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Looks like my iPhone and every other phone since the iPhone was released - am I missing something? The minimalist slab with a screen isn’t exactly unique any more?
except it has a zoom lens. also, being able to use the phone as a screen via cable vs latency ridden wireless connection as a video screen is interesting
Serious question, if you inherited tens of millions of dollars and wanted to spend it on premium things, where can you buy insanly luxurious every day items? Like: An apple corer? A Yeti (like) cup? A mobile phone? Kids toys? I've always wondered this. I live in a world of throw away quality every day items. Do the ultra wealthy have luxury options for these things?
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I mean, look at the newest Sony phone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/sonys-1400-xperia-1-...
That little microphone hole at the bottom is not lined up with the other items nor is is evenly spaced out like on the iPhones. Its bugging me.
Serious question, if you inherited tens of millions of dollars and wanted to spend it on premium things, where can you buy insanly luxurious every day items? Like: An apple corer? A Yeti (like) cup? A mobile phone? Kids toys? I've always wondered this. I live in a world of throw away quality every day items. Do the ultra wealthy have luxury options for these things?
I don't think there are many truly luxurious options in the category of everyday items. The ultra wealthy have the same options as the middle class in terms of apple corer, mobile phones, tablets, toilets, or streaming services. Luxuries would be things like hiring personal assistants, hand-made/customized items, art collections, etc. An emperor wouldn't have a golden hoe, because he doesn't farm.
Found it: https://www.wayfair.com/home-improvement/pdp/kohler-numi-20-...
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It doesn’t seem ridiculous if you’re a professional whose life revolves around voice recording. Seems like prosumer quality pricing.
I dunno. I think that the Sound Devices MixPre-3 II is around $900, so things like this TE model seem kind of over priced even compared to professional tools that do more. I have no problem with folks who want to pay whatever for whatever- I play pedal steel and own a modular synth, which are two of the dumbest, difficult, and expensive ways to create small variations in current. But even professional level tools are…
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If I saw a professional walking around with this thing, I'd avoid them like the plague. It screams "I care more about looking cool than making quality recordings" to me. Prosumer pricing for these features would be €450-500 max. €1500 for €150 of audio quality is just smh.
Not really fair assesment. At pro level that price really doesnt matter. Saying that its bad because it looks is stupid. What matters is if its reliable and functions well. If it does it might just mean that the premium materials make it last longer.
This TP-7 doesn't. Not at all. Their marketing is heavily based on how cool it looks, with very little if any stuff like audio samples, frequency response, etc.
In other words, their marketing materials say "it's good, because it looks good"...
Teenage Engineering make shiny expensive toys, and market an 'experience'. Which is fine, if that's what you're after. But if you're after quality recording, get something twice as good and ten times cheaper.
Serious question, if you inherited tens of millions of dollars and wanted to spend it on premium things, where can you buy insanly luxurious every day items? Like: An apple corer? A Yeti (like) cup? A mobile phone? Kids toys? I've always wondered this. I live in a world of throw away quality every day items. Do the ultra wealthy have luxury options for these things?
When you're that rich, your "every day items" do not include yeti cups or apple corers.
Though, I'm sure Elon isn't doing something so mundane.
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When you're that rich, your "every day items" do not include yeti cups or apple corers.
I doubt people with tens of millions of dollars have a cook to slice up their kid's apple, but I wouldn't know. Though, I'm sure Elon isn't doing something so mundane.
I know everyone's going to complain about the price (which is ridiculous), but I think Teenage Engineering is the last company around that has that sleek Apple aesthetic and extremely premium feel. I get giddy every time I see them on the HN front page. They've been around for a while, so I assume there's a decent professional audiophile community that is supporting them. I hope they continue doing well!
$1,500? For a field recorder? That's not a crazy number for a digital synthesizer. It's eye-watering for a pocket-sized mixer. For a microphone though? This is madness. You carry a cell phone with you every day - if you need more, you buy a Zoom handheld for maybe ~$150. There's no shortage of pissing-and-moaning about Teenage Engineering hardware, but goddamn . They are really betting on people not wanting to open t…
They're betting on people who love jawdropping gorgeous pieces of technology and have lots of money to spend on art