Rowland JRDG 501 and Wilson Audio

For what it's worth, the only times I heard the
Watt Puppies sound really nice and smooth was with Levinson 33Hs and
Transparent cable at the old Soundex in Pennslyvania.
I think the preamp was Levinson also.
Otherwise they sound scratchy to me.

Those were WP6's way back in 1999. By the way,
I owned them with a Pass X350 and they sounded tizzy.

Just another 2-cents here--The last I heard the Watt Puppies was at the NY HE show in '07, and although much smoother than my WP6 setup, I still could not relax when vocals (female ones) were playing. There is some low-level annoyance factor with them. (I always have to say though that I think Wilson has the best bass, one that never calls attention to itself but you know is there in all its glory.)

I thought the big JM Labs Grand Utopia BEs did a better job. About 5 years ago at the NY show, I really liked the Eggleston Andras for a big-speaker sound. The Andras are too big with too much bass for my room, but if I had a big room, they would be on my short list.

Many say the Sophias are more relaxing than the WPs, but I have not heard them.