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Stereophile review of the new Wilson Watt/Puppy

I received my copy of the latest Stereophile yesterday and was curious to see what Martin Collums had to say about them, even though I would take it with a grain of salt, knowing that he had owned them in the past. He's still one of the reviewers that I consider to be most technically informed and balanced in his reviews.

I'm starting this thread because I want to know if others found his conclusions as confusing as I did. He says that the speakers have deep powerful bass, great detail, wonderful dynamic range, and are able to play very loud without breakup. 

However, after all of that, he concludes that they are better for jazz and orchestral and perhaps a bit reticent for pop and rock. This made no sense to me, especially for a $40.000 speaker. I am curious about the opinions of anyone else who has read the review. 

roxy54
ritter06
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Had them for over a month now and still wowed by them. So much so that when I saw the WASAE center spkr for sale I bought it too. It’s astonishingly neutral and clear. The B&W HTM 1 it replaced sounded like a box by comparison.

It wasn’t cheap, but matches perfectly and disappears for vocals. 

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ozzy62
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@ovature 

Whatever you do, don't sugarcoat it.....

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ovature
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I feel really sorry for all of you who actually believe all the marketing BS and the so-called reviews in these magazines by people that are being paid off in one way or the other in order to write them. Before you buy something like this, you really should have a home audition of the product, even though I know most dealers won’t want to do it. I had plenty of opportunity to listen to the full range of Wilson speakers, including the ones we’re talking about here before I decided what to buy. I’m glad I didn’t buy into any of the hype that comes from reading these magazines. None of them can be trusted. Also, $40,000 even with a discount is a ridiculous amount of money for that tiny speaker with the off the shelf drivers and crossover. Wilson is a cabinet company and that’s about it.

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