Overview
A speaker you never have to aim.
Put Tolva Column in the middle of the table, on the kitchen island or in the grass. It sends sound out in every direction, so there is no good seat and no bad one.
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Sound in every direction
A 76 mm woofer fires at the ceiling and two radiators push air sideways, so every seat at the table hears the same thing.
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One dial, no app
Turn it for volume, press it to play, hold it to pair. It works with any phone, and there is nothing to sign up for.
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Thirty hours, then some
Four standard cells give thirty hours at half volume, and the pack comes out with one screwdriver when it gets tired.
Highlights
The short version.
The dial
Turn, press, hold. That is the whole manual.
The sleeve
A knit sleeve that comes off for a wash.
Placement
Put it in the middle of the room, not in a corner.
Water
IP67. Fine in the shower, fine in the rain.
Battery
Thirty hours, or a long weekend without a socket.
Stereo
Two of them make a stereo pair in ten seconds.
Take it apart
Nine parts. No glue.
Scroll to lift it apart. Every part comes out with one screwdriver, so a tired battery is a ten-minute swap, not a new speaker.
Sound
Sound in every direction.
Most speakers point at one seat. Column points at the ceiling, and the room carries the sound out to everyone in it.
360°
even coverage, 2.1 dB spread across a 5 × 4 m room
01 · Driver
A 76 mm woofer, firing up.
The woofer sits under the dial and fires straight up into a shaped deflector that spreads the sound evenly in a ring.
76 mm
long-throw woofer with a 12 mm excursion
02 · Radiators
Two radiators for the low end.
Two passive radiators face left and right. They move air with the woofer, so bass stays full without a bigger box.
48 Hz
low-frequency extension at −6 dB
03 · Tuning
It listens to the room.
A microphone under the knit measures the room when you switch it on and adjusts the tuning for walls, corners or open air.
4 s
to re-tune after you move it
The dial
One dial. Nothing to learn.
Turn
Volume, in 2 dB clicks
Press
Play or pause
Hold 3 s
Pair a second Column for stereo
Colourways
Six colours. The same thirty hours.
Clay
$349
Terracotta knit, copper-tone dial
First batch: 2,000
Graphite
$349
Charcoal knit, black dial
First batch: 2,000
Chalk
$349
Off-white knit, natural aluminium dial
First batch: 2,000
Moss
$349
Sage knit, champagne dial
First batch: 2,000
Sand
$369
Oat knit, brushed brass-tone dial
Limited: 600 made
Harbour
$349
Deep blue knit, steel-tone dial
Second batch
Indoor or out
It tunes itself for where you put it.
Indoor
Outdoor
Room mode
Walls give you free bass.
Indoors, Column trims the low end so it doesn’t boom in corners, and keeps voices clear across the room.
Battery
30
hours at half volume. About nine flat out.
Tolva Column, 50% volume
30 h
Tolva Column, full volume
9 h
A typical 1 kg speaker, 50% volume
12 h
Measured with a pink-noise playlist at 21 °C, Bluetooth on, light on. Demo figures: replace with your own.
Stereo
Two is a stereo pair.
Hold the dial on both for three seconds. The lights blink together and you have a left and a right. Mix colours if you like.
Left · Clay
Bluetooth 5.4, 40 m range
Right · Chalk
Reviews
What the first testers said.
The first portable speaker I have wanted to leave out on the table.
Harlow Weekly
★★★★★
Set it in the middle of the room and the room does the rest. It sounds bigger than it looks.
The Listening Post
★★★★★
A dial you can use in the dark, and a battery you can actually replace. Rare in 2027.
Fieldnote
★★★★★
Thirty hours is not marketing. We got thirty-one at half volume.
Bench Test Monthly
★★★★★
We took it camping for four days and never charged it. It also survived a dunk in the lake.
Maren O.
Beta tester, Bergen
My kitchen is long and narrow. With it on the island, both ends sound the same.
Theo R.
Beta tester, Lisbon
I paired two for the living room. Stereo took ten seconds: hold the dial, done.
Anika S.
Beta tester, Utrecht
The Chalk sleeve went through the wash twice. Still looks new.
Priya D.
Beta tester, Leeds
Preorder · Batch one
Reserve yours for $49 today.
The deposit comes off the $349 price and is refundable until your Column ships. We charge the rest a week before it leaves.
Today
Reserve with a $49 deposit
Feb 2027
Batch one of 2,000 goes into production
Mar 2027
Ships, in the order you preordered
Questions
Before you preorder.
Anything else, write to us and a person who built it will answer within a day.
When will my Column ship?
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Can I cancel my preorder?
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Does it work with my phone?
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How do I pair two for stereo?
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Is it really waterproof?
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Can I replace the battery?
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What is in the box?
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What is the warranty?
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