Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice

     "the sales people would all laugh at them once they left as their lack         of knowledge was staggering"

Audiotroy. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty "literal" to me. No, I haven't read thru the thread completely as I find some of the endless bantering somewhat fatiguing. I'm glad you at least acknowledge the importance of real world affordable systems. It's just hard for many audiophiles to consider a $35k pair of speakers a bargain just because it's compared to a pair at $60k. I think some dealers (and reviewers) get insensitive to that fact.

What started out as a nice thread turned into a disaster.  Good Luck to the Op in his speaker hunt.  If you can't decide I still have my Wilson Audio Duette 2's for sale.  

Troy
You finally convinced me. You have the most knowledge. You are not a shill blowhard. You have the best ear, the best taste and are a reliable source of audio information. You are a great salesman. Personas are scientifically and indisputably great speakers and all self respecting audiophiles who have speakers under $100,000 are about to throw them out and run to your little Jersey City hovel to purchase Personas (unless they prefer Golden Ear speakers which are almost as good for a fraction of the price). I can’t believe you found 2 great reviews for the Personas from reviewers who I do respect (and I mean that) but who have provided many excellent reviews to many speakers including Anthony Cordesman’s review of Alexias which was so strong that he used them as one of his references for a time (but not the Personas after he reviewed them).
When my friends and I have encountered you live, you never shut up about how great you and your products are. And then you talked some more. And that is why no one I know (7 NY Audiophiles in my listening group and other friends including a two well known manufacturers of gear) will purchase anything from you or place their products with Audio Doctor.
By the way--congrats, you once again produced more words than even the famous Bo---only he has something to say compared to your ceaseless blather.
P.S. I will not forget to ask Andy Singer and Elliot Fishkin about you to see if they have a recollection of you as a superstar salesperson. I suspect that Andy was not lying to me back in the day when I asked him to make sure you were not my salesperson because you were too hyperbolic and you never shut up. He said he understood and that the complaint was not uncommon. We'll see.

James,

Welcome.  

A lot of threads do have fans of particular brands or models trying to make their favorite the subject of the thread even when the particular favorite is hardly related to the main subject.  As for outright "sales pitches," it is not that common and I think there really is only one such going on in this thread by someone who does not even realize that he is doing no one, including himself, any favors.

I believe this site is lightly moderated, which to me, is a good thing.  If you just hang in here and sort of ignore nonsense, you will find some interest discussions worth following.