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

@aircooled cool, sounds like you know what you are getting into.  Yup, the Watt/Puppys are the legend and the "8" are the last of that breed.  As you said, the Sasha 1s were built almost the same time as the last W/P 8, so, the front foam issue is probably the same.  fyi, my W/P 8 are approx. in the 14,400 serial number range and according to Wilson were built - March, 2008.  Note: if you email the serial number and model to Wilson, they will send you the birth date of the speaker.  Good Luck on your decision, I bet you will love which ever Wilson speaker you choose -- NO subwoofer reqiured...lol..   

@hjdca My thinking is the WP8 being very advanced by then, while the Sasha W/P (especially due to the very low serial number) may be still a bit immature (thinking they refined them even during building a model). Thanks for the hint contacting Wilson — very nice to hear they are about their customers. For instance, Porsche provides birth certificates as well for classic cars (which then states the options a car was ordered with, where it was delivered etc). For me this is one important bit that consumer electronic producers barely provide.

@mclinnguy, at least twice I've had a response disappear when I hit Post.  Nothing that interesting so I never followed up.

It's all a mystery to me.