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Wilson Audio ALEXX V
$135,000 Pair
Alexx V Technical Specifications
Drivers
Woofers
One—10 1/2 inch (26.67 cm)
One—12 1/2 inch (31.75 cm)
Midrange
Two—7 inch (17.78 cm) / 5 3/4 inch (14.61 cm)
Tweeter
One—1 inch (2.54 cm)
Enclosures & Materials
Enclosure Type Woofer
XLF port, adjustable Rear or Front firing
Enclosure Type Midrange
Lower: Rear Vented / Upper: Rear Vented
Enclosure Type Tweeter
Sealed
Measurements
Sensitivity
92 dB@ 1 watt (2.83V at 1 meter @1kHz)
Nominal Impedance
4 ohms, 2.0 ohms minimal @ 250 Hz
Minimum Amplifier Power
50 Watts per channel
Frequency Response
+/- 3 dB 20 Hz – 32 kHz
Dimensions
Height
63 5/16 inches (161 cm)
Width
15 3/4 inches (40 cm)
Depth
27 29/32 inches (68 cm)
System Weight (Per Channel)
500 lbs each (226.80 kg)
Total System Shipping Weight (Approximate)
1,400 lbs pair (635.03 kg)
Klimax DSM will be available in April this year.
Klimax DSM (Audio / AV) £30,000
Klimax System Hub £15,000
Klimax System (Hub + Klimax 350 with Organik DAC)
Klimax Exaktbox with Organik DAC £15,000
Klimax 350 speakers with Organik DAC £57,500
Organik DAC Upgrade for Klimax Exaktbox £5,400
Organik DAC Upgrade for Klimax 350 Speakers £10,800
New Klimax DSM
Key features
Features Organik DAC, enabling our most natural sound ever
Available in two variants: Audio for music source connection; AV with the addition of HDMI connectivity for movie sources
Streams virtually any digital source over a standard network
Supports formats up to 24-bit 384kHz with the addition of DSD256
Integrates seamlessly with Tidal & Qobuz lossless streaming
Plays Internet radio via TuneIn & Calm Radio
Analogue, digital and wireless connectivity for performance and convenience
HDMI 2.0 connections (4K compatible) including eARC for Smart TV connection – AV variant only
New lowest distortion ADC gets the most from connected analogue sources
Exakt Links for connection of Klimax LP12, Urika II, Exaktbox or integrated Exakt speakers
Distortion-free digital volume control
Surround Sound Processing available with upgrade – AV variant only
Space Optimisation built-in (requires configuration by Linn Specialist)
Organik DAC: the beating heart of Klimax DSM
Next-generation Klimax DSM contains features and technology developed by our engineers across years of industry-leading research and development, including the ground-breaking new Organik DAC.
Designed without compromise and manufactured entirely in-house, the home-grown all-Linn Organik DAC combines FPGA processing with a discrete conversion stage, enabling us to precisely control and optimise every stage of the digital to analogue conversion process for the first time.
The first ever, all-Linn, digital to analogue converter
Designed and manufactured entirely in-house, Organik DAC is the first ever, all-Linn, digital to analogue converter.
With Organik DAC, Linn handles every element of the digital to analogue conversion process using a combination of FPGA processing and a discrete conversion stage.
These are designed to work together in perfect harmony. They’re precisely controlled and relentlessly optimised for exceptional audio performance.
Klimax DSM Technical Specification
Network music player and integrated pre-amplifier with inputs for additional digital and analogue sources
Inputs
Toslink x1
SPDIF x2 (one configurable as an output)
Balanced XLR x1
RCA Phono x2 pairs
USB Type B x1
HDMI (AV variant only) x4
HDMI ARC / eARC (AV variant only) x1 (via HDMI output)
Outputs
Balanced XLR x1 pair
RCA Phono x1 pair
HDMI (AV variant only) x1
Specification
Audio Formats FLAC, Apple Lossless, WAV, DSD (64/128/256), MP3, WMA (except lossless), AIFF, AAC, OGG
Resolution Up to 24-bit 384 kHz
Integrated Services Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify Connect, Airplay, Roon, TuneIn, Calm Radio
HDMI Spec (AV variant only) HDMI 2.0 – Supports: 4k resolution @ 60 Hz 4;4;4 HDCP 2;2; HDR; ARC; eARC; CEC
Ethernet x1
Optical Ethernet x1 (SFP socket)
Exakt Link x2
WiFi Yes (802.11ac)
Bluetooth Yes (4.2)
Construction Machined from solid aluminium
Finish Silver or Black anodised
Width 350 mm
Height 126 mm
Depth 350 mm
Weight 16.4 kg
Wilson Benesch
新サブウーハー TORUS Series.
Q3 2021.
The Next Generation of Infrasonic Generator Technologies
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LINNから 新KLIMAXシリーズ登場か！？
Organik DAC搭載
$40,000を予定
新KLIMAXは３バージョン用意
・Music for music sources
・Hub for use in a Linn system with Exakt technology
・AV for multichannel and home theater
主な仕様
・NEW ADC desgin on its own discrete circuit board
・Organik DAC
・On top unique large control dial in a mixed-metal design stands out
Dear colleagues from the press, You will find the latest press release of the HIGH END SOCIETY SERVICE GmbH below. We would appreciate if you will publish these news. In that case please send us a copy.
Kind regards,
Claudia Kazner
Press and Public Relations
HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH
The organizer of the event, the HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH, is pleased to announce that the HIGH END 2021 is now fully booked, even before the registration deadline at the end of March! After more than a year without events, this is sure to be music to the ears of exhibitors, trade visitors, consumers, media representatives and, of course, everyone involved in the success of the trade show during both the planning and implementation stages. The constant high demand for the sought-after exhibitor areas in the halls and atriums of the MOC Event Center in Munich clearly shows how keen the industry is to finally showcase its high-quality products to a live audience again after being starved of the opportunity for months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The HIGH END – an important provider of ideas and impetus on a global level
From September 9 to 12, 2021, the 39th HIGH END trade show in Munich will yet again shine the spotlight on excellent music reproduction, inspiring listening enjoyment and exquisite audio technology. For many years, the HIGH END has been providing both the big players in the industry and smaller owner-managed companies with their ideal presentation platform as the world’s leading audio trade show. It is the perfect place to establish business relationships, expand networks and exchange ideas and experiences with other industry experts. After trade shows all over the world were brought to a standstill by the pandemic, the international audio show now wants to further develop its high significance for the B2B area. “The second trade visitor day has attracted a consistently positive response”, reports Stefan Dreischärf, Managing Director of HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH. “We are very pleased about this situation and will do everything that we can to ensure that the HIGH END can take place in extremely safe conditions.” Dreischärf does, of course, regret that he will probably be unable to accept all registrations. As was the case in previous years, all further enquiries received for the HIGH END will now have to be placed on the waiting list given that the event is fully booked.
Safety in all respects
The September dates chosen for the event provide a high degree of planning reliability, which is likely to be particularly important for exhibitors and visitors from outside Germany. After all, current developments indicate that global travel will still be restricted in the early summer. Holding the trade show after the summer months allows more time for the advancing global vaccine rollout and the resulting immunization and containment of the pandemic. The wide variety of testing options now available increase confidence that events with a large number of participants will be able to be held by September. As can be expected, the event organizer has also developed a reliable and flexible hygiene concept that can be adapted to suit changing circumstances at any time.
Additional information:
The HIGH END is the undisputed international leader when it comes to impressively setting the tone for top-class music reproduction. The trade show has been providing ideas and impetus for producers, distributors, sellers and consumers of high-quality consumer electronics for four decades. Each year, representatives from the entire industry convene on four days at the HIGH END in Munich. From leading global players, right down to innovative start-ups, the exhibitors provide solid proof of their innovative verve, which they present to an international public at the HIGH END.
New Product Feet
Few things are as divisive as audiophile spikes. Grounded vs. isolated. We have tended to encourage our customers to choose what they prefer by providing a standard M6x1 threaded receiver (which we will still have). If you are familiar with our history, we have circled between solid spikes, rubber feet, and at times shipped with both. As we continue to refine our products, the need for product feet that meet our level of performance and aesthetics has worked its way to the top of our to do list. Here is our solution. Now shipping on all new orders. If you would like to update your system with these feet, please contact your local dealer.
Features:
303 Stainless Steel Material
Crafted in California
Mechanical and electrical isolation
Viton tipped
Non-marking
Oil and Chemical Resistant
High Ozone Resistance
Long-term elasticity
Soft tip reduces chassis strain though better weight distribution
Product Compatibility**
The Select Series
The Reference Series
The Premier Series
The Discrete Series
The DAC V Series
The Analog DAC
**Product feet for the S500, M500, S202, and M204 that support higher weights will be coming soon.
Continuing the Midrange – Tweeter – Midrange (MTM) design geometry of the original Alexx, our engineering team has spent considerable time advancing key components of the loudspeaker’s sound characteristics. Every baffle angle, at every module position, has been refined. The time-alignment accuracy of Alexx V is much closer to the XVX, giving this system the ability to recreate micro-detail one would expect from a much larger system.
The different sized lower and upper midrange drivers allow for a more careful tuning of the frequency band, which, when combined with the latest manufacturing advances, gives a greater degree of accuracy and adjustability. The incredibly fast and resolving 5.75” mid-woofer used in
the original Alexx, TuneTot, and SabrinaX, carries over for Alexx V. With the midrange band managed by two dissimilar sized drivers we opted to leverage the incredible advances of our Alnico (Aluminum, Nickel, Cobalt) QuadraMag® design. This 7” mid was originally developed for XVX Chronosonic and has a warmth, beauty, and texture that brings to life all the elements in your favorite recordings. The QuadraMag driver combines four separate magnets, arranged in an innovative quadrature geometry, further enhancing the delicate intricacies of the all-critical midrange reproduction quality.
Behind the midrange drivers, internal wave diffusers have been integrated to further aid the resolving power by dramatically increasing the settling speed of the system. This creates a more life-like reproduction of midrange tone, expression, and accuracy in these remarkable midrange drivers.
When it came to the tweeter, the R&D team once again considered all available options.
Fundamentally, the integration of the tweeter and midrange is an absolutely critical element to sound reproduction. Countless hours were spent examining areas of improvement. After careful and methodical consideration, the R&D team decided to build an all-new tweeter system.
Therefore, Alexx V features an entirely new Convergent Synergy Carbon (CSC) tweeter, which builds upon a modified version of the previous Convergent Synergy motor while embracing an outstanding and intricately innovative rear-wave chamber. This all carbon fiber design is completely manufactured in-house using several 3D printers. The sonic results of this tweeter development cycle have been nothing short of dramatic. The CSC offers far greater and more linear high frequency extension while roviding unprecedented ambient retrieval and superior harmonic detail.
Wilson Audio originally developed the 10.5” and 12.5” woofers in conjunction with the WAMM Master Chronosonic. These state-of-the-art bass drivers incorporate Wilson Audio’s latest thinking into accurate and musical low frequency reproduction. Carefully optimizing the Alexx V
enclosure, the internal volume has dramatically increased by sixteen percent compared to the original Alexx. The net result is that Alexx V features almost the same internal woofer volume as the Chronosonic XVX, which in turn allows for much deeper low frequency reproduction, faster
transient settling, and an overall increase in bass resolution.
The Wilson Audio Acoustic Diode™
The Process
The Wilson Audio Special Applications Engineering® (WASAE) Team has always approached the challenge of vibration mitigation from a scientific perspective. Once the science surrounding the elements to be deployed is acutely understood, the art of the project can begin. While designing the Pedestal®, a very effective tool used under audio equipment, the objective of this device was to isolate the equipment chassis from vibrations entering the gear from the surface it’s installed on. Wilson Audio has successfully employed extremely precise laser vibrometer testing equipment for well over a decade and a variety of other analysis systems previous to these tools. Valuable data collected from this equipment during dozens of product development cycles, including the R&D of Pedestal, gave the WASAE Team greater insights into the complexities of vibration management under loudspeakers. Putting to use their industry-leading understanding and material measurement database, the Team set the lofty goal of improving upon an element of the loudspeaker that traditionally has been very good for Wilson Audio. The Mechanics Loudspeakers interact with their environment in two primary ways. First, with pressure originating from the driver’s diaphragm and second, the vibrations directed into the floor from the enclosure through the speaker’s footers, or “spikes.” The first is what audiophiles and music lovers hope to experience in its most powerful, engagingly elegant, and intimately emotion ways when their system is turned on. The second is the area of exploration, and the primary focus, of this amazingly functional Acoustic Diode system .An improved spike system would have to minimize vibration from the enclosure going into the ground while simultaneously diminishing unwanted vibrations from be transmitted up into the enclosure. We have seen and scrutinized many ways the interface of loudspeakers to the floor are addressed. Many companies simply develop spikes to isolate the loudspeaker from the floor. These methods with elastomeric materials, ceramic bearings, and a wide variety of other designs can allow the loudspeaker to move in parallel with the drivers. Unfortunately, these micromovements can sonically present themselves as smearing, colorations, and various forms of distortion during musical playback. These artifacts can add an effect to the music that may be initially interesting and possibly exciting. The reality, however, is the fidelity of the recording has been altered. To remedy this, direct coupling to the floor is needed while, at the same time, not providing an easy path for vibrations to be injected into the ground. The Science Building upon the research and development of Pedestal, the Special Applications Engineering Team is excited to announce the Wilson Audio Acoustic Diode™ (AD Spike for short). At the heart of the Acoustic Diode is our proprietary “V-Material.” This superior constrained layer damping composite is unsurpassed in vibration absorption and resonance control. Energy from the enclosure migrates into the V-Material where it is faced with the effective damping properties of this efficient material. The mass of the loudspeaker concentrated onto the very small ends of the spike tips results in significant levels of PSI that prevent detrimental vibrations from traveling upward into the footer. Those vibrations that do travel up the spike are absorbed by the mass of the Acoustic Diode and have to travel through the V-Material to have a chance to influence the enclosure. Keeping the spike and threaded post separate prevent a direct path for vibrations to travel, or interplay, and are therefore dissipated and absorbed in either the V-Material or the footer housing. This distinctive design, combined with advanced vibration-mitigating materials, provides the best of both worlds; a solid base from which the drivers can launch as well as preventing the transmission of energy from the floor to the loudspeakers. Separation in the Assembly A machined V-Material insert is inset into the robust austenitic stainless-steel diode housing. A stainless-steel post is then threaded into this exclusive V-Material, never touching the diode component. On the bottom of the diode, a spike is threaded into the diode housing, but it does not couple with the V-Material insert. Once the Acoustic Diodes are installed into the loudspeaker, only the V-Material section of the diode comes in contact with the bottom of the loudspeaker.
Materials
Alexx V features unique and exotic materials that have been tested, developed, and refined exclusively for Wilson Audio over the course of roughly fifty years. Methodically utilizing mixedmaterials, in pursuit of obtaining the highest performance, has long been a fundamental aspect
to each Wilson loudspeaker.
A variety of carefully chosen materials have been implemented in this distilled design. The latest version of X-Material, extremely monotonic and damped in its response, is found throughout the woofer, gantry, and upper modules. S-Material is tightly coupled to each midrange and provides a neutral and natural surface from which music can launch. First used in the Chronosonic XVX, our latest and most remarkable sound-vortex V-Material is strategically nested into interface locations for superior vibration control. V-Material behaves like a vibration absorber and has been put in the structure between the woofer module and the gantry. VMaterial can also be found in our new, carefully engineered, and high performing Wilson Audio Acoustic Diode™ spike system. X, S, and V-Material, combined with carbon fiber, austenitic stainless steel, and aerospace grade aluminum, are artistically and judiciously blended to make cutting-edge audio and industrial art. Adaptable Alexx V is an extraordinarily adaptable design. Carrying over elements from its larger siblings, such as the XLF reversible woofer port and independently adjustable modules, allow this system to be elegantly tailored to your listening room. These tools built into the DNA of Alexx V allow for greater ease of installation into a wider variety of listening spaces, thus permitting the listener to truly experience the depth and ability of this system.
The open architecture gantry first launched with WAMM Master Chronosonic, followed by Chronosonic XVX, has now found a home with Alexx V. Not only does this benefit the overall appearance of the loudspeaker, but critically, it also enhances the overall rigidity of the entire
upper module section and minimizes pressure trapped behind the enclosures, resulting in greater fidelity. Easier access to the upper modules makes for quicker adjustments. Similar to our innovative lighting solution (Sono 1™ from Coolfall®) featured in Chronosonic XVX, Alexx V
has an illuminated cross brace at the rear of the gantry which aides in speaker module setup and time-alignment fine tuning.
