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

Isn't this a "review" by a competitor who mostly criticizes the design choices made by Wilson for the Watt/Puppy? 

No, it is not a review.  An unhappy Wilson owner sent the speakers to Danny.

That is how it goes and this is less a review than a personal discourse on one builder's preference on design.

So would you drop $27K on a choppy FR and accept that as a design preference?  The bad FR was duplicated by another respected reviewer.  That Wilson FR is not even close to what is considered industry standard +/- 3 dB.   

A Frequency Response curve shows if a speaker is accurate.  That curve is a mess and could not even be deemed a ":voicing" choice.

Isn't the obvious question why is he reviewing/modding and slagging a 13yr old iteration of the WWP?

You need to actually pay attention.  NOT a review.  Danny did not select the speakers, an owner sent in unhappy with the Wilsons.

Second video pointed out how bad individual drivers measured and the potted crossover.  Danny continually reveals the poor design and build quality of many speakers, all sent to him.

As any speaker designer knows, a really flat speaker sounds terrible.

A flat FR does not by itself define the sound quality of a speaker.  Personal experience with multi $K speakers universally reviewed as great sounding with flat FR.  They were very accurate but made music sound lifeless.  Crossover had almost 2 dozen cheap parts.  Rebuilding the crossover with quality parts maintained a flat FR, but brought music alive with clarity, detail, and dynamics.

@livinon2wheels 

He does and says things I don't agree with and I left a lengthy comment on one of his threads on YT and told him how and why I thought he was incorrect. He vehemently disagreed with my assessment and as he wouldn't engage in a fair discussion in a public forum with me, he is just another voice in the audioVILE community that I don't consider credible.

Why do you feel entitled to further discussion?  Fair discussion in a public forum is very passive aggressive and casts doubt as to your true motives. 

Exactly what is your beef?  What is not backed by science or engineering?  Sounds like sour grape mud slinging on your part.

@simonmoon ,

+100  Nailed it!  

Age of the Wilson speakers is irrelevant.  Good speaker design was not discovered last week.

@mulveling 

You might want to be aware of facts before jumping on the keyboard to spread nonsense.  Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about.  Danny does more critical listening in a proper musical system and proper room than the rest of us individually in our lifetimes.

Fixing speakers sent to him is a small part of the overall business.  More importantly, he revealed the emperor (mass market speaker brands) has no clothes. 

@mclinnguy Just search YouTube for OCD Mikey.  Enjoy.

@hjdca  Wilson claims the Watt and Puppy should be measured together.  How is that going to change the response from 200 Hz up?  Strange claim.

If we're gonna question every W/P owner's posting credentials, why don't we bring up Danny Richie's past association with AV123 and its convicted criminal scammer Mark Schifter? Geez. I hate YouTube personalities.

@mulveling  Nobody is questioning EVERY Wilson owners posts, so your exaggeration is unfounded.  Apparently, Schifter was/is a very smooth operator conning multiple people.  Association by doing design work, is not proof of any wrongdoing.  Grasping at straws to level criticism at Danny, like you have done several times from behind your keyboard.