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Meanwhile here in Realityland we know that small lights give out small amounts of light.
And small speakers akin to the size of ear buds will no more than squeak unless stuffed into your ear.
Why is this so hard to understand ?????

Started to read this thread, because I do not like to plug anything in when possible.

The idea for now is maybe attractive for some and not for others.
This is certainly not for audiophiles.
The size makes for a lot of limitations, but if they stick with it maybe one day........

Until then, I'll wait until their beta testing is over and the prices are reasonable.

PS: How will these hold up over time , say in a bath room when steam and humidity are present every day?
 
Oh, you already have one?
You've seen these?
Where are these "reviews?" The Twist smart lightbulb hasn't been released yet. The only information on the web about it is from July of last year. None have shipped yet. Got a link?
No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night...

Actually I've "experienced" about 5 of them in one room at an acquaintance's place. Utter garbage in terms of sound output and definition. Only get as bright as a 40 watt bulb despite what the package says about lumens.

Lord knows where he got them, but he also gets all kinds of much nicer stuff to use in his listening room for a time. He used to own one of the biggest mobile sound companies on the east coast. Now he just likes to host parties and go to machine gun shoots (where I met him).

If looking like an idiot that has more money than brains is important to someone, these are the bulbs to get.
 
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This is certainly not for audiophiles.

Oh, for the love of god, please STOP making it sound like you have to be an "audiophile" to appreciate better sound than what you get from a sub-1-inch fullrange driver. You simply have no clue what you are talking about. I'm not being a car-phile because I like cars with more than 35 HP either. Come. On.

The size makes for a lot of limitations, but if they stick with it maybe one day........

No! Not "one day". Not ever! A speaker is not a cpu, and you don't get better performance in a smaller package next year (although marketing would like you to think so). Sound requires physically moving air. Tell me when you are able to hold a gallon of water in a pint-sized bottle. Until that day, speakers this size will be crap. (Hint: that means "forever", in case you were wondering).
 
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Oh, for the love of god, please STOP making it sound like you have to be an "audiophile" to appreciate better sound than what you get from a sub-1-inch fullrange driver. You simply have no clue what you are talking about. I'm not being a car-phile because I like cars with more than 35 HP either. Come. On.

No! Not "one day". Not ever! A speaker is not a cpu, and you don't get better performance in a smaller package next year (although marketing would like you to think so). Sound requires physically moving air. Tell me when you are able to hold a gallon of water in a pint-sized bottle. Until that day, speakers this size will be crap. (Hint: that means "forever", in case you were wondering).

People listen to a lot of differently sized loudspeakers.
Obviously car sound is different from a full fledged stereo system.

But, a small bathroom may fill up with enough sound to be tolerable for the few minutes one is in there.
I for one just take my iPhone into the shower and prop it up high.

Sound is great for what it is even with the water running.

You want to ignore that people are different and make do with different things and situations.

Plus, if every attempt of doing something different was thwarted by naysayers,
we'd still be living in grottos and caves.

We have come a long way from crackling transistor radios, which used 12 batteries and only had one loudspeaker.
People lived through that and didn't think about loudspeaker quality.

I prefer to wait and see and give things a chance.
If it works for me it's all good and I buy.

Requires patience, which I see very few people have these days.
 
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