Daryl Wilson (re)introduces the re-envisioned WATT/Puppy (Video)

Mansour Mamaghani’s Audio Reference, one in all Munich’s high high-end showrooms, once more crammed a large exhibit area within the MOC with a number of show areas devoted to main manufacturers.

Accompanying reveals that mixed merchandise from Basso Continuo, Dan D’Agostino, dCS, Krell, Meridian Audio, Nordost, Perlisten, Velodyne, Vicoustic, VPI, VTL, Western Electric, and Wilson Audio (amongst others) have been a number of business luminaries. Among these have been Dan D’Agostino and Burhan Coskun (D’Agostino Master Systems), Joe Reynolds (Nordost), Luke Manley (VTL), Charles G. Whitener (Western Electric), and Wilson Audio Specialities’ Daryl Wilson and Peter McGrath.

Only after 4 shows did I understand I had managed to safe an ideal spot for video, in entrance and simply to the left of Daryl Wilson, CEO of Wilson Audio, as he expressed appreciation for his hosts and launched the new-old Wilson speaker.

In the video, Daryl Wilson discusses the re-envisioned, up to date WATT/Puppy ($38,500/pair in customary finishes). Introduced in 1986, the WATT/Puppy appeared in eight variations earlier than leaving the road in 2011. Now adjustable for time alignment, the brand new WATT/Puppy replaces the oldest speaker within the present Wilson line, the Yvette, which was launched 2016. Re-introduced for the fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of Wilson Audio by Dave and Sheryl Lee Wilson, the WATT/Puppy sits between Sabrina X and Sasha V in Wilson’s speaker line-up.

In addition to the introduction of an adjustable, time-alignable tweeter module, the two-module speaker makes use of capacitors developed in Wilson’s capacitor manufacturing unit; X, S, and V-Material; multiconnector binding posts; simply replaceable resistors; and Wilson’s newest CSC tweeter, 7"AINiCo midrange, and twin 8" woofers. Among the specs for the 160lb speaker are 89dB sensitivity, 4 ohms nominal impedance (dipping to 2.87 ohms at 86Hz), and a room-averaged frequency response of 26Hz–30kHz, ±3dB.

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May 11, 2024 at 09:05AM