To adequately define what a flagship speaker is, it's useful to be precise about what it is not. It is not a product targeted at a price point, or a demographic, or a market niche. It is not about compromise in any parameter. It's safe to say that the Wilson Audio X-1 Grand SLAMM is not a product for everyone.
The X-1 is designed for one purpose: to reproduce sound with as much fidelity to the recorded source as current technology will allow. In order to achieve that goal in real-world conditions, a Wilson-trained technician will set up the speaker in your listening room or home theatre. The advanced Group Delay™ capabilities of the X-1 give the owner unprecedented control over actualizing the speaker's full potential in an adequately sized room.
The X-1 is designed to be an utterly neutral and transparent transducer. It is so revealing of its source components that several leading manufacturers of both solid-state and tube amplifiers use the X-1 as a listening reference in the design of their products.
The X-1 is unique in its startling ability to reproduce the true dynamic contrast and physical size of a musical event. A well-recorded drum kit, for example, will sound indistinguishable from the real thing, whereas every other loudspeaker will give you - to a greater or lesser degree - a dynamically compressed representation of that thing.
In order to create a large speaker without cabinet resonance, countless hours of research went into creating a proprietary material many times more rigid and sonically inert than anything on the market. Each X-1 driver is custom built to Wilson specifications and further modified at the factory. All driver assemblies undergo hours of critical testing to insure optimum performance. Every piece of hardware that goes into the construction of an X-1 exemplifies the total dedication to quality that underlies every Wilson product.
Wilson's patented Group Delay™ technology is a combination of proprietary crossover design and the ability to adjust individual drivers in the time domain. In the X-1, each driver module is precisely positioned during set-up to create a seamless coherency throughout the frequency range.
Finally, a paint process rivaled by only a few of the world's great carmakers imparts to every pair of X-1s a luster and beauty which will insure the value of your investment for years to come. Few products can claim the status of a true flagship. The X-1 Grand SLAMM is one that can.
Enclosure Type:
Woofer: Ported
Mid-Frequency: Closed
High-Frequency: Closed
Woofer: 1 - 15 inch, 1 - 12 inch
Midrange: 2 - 6 inch
Sensitivity: 97 dB (2.83 Volts at 1 meter)
Impedance: 8 Ohms
Minimum Amplifier Power: 20 Watts per channel
Frequency Response: 19.5 Hz - 22.5 kHz (-3dB SPL)
Height: 72 inches
Width: 16.5 inches
Depth: 25.25 inches
System Product Weight (approx.): 1,200 lbs
System Shipping Weight (approx.): 1,818 lbs
