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TP–7 Field Recorder

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Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by adhesive_wombat »

deadeye wrote: post #32

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?

Hermes makes some outrageously tacky "normal thing but it's the price of my car" products. Like a backgammon set for £6k: https://www.hermes.com/uk/en/product/palio-backgammon-game-H...

And they may also pretend that it's so scarce you have to apply to a waiting list for the right to buy things so you feel extra special (cynically I suspect this also weeds out riff-raff rich enough to afford the item's sticker price but not also the PA to faff about with the process).

It's very silly. And profitable, evidently.

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by jd3 »

javajosh wrote: post #79
dvt wrote: post #8

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!

Strong disagree. I bought an OP-1 and it felt like a cheap plastic toy. It's a cool UX concept and I'm glad they exist, but I wasn't impressed. Give me a (relatively) cheap Yamaha or Roland or Nord keyboard any day of the week (and if you want ultra-portability, then put an app on an iPad).

I was also disappointed with my OP-1. After receiving a unit that had a broken OLED display, I received a replacement whose rotary encoder knobs were visibly askew. When I reached out about it, TE told me that it was "normal". I would expect tighter QA control on a product that is $1000+, but since it is made offshore in China, I guess they can only do so much?

https://i.imgur.com/7KrxVZr.jpg

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by brudgers »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #35
chamakits wrote: post #27

Is the target audience for teenage engineering products people that like extremely sleekly designed products that also have nice features; or do people in their industry hold them as highly regarded products that have unique features and perform well beyond their sleek design? I'm asking without judgement and out of ignorance of the field of audio engineering. I absolutely believe that there is a market for sleekly d…

I don't personally understand why you would use their hardware for anything considering each of their devices have industry leading competitors that people like more. I think you have to just want to buy their hardware. They're lifestyle devices.

To me, prioritizing technical specifications of equipment is no lesa lifestyle choice than prioritizing aesthetics or kinesthetics.

It is no less an expression of some cultural values and rejection of others.

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by mrguyorama »

DontchaKnowit wrote: post #87
deadeye wrote: post #32

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 wish I could find this link I found a while back - it was a furtniture store that sold one of a kind pieces made by legit artists. End tables were like 70k, etc. It was so interesting. Like peering into a whole different world

Meanwhile your local amish communities probably make better quality stuff for pretty good prices.

If you want to be new rich, just hand someone a million dollars for a normal product, your peers only care about the sticker price anyway.

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by mrguyorama »

dsr_ wrote: post #82
rcarr wrote: post #50

I was sold until I clicked through to the store and saw the price: £1299. Absolutely ludicrous given a Zoom H2 is £149.

If you buy a Zoom H8 with all of the optional microphone sets, you don't quite get up to this price. Teenage Engineering is selling the fantasy of being Hunter S Thompson's assistant.

As far as I can tell, it doesn't come with any adrenochrome laced bags of cocaine, so I think it would be missing a key part of that fantasy.

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by mrguyorama »

ugjka wrote: post #80
llamaimperative wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're betting on people who love jawdropping gorgeous pieces of technology and have lots of money to spend on art

Poor people don't understand rich people, seems

Poor people literally cannot afford to understand rich people. That's what scarcity mindset is

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by ShadowBanThis01 »

Every time I look at this company's products, I realize how useless they are. And that's before considering their absurd prices.

The big selling point for this thing is supposed to be its ready accessibility and "high quality" audio, but it can't record high quality as it stands. About its gimpy built-in mic they say "OR USE THE INTERNAL MIC IN A PINCH."

Or you can buy the Zoom F3, which costs $350, is small enough to strap to your wrist, and records in float. Then you can buy a good mic (or two) and still come out way ahead of the asinine product featured here.

Re: TP–7 Field Recorder

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Post by moron4hire »

wmf wrote: post #90
moron4hire wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These devices are ostensibly toys for rich people, but really more like advertisements for their product design services. You're supposed to see the TP-7 as a CEO of a hardware startup and want to hire Teenage Engineering to design the shell to go around your prototype.

What have they designed besides the Playdate?

The Ikea Frekvens line: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/newsroom/range-news/get-the-party...
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