I have a had a good listen over the last 24 hours and am getting pretty impressed with the andras. I am not real good at describing differences but i will give it a try
The wattpuppy 7's very very hard to tame from time to time on certain recordings. They could get very bright and actualy hurt your ears at high volume. I did try several new balanced cables which did help a little bit.
The egglestons seem to have a better, rich sounding bass and also seem to have a wider soundstage presence. You kinda forget your listening to speakers and the sound is very realistic and you really don't even try to pinpoint where the sound is coming from, which is nice as you seem to just relax and listen to the music.
I did enjoy all of the Wilsons but if i had to choose right now id say the andras are the best ive had so far! But that may change over time.
When i first hooked up the andras I thought they sounced kinda flat in the high end but when i went into setup and changed it to full range rather than limited it brightened right up. I always thought when they were set at limited it jsut affeceted the bottom end but it surely made a big difference on the high end as well.
I jsut sold some Merlins and I think the highs are very similar to them. I also have a merlin center which seems to work well with the andras.
The reason i had the speaker setting on the Krell hts at limited is becaue in that mode with the sophias and the 2 jl audio 113 subs there was a night and day difference in the bass. In the full range setting it really had no special bass at all but in the limited setting it just seems to come alive, which is what my installer expected they would sound like.
