Article: Introducing the Wilson Audio TuneTot

[Danny Kaey]

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[rickca]

The ISOBase alone costs $2100.  Ugh.

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 minutes ago, rickca said:

The ISOBase alone costs $2100.  Ugh.

I admit, I hoped for a lower price as well. That said, I’m sure there will be plenty of very happy customers. 

[botrytis]

Not sure. The speaker, with all the add ons, is close to the Sabrina as far as price. That to me speaks volumes and I feel, limits the appeal of this speaker.

[Danny Kaey]

If I may offer an analogy ... the iPhone X is also more expensive than an iPad.  However, it performs a function for its intended use, as does the iPad.  While TuneTot fully tricked out may cost similar to Sabrina, it will perform far better than Sabrina in its inteded use case...

[matthias]

IMO, these speakers are ugly like nearly all Wilson speakers and vastly overpriced. The Sabrina is a beauty in comparison.

This article is bland advertising.

 

Matt

[rando]

Welcome Danny, that was a very nicely done visual presentation.  Maybe starting with an entry into the ASMR unboxing video category would have been more effective presentation wise.  Leave the impressions until the, I can't even type this without laughing, TuneTot's have been given time to show their character.  Your living room already does a shade better setting the scene than words could.  

 

When you do get the time to listen to them I'd appreciate if you would treat them like bookshelf speakers for part of your time.  Your setup appears to offer better performance than the staged manufacturer images depicting a very small clearance to a rear wall.  It isn't often I truly appreciate the addition of product shots in an article but it worked very well here depicting the other cabinet options.  

 

A few additions.

 

Press release pdf

 

Media assets - posters, full res photos, manual, brochures

 

Wilson product page for TuneTot's

[crenca]

4 hours ago, rickca said:

The ISOBase alone costs $2100.  Ugh.

 

Yea, even in "high end" that price makes me balk.  However, as ever like the CA says there will be plenty of "happy" customers.

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 hours ago, matthias said:

IMO, these speakers are ugly like nearly all Wilson speakers and vastly overpriced. The Sabrina is a beauty in comparison.

This article is bland advertising.

 

Matt

No worries Matthias - If it isn't for you, that's totally OK. There are plenty of other options in this wonderful hobby. 

 

I think Danny's article is pretty cool, especially his photos and videos. If one is a fan of this type of stuff, it's great to get somewhat exclusive content and a sneak peak of cool products. If this was someone talking about the new Pearl Jam album, who had it before anyone else, I'd be equally as excited. 

 

P.S. I'd love a pair on my desk at home. I've always wanted a really high end pair of speakers to use for 10 hours per day. Even though my TAD CR1s are right behind me in my office, I still tend to want sound coming from in front of me. I can imagine pairing the TuneTot with a nice tube amp for a seriously lush and enjoyable sound. Someday :~)

 

[rickca]

Yeah I only order high end stuff for the thrill of unboxing.  After that I lose interest.  

[AudioDoctor]

@The Computer Audiophile Chris, do what I do, get a McIntosh integrated and some Sonus Faber Olympica 1s on your desktop...

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

7 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

@The Computer Audiophile Chris, do what I do, get a McIntosh integrated and some Sonus Faber Olympica 1s on your desktop...

 

Another lovely option.

[AudioDoctor]

14 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Another lovely option.

 

Lovely hardly begins to describe the sound.

[Indydan]

$9800 US dollars for a desktop or shelf speaker to play background music. Yup, Wilson is ridick. 

[AudioDoctor]

17 minutes ago, Indydan said:

$9800 US dollars for a desktop or shelf speaker to play background music. Yup, Wilson is ridick. 

 

They'll probably sell out!

[Account Closed]

Awesome as part of your basic 25K "Desktop" system. No wonder people think we are kooks. I am sure they will be a big seller and make Wilson a lot of money.

[Indydan]

59 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

They'll probably sell out!

Yes, they probably will! 

[Urs]

If the intention is to use these as a desktop speaker, I would recommend to compare them also to the new Genelec "The Ones", specifically the 8341.
For me these are the best desktop speakers, I have ever heard. They are designed as a 3-way point source and they can be calibrated to the listening position. According to the documentation you can sit as close as 0.5m away. But I stop here, as this thread is about the Wilsons.

[Deyorew]

This article is making these sound like a new product category using terms like "ecosystem". I am a little confused as to what functionality these offer in addition to what a standard set of high end bookshelf speakers offer.

 

Also bases and rings as options is no different to me than speaker stands and other finishes... Something most bookshelf speaker manufactures offer options to.

 

What am I missing here?

 

The photos were fun, but I enjoyed picking out music in them rather than actually looking at the speakers, which honestly is what it felt like the intent was....to showcase a messy listening room as opposed to the speakers under discussion.

 

So is this just Wilson fanboy stuff going on here? or is there something radical about these that just hasn't been mentioned?

[Deyorew]

I will also add that these are by far the best looking Wilson speakers. Mostly because they don't really look Wilson'y'.

I too have always thought Wilson speakers are hideous. Monstrously hideous since they are so big. I guess I prefer the designs of something like Avant Garde as a artistic speaker statement or the craftmanship of Sonus Faber materials.

 

So these are the first Wilson's I would actually be interested in... but only if they sound like full floorstanders.

[Priaptor]

12 minutes ago, Deyorew said:

I will also add that these are by far the best looking Wilson speakers. Mostly because they don't really look Wilson'y'.

I too have always thought Wilson speakers are hideous. Monstrously hideous since they are so big. I guess I prefer the designs of something like Avant Garde as a artistic speaker statement or the craftmanship of Sonus Faber materials.

 

So these are the first Wilson's I would actually be interested in... but only if they sound like full floorstanders.

If you think they are hideous, try living with them.  No matter how you dress them up, regardless of color, they are as you say "hideous".  

 

I usually don't care what things cost, what people spend their money the way so many on these threads seem to care BUT I just don't see or understand this product.  Been around this hobby since the early 80s and these are one of the most bewildering products I have seen in the "high end".  Just my opinion but I don't get it or the "ecosystem".  I have owned many Wilson products and this one (and for that matter no other) has no future in my household.  

[Nordkapp]

Thank God they are affordable......ha. But then the common man isn't their target buyer. 

[JoeWhip]

17 hours ago, Indydan said:

$9800 US dollars for a desktop or shelf speaker to play background music. Yup, Wilson is ridick. 

For that purpose I would use Vanatoos for a fraction of the cost. Just that and my laptop.  Plug and play.

[james45974]

As the saying goes "if only the people who have taste had money and the people who have money had taste"

[MarkS]

While totally unfair of me to say this without a listen, I doubt a Wilson speaker of this size can compete with a Boenickie W5se.