Wilson Alexia V
Wilson Audio is well known for its persistent R&D advancements and continuous pursuit of “Excellence in All Things”. As development finished on Alexx V and as Alexia Series 2 reached its five-year anniversary, Wilson Audio’s Engineers were put to the test to see how far they could push Alexia’s performance envelope. What unfolded is nothing short of remarkable. More than thirty areas of improvement were identified and refined. Benefiting from the enormous evolutions found in Chronosonic XVX and Alexx V, Alexia V truly sits upon the shoulders of giants.
Wind-swept fields and towering arches served as points of inspiration for the more svelte lines and thoughtfully distilled design of Alexia V.
Alexia V’s enclosures are crafted from many exotic and proprietary materials. Included in these handcrafted enclosures are the latest versions of X-Material & S-Material, V-Material strategically nested throughout its form, carbon fiber, aerospace grade aluminum, austenitic stainless steel, and gold connections throughout the entire signal path. Each element has been carefully chosen and optimized for its distinctive role in extraordinary sound reproduction.
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New Drivers
Convergent Synergy Carbon Tweeter
The Alexia V features an entirely new Convergent Synergy Carbon tweeter, which builds upon a modified version of the previous Convergent Synergy motor. The new tweeters use an innovative 3D-printed carbon fiber rear-wave chambers, which are completely manufactured in-house at Wilson. These latest tweeters offers far greater and more linear high frequency extension while providing unprecedented ambient retrieval and superior harmonic detail.
New Floor Spikes
The Mechanics
Loudspeakers interact with their environment in two primary ways. The first is the (desirable) sound pressure created from the vibration of the drivers; it is what music lovers hope to experience in its most powerful, engagingly elegant, and intimately emotion ways. The second way is through the (unwanted) vibrations which are directed both from the enclosure into the floor through the speaker’s footers, and also any room vibrations transmitting from the floor into the enclosure. Ideally, the speaker is both “coupled” to the floor, but also “isolated” from it. To solve this problem, Wilson‘s R&D team created the new Acoustic Diode system .
The Science
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 pressure that prevents 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.
New Materials
V for Vibration Control
Alexia 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 mixed-materials, 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, Wilson’s 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. V-Material can also be found in their new, carefully engineered, and high performing Acoustic Diode spike system. X, S, and V-Material, combined with carbon fiber, austenitic stainless steel, and aerospace grade aluminum, are aesthetically and judiciously blended to make cutting-edge audio and industrial art.