that's what I was considering keithtexas. I can get a pair of Watt puppy 8's for 6 grand. Sasha DAW used is still beyond my budget as well as Sasha 1 or 2. Sophia 3 if I stretch maybe. Really would like to get their newer models with the silk dome tweeter. Don't care for the Focal metal dome.
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Jeff, If you’ve found some WP8s at the $6K mark, that seems like a semi-no-brainer. Unless one is a significantly different color than the other. LOL Nothing better than getting the sound you want - at a really affordable price. Win-win. They will give you many miles of smiles. They are also an understated ’statement’ to friends and family and visitors. When people see them, they say ’very nice!’ And when they hear them, they say ’holy shiite!’ I understand some people have poo-poo’d the Focal inverted dome tweeter, but I personally think it’s great. Wilson modifies it so much - and designs the crossover so well - that it performs almost perfectly in the W/P system. And I think if it weren’t quite so VISUALLY metallic, most people would not say it was too sharp, brittle, ’metallic’.. Wilson’s overall application really is that good. Keep us posted. |
Do a little decision tree/chart analysis. 1. Sound - most important - weighting 2X all of the below 2. Budget - very important 3. Looks (to me and others) - important 4. Compatability/cost of upstream gear/cables - important 5. Age - somewhat important 6. Location of used pair/shipping - somewhat less important 7. Care and maintenance over time - less important I’ve done this quick analysis, usually with vehicles for me/children. Example - 1.establish a $7K budget; 2. determine the desired ’style’ (sedan, coupe, SUV); 3. find the best enjoyment+low maintenance cost vehicle in that range. I would usually end up shopping for mint condition low-mileage 10 year old Lexus or Toyota sedans.... So, what would I purchase? I would have to ignore all of the above, and just buy what the 3 daughters want[ed]. LOL Audio gear is a little like that - find out what makes sense to your right brain, then keep that in mind, but ignore that and shoot the moon and buy gear that knocks out your left brain emotionally. :) |
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Good advice steakster. I’ve settled on MIT Matrix 60 bi-wire speaker cables - that are a match made in heaven with the W/Ps. And although I like tube amplification, I would like to find some Mark Levinson monos as a possible next step. Hard to believe the W/P and ML 33 monos were making beautiful music - over 20 years ago(!!). |
First and foremost, Wilsons are a ugly Godforsaken eyesore. I have had them when i didn't know any better and have been glad to be rid of them. If you can get over the hospital machine look/ butt ugliness of them, they are really not that special and very clicky with electronics. If you had a keen ear, you will need to go through a lot of work to make them sound just ok! They are very dynamic, but, that alone simply doesn't cut it for me. There are a handful of other attributes they lack. I never missed them for a second after i got into engineering masterpieces such as TADs and Von Schweikerts that punch a Wilson down the drain anyday. |
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@mofojo , If you’ve got the S-1EX, you should try to get your hands on his Elac Adante as well. It is God like when you pair it with some Pass, Luxman, etc. It retailed for 5k and can be had for much cheaper (steal of the century). The S-1EX was my intro to Andrew’s sound. I still curse the day i let it go when i picked up the TAD E1TXK and have been looking to buy it back for a while. There’s a guy out here who thinks Andrew Overlord Jones is stupid!!! What chance do mortals have anymore... I guess he also doesn’t realize that Andrew has been out of TAD for a while and it is the Japanese engineers (who Andrew himself continues to praise as the best engineers on planet Earth) who're heading the newer ones. Guy must be ruff riding a Klipschieflipshie ("Heee Hawww" LOL ) |
Ever heard the bass of the ELAC ADANTE? Pure crap. That engineer is nearly as stupid as Andrew Jones. Let's put small drivers INSIDE the cabinet and have 3 passive radiators. lmao!! Sure way to have ZERO bass power and articulation. Andrew Jones likes to do the same thing as well as taking a legendary British company down the drain only for the Chinese to take them over. KEF sure deserved better. |
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Oh wait!!! LOL, ROFL, LMFAO Our Klipschieflipshie ruffrider ruffriding (Heeee Hawwww) with a 100 dollar receiver all the way to the Ted Nugent/Kid Rock hall of fame doesn’t sound like he’s heard or had the Adante. I guess he also doesn’t quite understand the intricacies of the coupled cavity design variant. Let us try to educate him a li’l bit with this crutchfield/AJones interview. https://www.crutchfield.com/S-XodbhbDr3YW/learn/the-story-behind-elac-adante-speakers.html LOL, ROFL, LMFAO |