electronics founded 1973 1973 founder david wilson headquarters utah united states key people sheryl lee wilson products high end loudspeakers website www.wilsonaudio.com wilson audio is an american high end audio company located in utah run and founded by david wilson . wilson audio manufactures and sells loudspeakers and subwoofers . contents 1 overview 2 current products 3 references 4 external links overview edit wilson audio is known in the audiophile community as offering some of the most expensive speaker designs in existence . 1 prior to manufacturing loudspeakers david wilson was a staff writer at the absolute sound magazine . 2 when wilson audio first began offering its products in the early 1980s the highest priced small monitor speaker on the us market was 1 600 per pair ; wilson s small watt speaker was introduced at 4 400 per pair . 3 today 2016 the most inexpensive stereo speaker from wilson audio the bookshelf sized duette 2 os offered for about 20 000 us per pair without stands 4 while home theater watch center and rear channel speakers cost over 5 500 . their most expensive stereo speakers the alexandria x 2 series 2 sell for 158 000 msrp per pair and up depending on finish . according to stereophile in 2015 the average price of wilson s product range is 69 325 per pair in standard colors and finishing and not considering potential extras . 5 wilson audio is known for building highly rigid speaker cabinets . they construct their loudspeaker enclosures from non wood materials such as phenolic resin composites and epoxy laminates . the cabinets are painted using a high gloss automotive process in a variety of colors . the company s record label was called wilson audiophile recordings and was known for its releases 27 in total that were issued on lp and cd between 1977 and 1995 . wilson audio is currently reissuing high resolution downloads of select titles . 6 despite its name there are no relations between wilson audio and the uk audio company wilson benesch also a manufacturer of expensive loudspeakers . current products edit alexandria xlf alexandria x 2 series 2 maxx series 3 alexx alexia polaris sasha w p mezzo sophia series 3 duette w.a.t.c.h. wilson audio theater comes home theater system watch surrounds series 2 watch center channel series 3 references edit guttenberg steve april 27 2010 . the 1 350 earbud is it worth it . cnet . retrieved 10 may 2010 . david wilson wamm watt whow & the puppies . stereophile.com . 2007 06 17 . retrieved 2016 10 07 . wilson audio watt puppy system 5 loudspeaker . 1995 11 23 . retrieved 2016 09 25 . wilson audio specialties duette series 2 loudspeaker . 2015 03 06 . retrieved 2016 09 25 . wilson audio specialties duette series 2 loudspeaker . 2015 03 06 . retrieved 2016 09 25 . wilson audiophile recordings return . stereophile.com . 2013 07 31 . retrieved 2016 06 08 . fortune article on wilson audio 1995 review of wilson watt puppy 5.1 from stereophile magazine 2001 review of wilson sophia by soundstage on line magazine external links edit official site this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wilson audio & oldid 743073527 categories audio equipment manufacturersloudspeaker manufacturerselectronics companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in utahelectronics companies established in 19731973 establishments in utahaudiophile record labelsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view