Robert Harley

JL Audio CR-1 Crossover $3500 Designed to augment (rather than replace) the manifold controls already built into JL’s subwoofers, this all-analog crossover allows you to fine-tune the transition between your subs and your mains with a precision, subtlety, and effectiveness that JV has never before experienced. The result is a truly seamless blend that, as far as JV can see, can be achieved in no other way.

The eight driver, five-way Autobiography is built around Wilson’s unique approach that provides precise time alignment between the drivers. But rather than creating a more precise version of the existing mechanism, Wilson has designed from a clean sheet of paper an entirely new and ultra-precise driver alignment system that realizes an unprecedented time accuracy of one microsecond.

Not satisfied with that monumental achievement, AlsyVox built on this platform to create a genuine world-class statement in what is possible in reproduced music—the Michelangelo reviewed here. Massive in size at 50″ wide and 80″ tall and weighing in at nearly 800 pounds per side (with external crossovers), the Michelangelo is a no-hold-barred assault on the state of the art in loudspeaker design.