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zenith_industries t1_iy34yf0 wrote

As a bit of an audiophile I’m not entirely convinced that the quality of the sound would be any good - but I’d be keen to be proven wrong.

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RiledAstaldo t1_iy35zmi wrote

Yeah it’s the “first” step on a unique form of speaker, unlikely to have the audio fidelity of high end speakers but interesting to see none the less.

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HereComesCunty t1_iy38hc8 wrote

> interesting to see

Pun intended?

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YouFeastOnFeces t1_iy5jfm9 wrote

Well, the article was just shallow clickbait, and no substance. There was no video of an actual representation.

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HulksInvinciblePants t1_iy3eza7 wrote

Theres no replacement for displacement. Quirky designs and fringe tech has only managed so much compared to multi-decade traditional design.

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Hungry_Horace t1_iy3h35r wrote

Exactly. Reproducing low frequencies at volume requires large cone sizes. That’s never going to change.

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rubensinclair t1_iy376k2 wrote

I had this technology shown to me ten years ago by Tony Bongiovi, yes, Jon Bon Jovi’s uncle. It’s pretty remarkable and sounds just as full as you would hope.

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king_zulufo t1_iy3jr4w wrote

If I'm understanding these speakers correctly this is just old tech being rehyped under a new brand. They're basically normal speakers but replace the "black circle paper resonator disc"(idk it's real name) with a suction cup. And now you can stick it to any surface and just resonate that be to make your sound... it sounds like absolute shit on %95 of surfaces. It turns out most objects have very clear resonating frequencies and every time the speaker would play those It would be much louder making it sound very tinny.

I could definitely see a company adding a microcontroller and microphone to try and real time create an equalizer to mitigate this, and it might work and might be what was done here.

Also there is a YouTube channel called tech ingredients. The main guy like to talk long and dry but he gives out good info. He did a video where he took super cheap resinator speaks and tested a bunch of different materials and shapes of what to stick it to for the best inexpensive sound. Resulting in an amazing tutorial on how to make loud diy very high-fi speakers for about 30$

https://youtu.be/zdkyGDqU7xA

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timg528 t1_iy3bzhr wrote

The tech has been around for decades, if that gives you any indication on the the sound quality to price ratio.

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godnrop t1_iy3alsu wrote

Perhaps a sub under the seat can fill in some bass.

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