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Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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This appears to be describing an electrostatic speaker. They're on the market, and have been for decades, using mylar or a similar material.

Yeah I am really nonplussed how this is the top post on HN right now (I know that is against the rules to mention but really)

> Yeah I am really nonplussed

Well this tells me nothing.

(The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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Yeah I am really nonplussed how this is the top post on HN right now (I know that is against the rules to mention but really)

> Yeah I am really nonplussed Well this tells me nothing. (The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

The wrong meaning is the opposite of the right meaning

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I am really nonplussed how this is the top post on HN right now (I know that is against the rules to mention but really)

> Yeah I am really nonplussed Well this tells me nothing. (The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

>Well this tells me nothing.

Well its certainaly not a non negative statement because its talking about being plussed, which is a positive statement, so a nonplussed person is truly chaotic-neutral.

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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This appears to be describing an electrostatic speaker. They're on the market, and have been for decades, using mylar or a similar material.

I'm not so sure. Electrostatic speakers have big heavy metal electrodes. They talk about a thin conducting layer on the rubber, quite a different thing.

They definitely look very different. I understand how ESLs work, but I don’t quite get how these move. Can anyone explain?

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I am really nonplussed how this is the top post on HN right now (I know that is against the rules to mention but really)

> Yeah I am really nonplussed Well this tells me nothing. (The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

I can't tell if serious or sarcastic. Either way, here you go.

nonplussed : adjective

- Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.

- Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.

- filled with bewilderment

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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Yeah I am really nonplussed how this is the top post on HN right now (I know that is against the rules to mention but really)

> Yeah I am really nonplussed Well this tells me nothing. (The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

Summarizing dictionary.com:

1. Surprised and confused 2. Unperturbed

"Yeah I am really unperturbed" doesn't make sense in context of it's parent.

I'm not sure how you could be nonplussed about this.

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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I'm not so sure. Electrostatic speakers have big heavy metal electrodes. They talk about a thin conducting layer on the rubber, quite a different thing.

They definitely look very different. I understand how ESLs work, but I don’t quite get how these move. Can anyone explain?

As I understand it, the rubber being is forced into the shape of a dome via air pressure, which makes one side a bit bigger than the other. The electrostatic charge on the opposing faces when one is bigger than the other would cause it to flex - acting as a speaker diaphragm.

It's a bit of a guess though; its definitely outside my wheelhouse.

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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> I had ChatGPT expand on the paragraphs

Yeah, don't do that. Nobody wants to read "AI" textspam here in the comments.

> so take the audiophile considerations with a grain of salt lol.

The understatement of the year. Repeat after me: chatgpt is not deterministic.

Re: Classic components could be replaced by rubber in next-gen loudspeakers

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> Yeah I am really nonplussed Well this tells me nothing. (The two meanings of this word are essentially opposite)

I can't tell if serious or sarcastic. Either way, here you go. nonplussed : adjective - Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act. - Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed. - filled with bewilderment

This meets the criteria of Poe's law. It is equally reasonable to assume _you_ are being sarcastic or serious. If they didn't just recently look up the definition themselves, they wouldn't have commented about the conflict in the two definitions.
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