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If Apple Designed a Turntable, This Is Probably What It Would Look Like
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The crazy thing $60k for the target audience this is intended for is like $60 for the rest of us.
I see what you did there. Every once in a while, for no reason whatsoever, I think about the absurdity of his "it's unapologetically plastic" comment.
I don't see a space for a 45 adapter. Does it have a separate dongle?
Well of course it does considering how Ive lifted, er was inspired by, most of Rams's designs. Ive is nothing more than an overrated hack
Ive was out of touch with reality at Apple when he didn’t have Steve Jobs to pull him back into the real world.
No surprise Apple products started getting better as soon as he left.
Who wants a turn table designed for its looks.? How well does it play vinyl records? THAT is what people care about. Forgetting that products will actually be used is why I think Apple fired Ive.
A classic example of one of his dumb designs is when he arranged all the ports on a MacBook in order of their size. Why not think about cable routing, or how easy the most used ports are to reach?
When I buy a turn table, the LAST thing I want to know is if it has rounded edges and if the material has a soft brushed finish.
A classic example of one of his dumb designs is when he arranged all the ports on a MacBook in order of their size. Why not think about cable routing, or how easy the most used ports are to reach?
When I buy a turn table, the LAST thing I want to know is if it has rounded edges and if the material has a soft brushed finish.
I will need time to think before purchasing. It isn't labelled "Pro", and I can hire quite a few escorts for that $60K and they are all Pro's.
Where is it reported that Ive only worked on the hinges and switch because it is not in the article, I checked on Linn's website and nothing is mentioned there and I checked at the source of the article Fast Company and nothing is mentioned there either.
Sondek LP12-50 | Turntables | Linn UK
Limited edition historic fiftieth anniversary Sondek LP12 turntable co-designed by Linn and Sir Jony Ive.
www.linn.co.uk
Specifically “LoveFrom has applied their design expertise to the new, precision-machined power/speed control button and hinges”
Sure for another $50. And the charger will use prongs that flip upward so it just continually falls out of the wall when plugged into a looser-fitting outlet, and they’ll make that design for 20 years without fixing it.
Jony has been working on $60,000 turntables and clown noses...
I think he drank too much of his own Kool-Aid.
I think he drank too much of his own Kool-Aid.
More than 50 years ago Bang & Olufsen made the iconic Beogram 4000,that one looks like someting Apple could have designed.
What could possibly be in this unit to warrant a 60K price tag? I think that is what most people are balking at. Even with a 90% margin I doubt that the components would cost 6K.
And give people a break. Not everyone is going to go to the main article. The synopsis suggests very strong that Ive's group were responsible for the whole look and feel.
This is the problem. Most of the comments in here are assuming he did the entire thing when in fact it’s a fifty year old product that he’s designed two very small parts for, parts which have zero effect on the performance.