Wilson Audio Tunetot Loudspeakers Reviewed !
I don't think the Tune Tot has ever sounded bad ... in different listening positions and Amp / Pre combinations (casual observation). But what is impressive is how good the ' Sound ' is when matched with higher tier Amplifier. Also I like the design of Vandy VLR but have not listened to VLR at all however Vandersteen has good Rep and the price is much less. Darkos Non Review:
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People's listening opinions are like, you know what! Especially in this Hobby, y'all should know this by now, way to many factors involved. Music, gear, age, even the time of the day, can make a significant difference. One opinion concerning gear can be, "those are the worst speakers I have ever heard," another opinion concerning the exact same gear, "Wow, those are the best speakers that I have ever heard in my life," so why do you think that is? Every one of our Brains are wired Different, it mainly depends on what kind of listener we are, individually. |
This is not good... The reference made elsewhere in this thread about "Wilson’s being sensitive to the gear you hook them up too... they will reveal everything" That made me chuckle, as I have experienced that exact thing with my Wilson Audio Duette... but here’s the thing - it’s not a "feature correlating to excellence". In fact, it highlights a problem with the speaker. When you experience or read about a speaker that’s said to be "very resolving" and "sensitive to gear...", in my experience, the issue there is an issue with baffle step compensation / tipped up presence in the 700hz-2khz region. "Resolving" is often an imbalance in this region that makes the speaker SOUND VERY FORWARD AND SHOUTS AT YOU. It’s not "this speaker is better than your gear"... it’s highlighting and issue with the speaker... it’s imbalanced. People read about and get sold on the fallacy that the problem is their gear. Nope, the problem is the speaker. And... here we are... This is a mess: https://www.hifinews.com/content/wilson-audio-tunetot-loudspeaker-lab-report
And it doesn’t stop there. There is ringing in the 1khz range. That range SHOUTS AT YOU. It’s not a matter of "this speaker is better than your gear" and that’s why it is "sensitive to gear matching". The issue is the speaker is SHOUTING and Ringing in the 1khz range. People think the "highs" and "brightness" are 8-10khz. In fact, that imbalance and ringing in the 1khz range is the issue. This ringing is a problem:
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