About the new Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 8

"We both agreed my Definition Pro setup smoked them."

How about your speakers against mine in my system. I would be happy to welcome the challenge. This is not to disparage the Zu but to use the standard preppie adjective of "smoked them" always gives me pause to laugh

If I were to offer up any suggestion as an alternative and less money speaker as an alternative to the WP 8 I would seriously consider the Alon Mini

sorry I meant the Magico Mini by Alon Wolf...now that is a speaker!!

You know, there is always someone who dumps their [whatever] for the latest [whatever]. Always. It means nothing.

And another thing: In my experience with high end components, few if any excellent components ever really "smoke" other excellent components, nor do they embarass them, stomp all over them, or anything else of the sort. But that's just me.

Oneobgyn writes:

but to use the standard preppie adjective of "smoked them" always gives me pause to laugh

Well said. Sometimes a laugh; other times a flash of anger, particularly if I own the smokee. (or is that "smok ed")

Regards,

To be fair, my system has been built with my ears and priorities. Since the veracity of my statement is in question, I'll posit a few specifics:

The tweeters sounded like the drum kit was 10 feet over my head. The midrange obviously emanated from a lower point and bass was on the floor. The bass was muddy and the speakers had a difficult time tracking the cacophony of Patricia Barber's "Norwegian Wood" from the Live in France album.

I thought tone was weak and the speakers did not "speak" with one voice, rather a collection of sounds with different personalities coming from different points in space.

My speakers have none of these issues. For convenience purposes, I used the colloquial "smoked".