Wilson Audio Debuts the TuneTot

Back in 2013, a friend of mine, was staying with us at the motel. She is a commercial pilot, fly's jet airplanes and drives a little Porsch convertible.

She had recently moved to Florida and had her stuff in storage in Jacksonville, and she needed to bring some stuff down here.

She had made one trip before to Jax, with her Porsch. I knew that there just was no room in that car for her to be able to bring much of anything back to Fort Lauderdale, so I lent her my Grand Marquis for the trip.

In the meantime, she left me her Porsch.

I have to say, I really enjoyed driving it while running errands. Everything was in the exactly right place, the seat was perfect, The manual transmission was a pleasure to shift and the clutch was also perfect. The car had plenty of power to boot.

It was right before Thanksgiving and, since I host a Thanksgiving dinner every year, we had to do some grocery shopping.

By the time, we made just one small shopping trip, the tiny trunk was all filled up, so Travis, who was sitting in the passenger seat, ended up holding our fresh Thanksgiving turkey.

If I were to purchase a second car to run around in, it would be that same exact Porsch convertible.

 

It's Porsche. ("Porsh-sha")

 

Those Boxters are nice little cars, and if you get one that's two to three years old the price is much more approachable.

 

Technically, it is “Porsh-sha” but I have never heard anybody actually pronounce it that way, even car aficionados (which I consider myself). Most people who drive Porsche’s in my neighborhood are not car aficionados, but rather soccer moms in Macans, Cayennes, and Panameras. (The usual choice for this crowd is a Range Rover). There are also plenty of mid-life crisis dudes in 911 convertibles. Occasionally I’ll see a little more exotic Porsche model, but the true sports car fans usually go for something more expensive (and Italian).

 

Too bourgeois for where I live (a lot of a$$ hats with inherited money).

 

I borrowed one for a week and it left me filled with disappointment . All my life I wanted a Porka (911 shape) and that one week experience left me devastated when I borrowed my friends. Plus I am a biggish guy at 6'3 and 220lb. To be fair, at my size, I fit in very very few sports cars or super cars

 

You'd fit nicely in a Falcon GT or a HSV Monaro

 

I got a 2015 Audi RS4 Avant instead

 

A friend has one. A blast to drive, a PITA to own.

 

Most of which has already been paid for by R&D for other models. It's not like they had to invent the concept of "speaker" from scratch. If someone want to buy these, more power to them. But it's hard to see how the price has any rational basis. It's a luxury, lifestyle item and priced to impress.

 

Who are audiophiles trying to impress? Most male audiophiles can't even get laid. Buying new fancy speakers isn't going to impress the ladies. Buying a Porsche or Ferrari and nice fashionable clothes might help, but buying new Wilson speakers isn't going to help.

 

In my experience, most people who buy Porsche’s aren’t trying to impress the ladies, because they ARE ladies—married middle aged women, to be precise. Maybe my wife will buy one.

 

I’d like to hear more about the TuneTot.

 

Everyone here in Atlanta pronounces it this way. Maybe it's because the Porsche North American headquarters is here.

In Atlanta, most men have 911s and Caymans. The women favor Cayennes and Boxsters. Panameras seem to cut across both men and women.

I think many just want the performance but, sure, like most luxury items it is a status symbol. We have good tracks around Atlanta so many take performance driving courses at Porsche HQ or Barber Motor Sports and then do track days.

 

I will have a review in a couple of months. I am still assembling a desktop system worthy but that is going quite well!

 

There is a track in Illinois by me (Gateway International) but I’m not really part of that world. I drove a Lamborghini in a parking lot once. It scared the crap out of me. I’ve driven my brother’s Tesla Roadster and that too scared the crap out of me. That’s about it.

 

Be careful, don't feature the usual "a system that sounded better than some desktop speakers costing nearly twice as much" in your review.

 

I just watched this video, listen carefully at about 2:00, it partially explains why they are so expensive. It also shows the detail in engineering and manufacturing that they use.

 

So I read the first couple pages and this thing went from expensive little speakers to cars. Guess that’s all I need to know about the little Wilson’s.

 

Agreed - both are too rich for my blood.

 

still way overpriced.

 

There’s no law that says, in America, you can’t charge egregious prices for things. Look at big pharma for instance.

But it comes down to class. For some it’s attained by deeds and by being a human being. For others it’s attained by their bank account. It’s pretty clear to me where the D’Augustinos and Wilson’s fit.

 

That was fascinating!

 

This is an unfortunate generalization. I don't think there's a direct correlation between being able to afford Wilson's and being a bad human being.

 

ROFL! Funny stuff!