Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy System 8

John, I think W8 is better than MAXX and Sophia in some respect that finaly i prefer It to MAXX and Sophia 2.
Tell me about your listening condition when you listened to W8?
W8 need over 400 hours for break-in and is so sensitive to setup. it need careful matching to room and other parameters.

Good Stuffs need more care for giving it's all potential.
Enjoy

Amir57bs, clearly I was being too defensive about people that might just "bash" on Wilson Audio speakers. Negative opinions are fine. I generally like more detailed discussion, positive or negative, not just the bashing. That's all. And, look how wrong I was - no negative or bashing postings so far.

In this month's Stereophile, Wes Phillips review on Hansen Audio's Prince V2 speakers has a good discussion on comparative strong and weak points between the Prince V2's and W/P 8's. Its the best explanation by example why many people don't care for Wilson Audio tweeters. That's Wes's (others) taste - their right. BTW, I really like the Hansen's too, but I'm very happy with my W/P 8's with Lamm 2.1's.

Gerrym5, I agree you and i like the logical space that all share their view with no bash.
I just like Wilson 8 and i will be happy if any body tell me about weak and strong points of WP8.
Enjoy

I sold my Sophia 2s to guy....who just to make sure also bought a pair of WP8s....he ended up keeping the Sophias...for approximately the same reason the I deleted them off my list...and if I was doing Wilson I would have kept the Sophia 2s...or the Maxx 2s...which in all listening seemed to be an upgrade over the 8s...an excellent speaker...just too much intrusion for my space....I think the 8s are a sideways retune from the 7s....and if you look at the one guy who measured them both...Atkinson of Stereophile...from what I saw the 7s were significantly better....but perhaps I wasn't interpreting the data correctly..

Hikejohn, I believe the most important rule is side by side comparison and i never compared sophia 2 with system 8 in A/B/A state.
i never listened to sophia 2 (i listened to sophia 1) and in my opinion W8 mid/high is more natural , more open, more relax and w8 was in another class.
I recently heard w7 with mark levinson setup.
w7 is good but in my idea w8 is more organic with better macro dynamic and more neutral mid. w8 in my opinion has very very good high in comparison with w7. extended , open and easy to my ears. w8 had better integration in mid and high with more accurate transition from mid to high.
again i say i never compared these units side by side and i agree my opinion can be change with comparing them side by side.
enjoy