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Can you do a breakdown for a MacBook Pro for me. I paid over 3k for the latest one. I'd love to know how much all the parts cost sans casing and integration.

by ctvo 10y ago

throwaway6556 10y ago
I like your brand of sarcasm.
dsr_ 10y ago
This speaker system has specs which make it the equivalent of putting a Raspberry Pi in a MacBook aluminum chassis.
cthalupa 10y ago
As an audio enthusiast who spends far too much money on speakers and other gear: This isn't the same. The actual transducers and gear in these things is very low-end. Their gimmick seems to be the "tonewoods", which when you take into account the level of electronics in these is just silly. It's nearly cable riser levels of snake oil. Couple that with the fact that this is streamed over bluetooth (They mention using aptX, but not what variant, and even the aptx 'lossless' variant is still lossy in many circumstances... and iPhones and many android phones don't support aptX at all) where you are using lossy compression over what is already likely a lossy compressed file, and your audio quality is going to be pretty terrible, all things considered. You better be buying these things for the looks, because they're certainly not worth the price for the level of performance. You might claim you're paying a premium on an MBP for looks and such, but there's genuinely good hardware inside a MBP. This is a $30 wireless speaker with $270+ being spent on a gimmick.
- icc97 10y ago
  You can connect via WiFi too [0] [0]: https://youtu.be/zR-LJpLn3SU?t=40s https://youtu.be/zR-LJpLn3SU?t=40s
  - cthalupa 10y ago
    Ah, good catch, and I stand corrected. Doesn't resolve the amp and transducer themselves being mediocre, however :(
- abandonliberty 10y ago
  Hey at least they're not Monster :D Just wondering, how much more would they have to spend to provide electronics worthy of their designs and money spent on wood and skilled US labor? I'm guessing it's currently <20% of their costs. Of course, in the audio industry style trumps substance almost every time. Why bother if most of your consumers can't tell the difference? Let's be honest here. These are mostly going to play bluetooth-transmitted audio from a modern low-fi turntable. I suspect they're pretty good at that. And they look nice.

Can you do a breakdown for a MacBook Pro for me. I paid over 3k for the latest one. I'd love to know how much all the parts cost sans casing and integration.

by ctvo 10y ago

Can you do a breakdown for a MacBook Pro for me. I paid over 3k for the latest one. I'd love to know how much all the parts cost sans casing and integration.

throwaway6556 10y ago

I like your brand of sarcasm.

dsr_ 10y ago

This speaker system has specs which make it the equivalent of putting a Raspberry Pi in a MacBook aluminum chassis.

cthalupa 10y ago

As an audio enthusiast who spends far too much money on speakers and other gear: This isn't the same. The actual transducers and gear in these things is very low-end. Their gimmick seems to be the "tonewoods", which when you take into account the level of electronics in these is just silly. It's nearly cable riser levels of snake oil. Couple that with the fact that this is streamed over bluetooth (They mention using aptX, but not what variant, and even the aptx 'lossless' variant is still lossy in many circumstances... and iPhones and many android phones don't support aptX at all) where you are using lossy compression over what is already likely a lossy compressed file, and your audio quality is going to be pretty terrible, all things considered. You better be buying these things for the looks, because they're certainly not worth the price for the level of performance. You might claim you're paying a premium on an MBP for looks and such, but there's genuinely good hardware inside a MBP. This is a $30 wireless speaker with $270+ being spent on a gimmick.

icc97 10y ago
You can connect via WiFi too [0] [0]: https://youtu.be/zR-LJpLn3SU?t=40s https://youtu.be/zR-LJpLn3SU?t=40s
- cthalupa 10y ago
  Ah, good catch, and I stand corrected. Doesn't resolve the amp and transducer themselves being mediocre, however :(
abandonliberty 10y ago
Hey at least they're not Monster :D Just wondering, how much more would they have to spend to provide electronics worthy of their designs and money spent on wood and skilled US labor? I'm guessing it's currently <20% of their costs. Of course, in the audio industry style trumps substance almost every time. Why bother if most of your consumers can't tell the difference? Let's be honest here. These are mostly going to play bluetooth-transmitted audio from a modern low-fi turntable. I suspect they're pretty good at that. And they look nice.