Watkins Stereo Generation FOUR Loudspeakers Compelling BARGAIN!!

My system is a Vinnie Rossi LIO integrated amplifier, Line Magnetic 515 CD player, Rega RP6 with Hana SL cartridge, and KEF LS50s.  I've been really happy with it!  (And adding the Hana SL cartridge a few months ago made a huge difference.)  Sometimes I get the itch, though, to take another step with the speakers.  And I've really wondered about the Watkins!  But my listening space is small, and they are bigger than the KEFs.  I'm curious as to whether they would work as well nearfield...I will probably do a demo at some point to find out.  In the meantime, I would love to know how your office system works out!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Margot

There's always the Harbeth 30.2.

Tempted by that too!  Very tempted.  But it really is A LOT bigger than what I currently have.  We'll see....  So many amazing speakers, so few places to put them!  cheers!

BTW, the post by IEALES is disrespectful and inaccurate.

Sorry Bill, but the post is accurate.

All drivers have a high frequency resonance. For Peerless 6.5" woofers it can clearly be seen here https://www.tymphany.com/transducers/sds-160f25cp01-08/ and here https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/peerless-woofers-6-7/peerless-830657-6.5-sds-woofer/ at about +10db. Response is quite ragged above resonance and increasingly bad off axis. NOTE: This is a driver property governed by physics and not a reflection on the Watkins Gen 4.

It appears the baffle is sloped about 13mm which is enough to offset the 14mm lead from the first order 3k, but no where near enough to account for the 35mm+ acoustic center discrepancy between the woof and tweet drivers. NOTE: This is not a defect of the Watkins Gen 4, but an indication of the reviewer's lack of understanding of loudspeaker fundamentals.

By all accounts the Gen 4 is a pleasing loudspeaker. Were they not 2800 miles away, I'd go have a listen.

Ieales, what are your credentials/background?   Do you review for a competing magazine?