GoldenEar One.R vs. Wilson Watt Puppy 7s


Greetings!

I currently have a pair of GoldenEar One.R speakers, which I am very happy with.

They are fed by a PrimaLuna EVO 400 tube preamp and a McIntosh MC312 solid-state amplifier.

As the source I mainly play vinyl records, using a Rega P10 with an Apheta 3 cartridge, and listening mostly to classic rock, 80s rock, and jazz. (No e.g., metal or classical music, if that’s a useful input to my question below.)

For quite some time I’ve been interested and quite fascinated with Wilson Audio’s WATT Puppy speakers and their evolution over time, From the early times before the Puppy even existed and it was only the Tiny Tot to their current offering.

(All current Wilson Audio speakers are wildly out of my budget.)

I now have an opportunity to purchase a pair of Watt Puppy 7s (which from what I understand many consider better than the Watt Puppy 8s) from the latter half of the 90s, in what appears to be in great shape.

It would be wonderful if there are members in this forum who have experience with both and can help me understand what I possibly could expect from the WP7s, in all aspects of sound quality, range, sound field, and sweet spot - generally but also ideally in relation to the GoldenEars I am familiar with.

Thank you!

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When I had Triton Ones I found high damping factor ss amps sounded much better than tubes. Might be something to try. Can buy a descent old Adcom or the like for 500 bucks and give it a try. Never heard the WP7s.

@mofojo Thanks, but I am already using an ss amp, the Mac MC312, feeding the speakers.

And I am comfortable with the PrimaLuna + Mac 312 + GoldenEar One.R combo.

For me, it's about exploring what I may get and the difference between that and a PrimaLuna + Mac 312 + WP7 combo, when it comes to the speakers' different characteristics.

keep your golden ears the wp 7 is an old design at this point and will not really outperform the tritons

if you want to upgrade look at kef reference 3s or legacy signatures

we were a golden ear dealer and both of those loudspeakers were even Better.

 

Dave and Troy

audio intellect NJ

former golden Ear dealer

kef and Legacy dealer

I owned the Wilson Watt Puppy 7s.  They are fine but not great and certainly not an end game speaker.  I preferred either my Tekton Moabs or my Magnepan 3.7s.  And I much prefer my current Magnepan 20.7s to either of those two speakers.  You can do better than the Watt Puppy 7s but I've never heard the Golden Ear speakers so can't comment on them.