Sorry, it was a messy comparison.
This speaker looks beautiful but its not for me. Also my feeling says there is more to comeā¦ something thatās complimentary to this speaker. I thought after this announcement plus the teasers and pictures that they used this speaker in the field/nature to test other stuff that they are making 
I could be totally wrong but i still have hopes for a nice portable instrument in some form that gets approval by the likes off Justin Vernon !?
An unprotected speaker on a portable Bluetooth speaker is not a 600ā¬ design choiceā¦ And the 400ā¬ leather bag still leaves the speaker unprotected.
I canāt help but wonder how long until this happensā¦
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Thatās just analog sound enhancement. Makes it less digital!
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non-linear effects for the win!
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to play devilās advocateā¦if that happens, itās not like it affects the sound, right?
All the features in 2:40
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I still canāt see why this took 6 years to develop, let alone why it costs so much.
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Magic
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Exactly!.
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A line-in is so not Teenage Engineering.
Must be the aspect they spent years on.
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Bang&Olufsen-inspired petrol cans next? With an optional $500 funnel?
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It takes six years to graduate Hogwarts.
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āOB-4 continuously memorizes everything you listen to on an endless looping tape (rolling 2 hour recording). Rewind, time-bend and loop at the flick of your fingertips.ā
I think this is a cool idea. How would you record the output of the OB-4?
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Damn, 6 years in the making and they forgot to add an output plug!
So close from the magic, and then snap, like, that, gone.
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With their next release, a magic recorder, the OB-5, starting at 1000 euros. I think the OB-6 will be their polysynth flagship.
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Yes, if the idea is to use it as a looper / instrument, this seems like a glaring omission. Maybe itās more special if only the 5 people at your forest jam get to hear the one off performance? It does look like it could be fun and it seems like it could generate some interesting happy accidents, but why no output? Is there a USB? How do you get the recordings off?
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Youāre right! How can I plug my Sansa Clip+? It doesnāt have any Bluetooth connection.
And how does this OB-4 charge, for how long?
I guess 2:40 was too short to cover all the features.
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Iām still left confused about who this is for. It is definitely at least interesting, but Iām not sure what the use case is.
Letās say you are hanging out with friends. How often do you have the radio on? I imagine most people today just have their devices streaming Spotify in the background.
And if you are intending to āperformā something, wouldnāt you want an actual instrument? The performance features here donāt seem to be very practice-able.
Seems a bit more like a $600 one-time party trick.
Ok , so from that video. It doesnāt do DAB? Ok not for me now. Insanely expensive for what it is now. It should really have a few modes for that price. Never mind the fact a few countries only have DAB now.
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