@ckr1969 Well, it’s consistent with the review being discussed, so not a bridge too far….even considering your snarky response.
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.
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I stopped reading Stereophile several years ago for no particular reason, so haven’t seen the review, but I just ordered a pair of WWP after auditioning several other of the usual suspects (Focal, B&W, Sonus Faber etc.). I listen to a wide variety of music (most everything but Country and Rap) so chose a few familiar musical pieces including Kraftwerk’s Tour de France. That sealed the deal. Holographic sound with tight, articulate bass. I believe that these speakers will faithfully reproduce any genre of music put to them (even Country and Rap!). I wouldn’t have bought them otherwise. |
@skinzy thanks, its a gift and a curse |
I haven’t read the review yet. But I can do one better as I own the new WP speaker and I’ve had them about 4 months. Now I’m clearly biased but I can say that they play rock exceedingly well. I play guitar and have a keen ear for guitar and guitar amps and how they sound live. The WP reproduce this very very well. Bass is deep and very textured. I love them for jazz and classical too but I mostly listen to rock of some sort. They are highly revealing and will show poor recordings but I love listening to all genres and qualities of reproductions on them. The one challenge with them is they are a bit tricky to get placed correctly. That could just be my room but I’m still tweaking placement. All in all I absolutely love them and they are a dream come true for me. |
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