I'm going to sell the VOX Wah again, because I don't like the sound too much. In comparison to my mid-'90s Dunlop GCB-95 Cry Baby it sounds totally weak. If every model sounds like this, then I don't know why the V847 became so famous. I once had a Jen Super Double Wah that had a great warm wah sound. I hoped that the Vox would produce a similar sound.
Well the original 847 is loved by modders because of the circuit being non SMT compared to the 847A (Chinese) and thus a nice base for time travel to a v-846 spec. Personally I preferred the "quack" of the VOXs compared to the middy/slightly harsh bite of the Crybabys, but wahs are quite the rabbit hole really so I tend to stick with my Union Jack V847A.
IMO the VOXs need a bit of overdrive to shine I think. In the past I had thought exactly the same, "weak and watery" testing a USA V-847 and Crybaby Classic side by side. Went with the crybaby way back then, but then it just didn't have that peak quack point like most CBs and the mid range was quite brutal into a mid range amp and mid range drive (TS808 and Blues Jr at the time). But really I think you get used to the quirks of each wah and paired up with whatever other pedals they can all be put to effective use.
I have a bog std Crybaby 95 sat here for sale that was a mere 2000 yen, heavy, short treadle travel, a 90s flashback, but sometimes it's the sound I like!
Same as used by Steve Craddock of Ocean Color Scene, and sounding fantastic on the track "40 Past Midnight", "Riverboat Song", "Traveller's Tune" etc.
Conversely I've sat through videos of "12 Dunlops wahs on test!" and thh like and thought, "nope no quack there", not a single one. As a reference tone for me its EC (Cream days) and Jimi, the super vocal thing and few things nail it like an original 846.
That said I know a reissue 846HW sitting in a shop that my curiosity will bit on one day (again weak and watery clean).
The potentiometer crackled a tiny bit at the start, but it works like a charm now.
