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Wilson MAXX 2 vs Watt Puppy 8

WP8 is an awesome speaker when set up correctly,wide soundstage,great dynamics and timbre. What do you gain by moving up the MAXX 2 other than lower bass? Do you need to treat the room to get the full potential of the MAXX 2? I listen to contemporary jazz (Pat Matheny,Rippingtons) and R&B (old and new). Is the MAXX 2 more of orchestra fan speaker?

WAF,not many mates are in favor of adding acoustic doo dads to the main living room,thats why I like the WP8,limited dispersion actually comes in handy,takes the room out of the equation. But the MAXX also interests me and my local Wilson store in Austin does not have one to demo.
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I owned the Watt7's/WATCH Dog and moved to the Maxx 2 with amazing improvements in scale, life-like imaging and big as life dynamic contrasts. The scale of sound took on dimension. Orchestral music thundered and had presence I never heard before etc...

The Watt7's painted images with great detail and monitor like specificity. The Maxx 2's filled in those images with tremendous weight, dimensionality and pitch articulation that was beyond the 7/WATCH combo. The 8's seem a warmer, more liquid and linear version of the 7, but still..... Maxx 2= True to life Watt 7/8 life-like..

As always IME
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