Κώστας Φ.
Truth hurts. Here's a teddy bear.
- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
Description: Three-way, floorstanding, dynamic loudspeaker in two sections.
Drive-units: 1" (25.4mm) titanium-foil inverted-dome tweeter, 7" (177.8mm) midrange cone, two 8" (203.2mm) woofers.
Crossover frequencies: ca 125Hz, 2kHz.
Frequency response: 21Hz–22.5kHz, +0/–3dB.
Nominal impedance: 4 ohms.
Sensitivity: 92dB/W/m.
Dimensions: 41" (1050mm) H by 13" (333mm) W by 18.75" (475mm) D.
Total net weight: 170 lbs (77kg).
Finishes: Various automotive-paint colors available.
Price: $27,900/pair.
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Το συμπέρασμα του Wes Phillips:
There's no such thing as a perfect loudspeaker, even one as sophisticated and expensive as the Wilson Audio Specialties WATT/Puppy System 8. I feel strange even having to say that, despite its being my job. David Wilson has been refining his WATT design for more than 20 years, and for the last decade it has been one of the proverbial speakers to beat if you wanted to even pretend to have a world-class contender.
Yet the WATT/Puppy has also been a lightning rod for controversy. The speakers aren't everyone's cup of tea—well, what is? They're unquestionably costly—kind of hard to deny that, what with a $27,900/pair price tag hanging off the System 8. All I can say to that is that every pot has its boiling point.
Here's what I can tell you: In my opinion, what was a very good speaker to begin with has gotten better. Your opinion may differ, especially if you own a pair of WATT/Puppy 6s or 7s. What I hear as changes for the better might strike fans as a change in character. Ironically, the closer the W/P8 gets to "perfect," the more its scant shortcomings seem to matter. Go figure.
The W/P8 appears to be a relatively easy load to drive. I even drove it with the 2.2Wpc Cayin HA-1A, not that any sane person would. Like all Wilson loudspeakers, it is meticulously constructed and finished. It produces an immense soundstage without dominating your listening room, and it captures the excitement of live music as do few loudspeakers I've heard.
You may not like the WATT/Puppy, but I'd bet the chances are greater that you'll love it. While acknowledging that it's not perfect, I'm a lot closer to "love" than to "like." But here's the thing: You do have to hear this loudspeaker—otherwise, no matter what speaker you choose, no matter how much you end up spending, you'll always wonder: Is this as good as a WATT/Puppy System 8?
Give David Wilson his props: He may have meant to build a monitor loudspeaker only for his own use. Instead, he built a benchmark.
Kαι τα αποτελέσματα της δύσκολης, όπως αποδείχθηκε, διαδικασία των εργαστηριακών μετρήσεων:
"Measuring the performance of a speaker as complex as the WATT/Puppy 8, in which the outputs of spaced drive-units overlap in some frequency bands, is an exercise in difficulty. But I believe I have correctly characterized how it behaves. It is definitely a difficult load for an amplifier to drive, which leaves me puzzled as to why Wes had no problems driving it with the tubed Cayin amplifier. The Wilson did sound superb driven by Ayre MX-R monoblocks on both of the occasions I listened seriously to it in Wes's room, but its idiosyncratic low-frequency behavior compared with more conventional designs will make matching it to the listening room tricky—a task best left to the Wilson-trained dealer who will be installing the WATT/Puppy 8s in the customer's room." — John Atkinson
Full Review: Stereophile.com
