substantive interview. Good questions and Daryl's answers were well-informed for sure..

[@whatsbestforum]

I am delighted that you liked the interview! Thank you for the kind words! Daryl is extremely impressive. It is wonderful and unique that the CEO is the company's most talented designer, as well as its most articulate spokesman!

[@Smood47]

Rons questions are amazing. Hes honestly one of the best interviewers in the business.

[@whatsbestforum]

Thank you very much for the kind words!

[@quant2011]

Superb questions, Ron. Keep these interviews coming. My 2 cents about Wilson: 1) why so many mastering studios, incl Bob Katz are using Lipinski monitors not Wilsons? Side note, Mr Lipinski was recognized by US National Bureau of Standards to have unique hearing capabilites. 2) Field coil open baffle models by OMA, Treehaus, Wolf von Langa, Songer- science is brutal here- they must be more realistic than non-field coil drivers in a box, and it does not matter how good the box is. 3) Bass reflex port used in all Wilson models - thats a can of worms. Show me any scientific proofs that it is superior to either dipole or closed box. Perhaps the most creative bass section was designed by Stavros from Aries Cerat, array of four 15 inchers in an open cube. It seems to me, that Wilson is closed to either old tech (field coil) or new ones (AMTs, ribbons, active crossovers). But ok, looks like this particular niche is successful , business-wise. Final note, acoustic time alignment is also done by both Lipinski and wolf von langa.

[@sloboat55]

Very entertaining and informative

[@whatsbestforum]

Thank you for letting me know! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@korlsa368]

Awesome interview - just awesome!

[@whatsbestforum]

Thank you so much! I'm delighted you liked it!

[@user-iq3kx9mn2e]

Great interview 👍Very impressive and informative!

[@whatsbestforum]

Thank you!

[@mcgovernjimmy]

Regarding Ribbon tweeters: "as soon as you take that microphone off-axis even 1 to 2 degrees you start getting very extreme roll-offs." I'm curious of an example this in measurement? I"m aware of a number of current speakers with ribbon tweeters where the measurements show that this "extreme roll off" is certainly not the case. I own a pair of Wilson Audio speakers and I love soft dome tweeters; however, this comment about ribbon tweeters is puzzling, to say the least.

[@whatsbestforum]

Hello Jimmy, I think you raise a fair question. Perhaps Daryl slightly overstated the point? I personally believe that implementation trumps theory. Even if some ribbon tweeters exhibit extreme off-axis roll-off I suspect that not all ribbon tweeters exhibit extreme off-axis roll-off. For example, I suspect that Damon and Leif's ribbon tweeters in the Von Schweikert loudspeakers, and Oliver's ribbon tweeters in the Gobel Divin line, do not exhibit extreme off-axis roll-off. I think panel loudspeakers with line array ribbon tweeters such Magnepan, and loudspeakers with full range ribbon drivers such as my Pendragon, and electrostatic panels such as MartinLogan, tend to be more prone to "head in the vise" issues. But Gary Koh specifically designs his big Genesis Technologies panel loudspeakers for good off-axis response so a room full of people can enjoy the music. Ultimately, I return to my view that implementation trumps theory.

[@quant2011]

and there are also omni directional ribbons, of which i know only two: in Bayz audio and Zeta zero orbitals. @@whatsbestforum