Stereophile review of the new Wilson Watt/Puppy
I received my copy of the latest Stereophile yesterday and was curious to see what Martin Collums had to say about them, even though I would take it with a grain of salt, knowing that he had owned them in the past. He's still one of the reviewers that I consider to be most technically informed and balanced in his reviews.
I'm starting this thread because I want to know if others found his conclusions as confusing as I did. He says that the speakers have deep powerful bass, great detail, wonderful dynamic range, and are able to play very loud without breakup.
However, after all of that, he concludes that they are better for jazz and orchestral and perhaps a bit reticent for pop and rock. This made no sense to me, especially for a $40.000 speaker. I am curious about the opinions of anyone else who has read the review.
I feel really sorry for all of you who actually believe all the marketing BS and the so-called reviews in these magazines by people that are being paid off in one way or the other in order to write them. Before you buy something like this, you really should have a home audition of the product, even though I know most dealers won’t want to do it. I had plenty of opportunity to listen to the full range of Wilson speakers, including the ones we’re talking about here before I decided what to buy. I’m glad I didn’t buy into any of the hype that comes from reading these magazines. None of them can be trusted. Also, $40,000 even with a discount is a ridiculous amount of money for that tiny speaker with the off the shelf drivers and crossover. Wilson is a cabinet company and that’s about it. |
@ovature To those accusing Wilson of being a "cabinet" company any buying drivers...This is an old very tired argument. You’d really need to accuse SEVERAL other speaker manufacturers of this same thing-the list is LOOOOOONG. Get a new narrative...And why bother finding threads that pertain to Wilson speakers and bad mouth them, if you don’t like them move, enjoy your bright Focals and be happy. This is a common theme you seem to repeat over and over on this forum. Anyone saying Wilsons can’t do rock and roll. I completely disagree. Likely what you are hearing isn’t the Wilsons not being capable but rather alot of that music was poorly recorded and ALL Wilson speakers are basically like reverse microphones so they reveal what is down stream. Knowing this helps you choose your gear wisely and understand what the speaker is actually doing. |
Not an owner, but I wouldn't take it as anything bad. Maybe because the high frequency is rolled off after 10kHz. With more critical music with wide dynamic range, it's not something you'd notice. With compressed rock and constant noise, you might notice the rolloff. The elevation leading to 10kHz probably creates the clarity and the rolloff after 10kHz probably softens rough edges. Some might say that's a good thing. |
