Wilson Audio WATT/Puppy 5.1 — Black
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By Definitive Audio The WATT/Puppy is one of the defining loudspeakers in the history of high-end audio. Dave Wilson built the original WATT as a portable monitor for recording sessions — a speaker precise enough to trust in a studio and musical enough to live with at home. The Puppy bass module came later, and together they became the reference point against which a generation of audiophiles measured everything else. The 5.1 is a refined version of the fifth generation: updated crossover, tightened driver integration, the same composite cabinet construction that Wilson developed to eliminate the resonances that conventional cabinet materials introduce. Three-way, two-cabinet system. The WATT handles midrange and treble with a precision and transparency that makes the source and amplification accountable for everything they do. The Puppy handles bass with the kind of control and speed that lets the WATT's upper range remain coherent. In a properly set up room on capable amplification, the system disappears in a way that very few speakers at any price achieve. Black finish. One of the most sought-after pre-owned speakers in the market, consistently. John Peters has been at Definitive for thirty years. When the WATT/Puppy 5.1 arrived in the Echo showroom around 1995, he remembers looking at the woofer and thinking something was wrong — a strange, textured surface he'd never seen before. He called Wilson Audio. There was a pause, then: "Oh no — did you get it wet?" Another pause, then laughter. That was exactly how it was supposed to look. It just happened to be the best-sounding version of that driver they'd ever tested. That's Wilson Audio in a nutshell. Performance first, no matter the cost — monetary or aesthetic. If the ugly cone sounds better, the ugly cone ships. The 5.1 is a refined iteration of Wilson's fifth-generation WATT/Puppy — updated crossover components, refined driver integration between the WATT monitor and the Puppy bass module, and the same obsessive build quality that made the Puppy system the reference point against which a generation of audiophiles measured everything else. Contact us for More Information. Phone: 888-248-3246 Email: [email protected] Inquire Now
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$4250.00
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