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

thecarpathian and mclinnguy

thecarpathian - I thought the prices were very fair, $800ish for complete crossovers with air core inductors, high quality resistors, and high end caps (some were Solen I recall), and labor. Sorry I can't find the build sheet off hand to check brands and exact price.

mclinnguy - You are correct. I had no interest in modifying with measurements and changing in that way......I'm guessing that would be helpful. I simply wanted the exact same crossover built with high end components. These speakers mean a lot to me as they were my first audiophile speakers, but in today's world are not worth a lot; maybe $1,500 or more with the improvements I've made. I've had the woofer foams replaced, the mids redone, and the emit tweeter tested......and put in some more acoustic material.

I guess I could have done it myself. However I wanted to try Danny's services, I thought the price was fair, and I simply did not have time at that point to do it myself.

@willywonka and others who share his sentiment. I won't go so far as to say I have zero respect for GR Danny, but I don't consider him to be the most honest guy in the room. 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. There are also others that propagate erroneous information that has no backing in science or engineering and their words are clearly spoken to market their product which oftentimes is a solution for a non-existent problem. Its pointless to get into a battle of wits with these people because they won't engage in a fair discussion because they have too much money invested in what they are selling to be unbiased. So, no...GR Danny and others like him just degrade the signal to noise ratio in the audiophile community and I will continue to ignore them and hope they go away eventually. All that said, these hucksters have a right to sell whatever they want to whomever they want, but I'm not buying. Caveat Emptor indeed.

@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.

For those who believe GR offers no value with these mods, have you ever compared a modified to stock loudspeaker? I've been modifying my speakers for over twenty years, I've found great improvements can be had with top flight film caps, resistors, inductors, internal wire, binding posts, drivers. Assuming all loudspeakers to be fully optimized in stock form may be wrongheaded.

Back in the day when I was running Merlin VSM-MM I started experimenting with Duelund VSF film caps in BAM and speakers, a great improvement vs the stock Hovlands. I spoke with Bobby (owner/designer) as to improvements I heard, Bobby had not yet heard of these caps and was none too happy to hear of my modifying his babies, yet he seemed interested. Low and behold, a few months later and Bobby's incorporated the Duelunds in the Merlins.

Why not just sell the speakers and find something you like?

Jeez