Wilson Tune Tot

Joey_V

Just released today, seems like a nice little system to have for places without room for a floor stander, a bedroom, above a nightstand or desk.

I would like to experience one, but the price is absurd and everything you see in "optional".

http://wilsonaudio.com/products/tunetot/feature=video

txcoastal1

The retail price is $9800 or $10,500....

tonyb

Daaang.....someone over there should really put the crack pipe down.

Joey_V

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQomNjZOaE

Joey_V

txcoastal1 wrote: »

The retail price is $9800 or $10,500....

Grills are $299 I believe, the rings are $600 I believe... the base is $1299??

Geez

Makes my Blue Focals look like a screamin' deal

Joey_V

DSkip wrote: »

The answer to the A3?

If the answer is a small bookshelf with a 5" woofer

Tony M

Here's my answer to a small area and my $$$ dilemma;

TEAforONE

How do they do it so cheap?

Tony M

Even Wilson spikes are $$$$.

Come on....we really have to buy the grills as OPTIONS?

What's involved in making those little GEMS?

rpf65

I try to avoid anything that has eco in it.

Think of it as any Mexican restaurant with the word taco in it.

Usually means an over priced mediocre product at best.

Emlyn

They are expensive because they use dope in the manufacturing process, they admit it right in their specs...

5.75 inches (14.61 cm) - Doped Paper Pulp
1 inch (2.54 cm) Dome - Doped Silk Fabric

Now I think of it, Polk used to do the same thing back in the day.

Joey_V

Tony M wrote: »

Even Wilson spikes are $$$$.

Come on....we really have to buy the grills as OPTIONS?

What's involved in making those little GEMS?

Right?

If I were buying a pair, I'd be insulted that I have to buy the ring and the platform and the grills in addition to spending a bloated penny for one.

kharp1

I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm done wasting my time and money chasing the ultimate sound. I'm settling with good, solid equipment and saying to heck with all the madness. They've lost their dam minds.

F1nut

Joey_V wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQomNjZOaE

The guy's house is a total mess.

TEAforONE

Those aren't just random stacks of junk on the floor,they're acoustical treatments.

Faustin

Marketing hype. Meh.

mpitogo

So the woofers look familiar, those look to be scanspeak revelator 5.5” similar to what’s in the Totem Hawks. For that price range I would rather go A3. Both the new WATT and A3 have incredible cabinet construction.

Joey_V

F1nut wrote: »

Joey_V wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQomNjZOaE

The guy's house is a total mess.

I have come to believe Michael Fremer is a lightweight hoarder...

Joey_V

mpitogo wrote: »

So the woofers look familiar, those look to be scanspeak revelator 5.5” similar to what’s in the Totem Hawks. For that price range I would rather go A3. Both the new WATT and A3 have incredible cabinet construction.

I’m sure the new Tune Tot has mighty construction, but come on $10,000?

I would put up either my Sonus Faber Olympica 3 or Focal Kanta 2 against it and like my odds.

Though it did cross my mind to have a pair of Tune Tots in the master bedroom above the dresser flanking the TV

Wife would have an aneurysm if she found out though

She almost kicked me out after the blue Kanta 2 arrived

BC6

I actually got to hear these. I was in my neighborhood stereo store Wednesday picking up a new turntable and PS Audio Phono Converter while they were setting up their new Tune Tots. I have to admit they were one of the most impressive speakers I've ever heard. They just completely disappeared. The music literally seemed to be coming out of thin air. I wouldn't spend $10k on them, but unless I win the lottery, I wouldn't spend that much for any speakers.

AsSiMiLaTeD

kharp1 wrote: »

I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm done wasting my time and money chasing the ultimate sound. I'm settling with good, solid equipment and saying to heck with all the madness. They've lost their dam minds.

That’s basically word for word what I was going to say...

I know fully well that my KEF LS50W aren’t the final word in sound quality but they’re certainly good enough for me to get maximum enjoyment out of my music.

tonyb

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

kharp1 wrote: »

I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm done wasting my time and money chasing the ultimate sound. I'm settling with good, solid equipment and saying to heck with all the madness. They've lost their dam minds.

That’s basically word for word what I was going to say...

I know fully well that my KEF LS50W aren’t the final word in sound quality but they’re certainly good enough for me to get maximum enjoyment out of my music.

....and that kids, is the name of the game, maximum enjoyment of music.

Tony M

These two words have a ton of Wisdom and also Freedom Giving;

" GOOD ENOUGH "


It's taken me over 50 years to to let those two words enter my thoughts.

I was a perfectionist almost all my life. Not anymore!

tonyb

Not many can afford to be a perfectionist in this audio hobby of ours. Even if you are, it rarely ends, your always chasing that last 3% to squeeze out and it always seems to elude you.

Tony M

I've heard systems here that I swear couldn't sound any better over and over.

But I still like to buy good or great stereo deals that I couldn't afford most of my life.

Buying the Polk RTi12's were on my list and now I own them. But I still have to replace the blown resistors for the tweeters to hear their full potential.

Those RSL's I just got...WOW... AWESOME sounding and BEAUTIFUL speakers.

I wish I had a warehouse so I could rotate speakers that are in my collection.

I'm getting things done now...little by little.

Joey_V

BC6 wrote: »

I actually got to hear these. I was in my neighborhood stereo store Wednesday picking up a new turntable and PS Audio Phono Converter while they were setting up their new Tune Tots. I have to admit they were one of the most impressive speakers I've ever heard. They just completely disappeared. The music literally seemed to be coming out of thin air. I wouldn't spend $10k on them, but unless I win the lottery, I wouldn't spend that much for any speakers.

Really? Well well

Joey_V

Tony M wrote: »

These two words have a ton of Wisdom and also Freedom Giving;

" GOOD ENOUGH "


It's taken me over 50 years to to let those two words enter my thoughts.

I was a perfectionist almost all my life. Not anymore!

I agree. That's what I say too.

In audio (among others), it's an impossibility to have it all. It just costs too much and at some point, it just doesn't make any remote fiscal sense.

I have lots of audiophile friends text me on a daily basis about equipment that just is over the top, I have a friend who has the same main speaker as I do but is looking to upgrade to a pair of $70,000 speakers.... I'm just left thinking.... why?

I mean, honestly break it down to it's most basic parts. Spend a fortune for what? To hear the last ounce of minutia from a Greg Porter record? Really? Everyone has a line on the sand...

Tony M

Joey_V wrote: »

Tony M wrote: »

These two words have a ton of Wisdom and also Freedom Giving;

" GOOD ENOUGH "


It's taken me over 50 years to to let those two words enter my thoughts.

I was a perfectionist almost all my life. Not anymore!

I agree. That's what I say too.

In audio (among others), it's an impossibility to have it all.

WHAT ? And I've been trying to get it all for 15 years now...I guess I just give up and listen to what I have then...

mhardy6647

kharp1 wrote: »

I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm done wasting my time and money chasing the ultimate sound. I'm settling with good, solid equipment and saying to heck with all the madness. They've lost their dam minds.

"The perfect is the enemy of the good"

Plus...

there's a market segment for luxury brands that is an order of magnitude (if not several orders of magnitude) beyond what even rabidly dedicated fans can afford/justify/rationalize. McIntosh, e.g., by and large, operates in that space (I would opine). Wilson Audio, I would likewise opine, is another. There are many others, selling extremely expensive, often stunning equipment at stratospheric prices.

The value of many such brands is in the owning, not necessarily the using.

Interestingly, that doesn't necessarily mean the stuff is bad. It doesn't even necessarily mean that the stuff isn't a good value. It does mean that it's aimed at a market with very different interests and "needs" from the brands it supports.

Tony M

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Well said!

mikeyb128

kharp1 wrote: »

I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm done wasting my time and money chasing the ultimate sound. I'm settling with good, solid equipment and saying to heck with all the madness. They've lost their dam minds.

This is exactly how I feel. I’ve made some nice additions to my system that have it sounding spectacular. A friend of mine owns an audio shop, So I listen to a lot of systems in the 6 figure range. When I go home and turn mine on, I don’t feel as though I’m missing anything. Hopefully nothing breaks lol

I have a few friends who are nuts, they swap gear in and out like they are changing socks. I don’t understand it. I do know that it can be addicting, but the financial loss must be crazy.