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If it wasn't for the price I would buy it just for this "ambient. zone out to a drone generated by snippets of a radio broadcast" feature as it sounds precisely like my fav type of music.
Although his work is more house music, and less ambient, there's a producer named Akufen who has done some really interesting music with this exact sound palette.
their stuff is awesome, but so expensive! I've wanted an OP-1 for a long time, just can't fork out that kind of cash for a "toy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkQ5rEJaTmk
I still want one, even though I have absolutely no use for such a device.
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The US digital radio effort has been complicated and slow to ramp up. Many digital streams are commercial free in an attempt to drive receiver adoption. Many cars still ship with no digital capability. Ordinary FM makes reasonable sense here.
It’s not an american product though.
Their line of synths is great, but a radio which doesn't support DAB? How am I going to listen to 6music?
The US digital radio effort has been complicated and slow to ramp up. Many digital streams are commercial free in an attempt to drive receiver adoption. Many cars still ship with no digital capability. Ordinary FM makes reasonable sense here.
Just in case you're like "Why does this look familiar?" https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/frekvens-portable-speaker-black... https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/frekvens-speaker-with-subwoofer... TE designed both this OB4 and the Frekvens, this seems like the Ikea line taken to a very far extreme. Very neat, lots of cash though. I have to say, it kinda reminds me of Ikea's Eneby too, but TE did not design that: https://www.ikea.…
I have the larger Eneby and it puts out a frankly ridiculous quantity of sound without distortion.
Ikea's Symfonisk Sonos speakers are Eneby taken much further... but thats it.
Like they are literally Eneby Drivers married to Sonos One SL boards. Add some porting and a case and boom, Symfonisk. But what they can do is pretty shocking, The TruePlay tech really irons the package into incredible quality by tuning out all of the downsides of the Eneby's lesser hardware. You can downright hear it outside like a house party at max volume with no discernible distortion.
their stuff is awesome, but so expensive! I've wanted an OP-1 for a long time, just can't fork out that kind of cash for a "toy"
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It’s not an american product though.
Do they believe they will sell in the US?
£599. Nope.
I was about to say, at that price it's taking the piss a little bit. No matter how good and clever the engineering is, it's just too expensive.
I love everything Teenage Engineering make. My first impression is always "eh, that's too weird, who would want that... who is their target market?", and over time end up at "OK, I WANT ONE!". I own way too many of their Pocket Operators now. Though, I REALLY think I'm not their target market here: "designed to be played outdoors, in public spaces and at high volume"... that's exactly situations I now try to avoid. H…
I understand say OP-1. But how much time on average have you spent on each of those pocket operators? And are you able to use it productively after leaving it alone for some time without checking manual?