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

Thanks hjdca!

My first post - I just joined but I’ve been a reader of this forum.

I have Wilson Sabrina X’s with 2024 Watt Puppys ordered.

My opinion of this video and his methods of measuring speaker performance aside,

my one comment is actually about the title and premise of the video.

”$27,900 disappointment…”

First off, anyone who spent $27K on a 20 year old pair of Watt Puppys probably deserves to have issues…  Maybe I didnt catch it, but did he ever mention that these speakers were released in 2006 (and discontinued in 2011)?

I ask because in the beginning of the video when discussing the Focal, he made specific mention that he used the same part “way, way back in the late 90’s” in their first speaker.  So he is dating components, but conveniently seemed to leave out the date of the model he was working on.

We can argue whether or not that was intentional, but for anyone that doesnt know the Wilson line well, they’ll conveniently conclude that this speaker isnt old and costs close to $28k.  This is evidenced by many of the comments based on misinformation (or maybe, lack of information.)

Maybe he did mention the age and I missed it - but if he left that out then he did Wilson a disservice, and its a convenient way to throw shade without actually spelling it out  

@inthesticks I think you are correct, I don’t recall the Wilson’s age being mentioned in his 1st video either.

Maybe he mentioned it in his follow-up video, but it was so boring I stopped watching it after a few minutes.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I own the Watt Puppy 8s, which I bought used.  I listened to them before I bought them and I was impressed with the sound.  I like bass, imaging, and clean highs, and I believe the W/P 8s deliver that.  The diffraction pad foam had deteriorated, so, I contacted Wilson and bought a new set, which seems to be some kind of wool type material.  I wonder why GR research did not do the same thing.  I mean why not try the updated perfect fitting diffraction pads from Wilson before making your own?  I also bought new resistors from Wilson and replaced them.   There is something nice to be said about a company that supports replacement parts for their speakers from 2011.  It is also something I really like about McIntosh.  Here is a pic of my W/P with the new perfect fitting diffraction pads from Wilson.