The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues.

The GR dude does come across as kinda dishonest in those videos trashing speakers, honestly.

At the same time, it looks like he’s legit, and some of his speakers are well-regarded.

So maybe he’s not doing himself any favors with the YouTube shtick. Upgrade kits can’t be such a big part of his business anyway.

Which of the following is truer?

1. Negativity is bad for sales

2. Any attentoin is good attention

Danny should watch more Uncle Paul videos and learn ruthless hucksterism from a grand master

thecarpathian

Recently there was a thread about some abysmally stupid statement YouTuber Rick Beato made in an effort to ingratiate himself with his geriatric audience. A lively discussion ensued, and not once did I mention his terrible sideburns. You can do it man!!

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If a pac-man machine copulated with a traffic light

Has any person ever bought a pair of these horrors, or are they just decoys meant to make the $500K ones look sensible?

@ghdprentice I don't doubt it. I would welcome the opportunity to audition them..

What I don't get is why a person would tolerate these things in the beauty (hopefully) of their homes, candy apple paint job and all

Looks-wise, honestly, I would welcome Vivids in my home. Wilsons, never.

Different, weird, I can rationalize and even grow to love. Offensively ugly, I can't. Wilson designers actually went to great lengths to make those speakers painful to look at. The sculpted sides look like those fiberglass kit cars they made in the 70s.

Only Wilson Audio could make $1M speakers look cheap.

But Vivids? Any time. They are said to sound fantastic, too.

@inthesticks I think you are correct, I don’t recall the Wilson’s age being mentioned in his 1st video either.

Maybe he mentioned it in his follow-up video, but it was so boring I stopped watching it after a few minutes.

Low impedance is immaterial when speakers are paired with amplifiers that are right for them.

Lots of folks out there under-power their speakers.

Some speakers, especially vintage ones, will react to this indignity by either sounding like garbage or by frying the offending amp.

Other speakers will still sound pretty good, yet withhold their best. 

At the end of the day the vast majority of speakers, polite ones included, benefit sonically from high-power / high-current amplification.

My sarcasm detector is chirping. It probably needs new batteries.