WILSON AUDIO THE WATT PUPPY, THE FIRST 3 WEEKS. WOW!

My impressions of the first 3 weeks of the new Wilson Audio The Watt Puppy. I will also share a few albums that I have been spinning as I get acquainted with the the new speakers. I have placed chapters in the video to assist you. #audiophile #wilsonaudio #amplifierspeaker #highendaudiophile #audiophileheaven #vinylcommunity #audiosystem #vinylrecords #vinyl #highendaudio #steelydan #danfogelberg #jacksonbrowne #direstraits #billyjoel #paulsimon #bobdylan #franksinatra #kimcarnes #eltonjohn #heart

00:00 Introduction
07:18 Impressions so far
12:45 Some albums that have been spinning the past 3 weeks. Elton John.
14:08 Kim Carnes Voyeur
15:54 Jackson Brown The Pretender
16:15 Frank Sinatra & the Count Basie Orchestra live at the Sands
18:00 Boy Dylan Desire
18:36 Heart Dog & Butterfly
19:38 Dire Straits On Every Street
22:45 Billy Joel Cold Spring Harbor
24:23 Steely Dan Katy Lied
26:21 Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years
27:55 Carly Simon Torch
29:03 Dan Fogelberg & Tim Wesiberg Twin Sons of Different Mothers
30:40 Wrap up and upcoming videos

Analoge Front End
VPI Prime 21 Turntable
Hana ML Phone Cartridge
Teac R777X Cassette Player
Digital Front End
Sony HAP Z1ES Digital Audio Dac-Streamer
Sony XA5400ES SACD/CD Player
Amplification System
Classe CP 50 Pre-Amp with MC phone stage
Classe CA 150 Amplifier
Speaker System
Wilson Audio The Watt/Puppie
Cables
Tara Labs Axiom Phono Cable
Audioquest Diamandback Interconnects (all balanced)
Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cables

Accessories
VPI 16.5 Record Cleaner/Vacuum

[anonymohipp]

Thank you! I look forward to your full review.

[jeffreythurston]

It’s great to hear you are loving the W/P. I sure love mine and like you they have been on my radar for decades as a goal. I enjoy hearing your thoughts about them. Don’t pay attention to the people disparaging you for not playing music for them. That’s a waste of time and nothing meaningful can be gleaned from listening to your system through the compression of low resolution YouTube videos. Enjoy those beauties and keep giving good feedback.

[analoguecity]

Congratulations man, audiophile sound once exposed to it its like a genie in a bottle! You have to hear it everyday!😊

[brianbillings]

You did this to me! I now have the upgrade bug 🤨😪. I actually started to renovate my system and didn't take my own advice since I like to buy used. I just bought some mono block amps that were too good to pass up. Next is either speakers of preamplifier (after new cables since mine are no longer the right lengths). Dang you!!!

Love following your enthusiasm for the new "holy grail" speakers 😬

[jerryandlisa]

Congrats I have the older watt puppy 3/2 your speakers are a lot better than mine, and mine sound very good can’t imagine how good yours sound . Love you’re channel congrats Sir.

[dimebagdave]

So good to see you Mike and hear all about your audio excursions 🤘 im living a bit vicariously through you, and i gotta tell ya man its been fun! Edit: Mike it almost sounds like these speakers came back and found you! Youve come full circle! No more shelling out for hotels in Vegas..!✌️🤘😁

[thewoofer]

Mike, so glad to hear about your great adventure with the new speakers. I've heard them and they are truly remarkable. Your retirement will be a lot of fun.

[flyingjeff]

I had the pleasure of buying the Wilson Sasha DAW speakers that had been floor models. Great speakers. I can only imagine how the Alexia, etc. sound.

[MovieFan]

very happy for you Mike, you just seem like a very nice and kind person so all the good to you.
Interesting that you said the Wilson are doing a "complete, full sound" and so handling the bass really well. This is the main reason why my psaudio FR30 are leaving TODAY.
the bit harsh highs were ok to me, with very few records it got too much like with The Doors albums and some of their noices/instruments. But the lag of full range bass handling
was a nogo for me.
Can´t wait how the Gauder Berlina RC9 with new diamond high and midrange drivers will handle my electronics and room.
I would bet that everything is very well incl. bass and I´m happy on every level and not just the great midrange and deepest bass.
Really sorry that these most beautiful speakers will leave, I even like the looks a bit more as the Gauder, but they are very beautiful too and buildquality is much higher.
In the end the sound is more important so the FR30 will be gone in some hours. Lost over 10k on that purchase but it would have been way more if I would have waited some years.

With the Speakers comes a Acoustic Signature Montana Neo, their TA7000 Neo and the PhonePreamp Tango Apex Neo. Cartridge will be my old Clearaudio Goldfinger.
Can´t wait how this combo will sound

I will listen to many of the records you have shown today and my days will just be like yours, listening to everything I love the most.
America Debut Album and the Song Sandman will be the first song I will listen to
Alan Parsons Project I-Robot - Some other time will follow
Michael Jackson Thriller with Thriller will follow then because of the soundstage you can test so nicely with the opening
UHQRs from Steely Dan also a must

[ronkindel]

Mike, you mentioned you were planning on updating interconnects. I received a pair of Silversmith Fedelium XLRs this past week that you may want to consider. Still breaking them in. I kind of broke the cardinal rule of only making one change at a time this time. Only days after I received the interconnects PS Audio came out with their new Mt. Blue Sky software update for their fgpa based DAC so, of course, I had to download and install it. Both upgrades are fantastic but, of course, now it’s difficult to tell exactly what is coming from what. Life is good!

[GregCooper-hy]

Hi Mike, I am happy to report that my Sasha V have arrived at my dealer. Working with ASC on treating my final spot of concern, my double solid ash entry door. Can’t believe you picked “The Pretender”. Long been a test LP for me. Try Roxy Music Avalon and Van Morrison Avalon Sunset. Question, what are your preamp/amp choices? So happy for you!!

[Roudaki]

Just ordered mine in cobalt blue, I was leaning toward the Sasha V but the watt puppies are a very close second.
And here’s a true test: play Toto’s first album and see how gracefully these speakers handle that harsh recording. Glad you are not listening to abstract audiophile music but real music!
“Guitar etude 3” on the fogelberg album is an outstanding song and so beautifully captured.

[davepounds]

Disappointed you didn’t play anything in the 35 minutes you were saying how wonderful the speakers were Let’s hear those

[DddNnn-ry]

Play the music the speakers, system do the talking.

[TascamTascam]

You can play segments of a song. Listening to you just talk is boring. This sounds like a ridiculous promotion. When I heard these speakers in the local dealer, they sounded boomy and bass heavy in a bad way. They also are too small to reproduce a full symphony orchestra. You only get a miniature representation. What are you using for a preamp and amplifier?