I saw that. I think we’re going backwards faster than we are forwards. We’ve already jumped to the mid 70’s gas lines. 😂
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Longtime Apple Designer Christopher Stringer's Latest Project Is a High-Fidelity Speaker With AirPlay 2
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Agree - It's quite possibly terrible, but I'm interested in the whole thing nonetheless. It'll be an interesting little toy to play around with and see what happens. At 1,700 bucks, why not just see what happens? If it's garbage it's garbage and can go in the closet with the rest of the crap I buy and never really use.
$1,799.
I'm surprised it isn't more expensive.
But, looking at the videos, this is a potential game changer. Seriously. I was blown away by the sound the HomePod put out. And I never thought I'd spend that much money on a 'corded speaker'. It was just amazing, hearing it for the first time. I only wish I had bought two, and I think it is a game changer too.
I think this funky looking speaker could really work well. I think it's worth the money too. Too expensive for me, but I'd love to hear one playing. The HomePod broke ground because it uses so many speakers, microphones, and processing power to 'shape' the sound. This speaker should be just as amazing...
I'm surprised it isn't more expensive.
But, looking at the videos, this is a potential game changer. Seriously. I was blown away by the sound the HomePod put out. And I never thought I'd spend that much money on a 'corded speaker'. It was just amazing, hearing it for the first time. I only wish I had bought two, and I think it is a game changer too.
I think this funky looking speaker could really work well. I think it's worth the money too. Too expensive for me, but I'd love to hear one playing. The HomePod broke ground because it uses so many speakers, microphones, and processing power to 'shape' the sound. This speaker should be just as amazing...
The HiFi era of the late 1970s and early 1980s was about pushing the edge to the point where only the specs changed. People couldn’t tell a difference in quality after a certain point. That industry largely collapsed. I think we’re seeing the same kind of thing here. Marginal increases in quality, at best, and targeted mainly for those who believe they can tell the difference and/or those who need to show off their new toy/wealth.
Playing vinyl, which is analog, then converting it to digital and beaming it to a speaker via bluetooth or wifi is assignee. You've completely defeated the purpose of playing an analog source.
You are assuming studio recorders were analog and not digital. Plenty of studios had digital multitrack recorders.
I think you are partially right. I owned a "Hi-Fi" store in the late sixtes and I think the collapse of the specialty stores was due the greed of the manufactures. We sold Pioneer, Sansui, Kenwood, but the Japanese companies wanted more, so they stopped supporting us and went with big tonnage discount stores, we couldn't compete with the prices.
I used to always buy the LPs and then transfer them to cassette to avoid wearing down the LP.
I guess the top of the B9 robot in Lost in Space was a HiFi speaker.
If I was single I'd get a nice home speaker - but I'm a dad with a wife and 3 kids - they don't want hear my "gross" music.
I’ve been watching this gif for a while. You managed to give 3D volume, perspective and motion to a static image. Definitely you’re using frames that aren’t on the original image. Impressive, it wouldn’t surprise me that some sort of AI was involved on this xD
By the way, I kind of like this speaker. It looks very Dyson-ish.
Buzzwords and no info about speaker performance. Also no Roon which is pretty much the standard at the moment for lossless wireless audio transmission. The fact that they don’t mention this indicates they’re not aiming this at audiophiles who would know better. AirPlay 2 doesn’t support lossless streaming BTW.
If anyone here is looking to buy 2-3 of these just go spend your money on Buchardt A500’s instead.
If anyone here is looking to buy 2-3 of these just go spend your money on Buchardt A500’s instead.
Corporate Communications Director for Online Marketing: "Look, it was a small bug when viewed on Safari browsers. These things happen. Nobody is going to think we can't make speakers just because of glitch in the website. Those are totally different things."
CEO: *turning laptop around to show screen*
CCDOM: "I'll show myself out."
CEO: *turning laptop around to show screen*
CCDOM: "I'll show myself out."
Seems a grunge version of Bang and Olufsen gear or a Star Wars edition Homepod.
Stuff like this is never going to sell in big quantities, it's just a showcase of their tech which will be licensed to other companies.
I agree with the previous comment from @zakarhino
I'd take a set of Buchardt A500's instead....speakers that objectively perform well and not what some DSP thinks it should sound like.
Stuff like this is never going to sell in big quantities, it's just a showcase of their tech which will be licensed to other companies.
I agree with the previous comment from @zakarhino
I'd take a set of Buchardt A500's instead....speakers that objectively perform well and not what some DSP thinks it should sound like.
Those are just helpful byproducts of, you know, actually remaking things in 3D.
Most of my GIFs are just an image from an article with one part content-aware filled, projected on to simple 3D models, and then animated with a physics simulation.
Pretty sure its a 0 off from B&O pricingFinally something to compete with Bang & Olufsen's silly pricing
DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
Your volume could damage your ears, I’ll decrease it.
Does Dolby Atmos have a 3d description language captured in the audio stream defining where the instruments are? Or is everything pre calculated and played back? Because, I think it’d be cool to have musical audio content that, instead of defining discrete “channels”, you define a scene within which the instruments are placed in 3D, then the playback hardware computes and generates the resulting sound.
What on earth (I’m putting this lightly) does an industrial designer know about audio engineering and speaker design?
A speaker is the last thing someone who graduated from Ive’s Form Over Function academy should have anything to do with. The egos of these people to think they have something useful to add.
I’m sure something like this will find a market somewhere.
But you do realize that musicians and recording engineers spend decades in the industry honing their listening skills before even thinking of embarking on something like designing a speaker. Every component has to have one purpose and that is to contribute to the sound, not looks and thinness…
A speaker is the last thing someone who graduated from Ive’s Form Over Function academy should have anything to do with. The egos of these people to think they have something useful to add.
I’m sure something like this will find a market somewhere.
But you do realize that musicians and recording engineers spend decades in the industry honing their listening skills before even thinking of embarking on something like designing a speaker. Every component has to have one purpose and that is to contribute to the sound, not looks and thinness…
There is an additional usb-c port adjacent to power for more permanent connections that can be ran through the stand.