Cars have sound systems already. This is a technology in search of a commercially viable application.

The frequency response of typical transducer/actuator speakers, as I’m familiar calling them, rely heavily on the material they are mounted to. The EQ can be tuned to account for this, but a good one should have high fidelity down past 200 Hz. That may not be low enough for some people but I only stop there as I haven’t actually seen the data below 200 Hz.

I can’t yet find the specs for the LG TASS, but once they’re available I’d compare to the linked transducer below, which has wonderful fidelity.

https://soliddrive.mseaudio.com/sd-1-ti.html

>Near where I live many retirees from middle class jobs in NYC move here and live like kings off pensions and the value their apartments sold for.

Boomers who already helped to pull up the ladder to prosperity behind them (supporting conservative politicians who slashed state support to state universities in the late 70's and early 80's, leading to a nationwide explosion in tuition prices, for instance...)

Do they really need more money?

Or perhaps, we should tax those sales more (Capital Gains taxes apply to home sales, I believe? Hard to recall rn, tired and have Post-Covid Syndrome brain fog) and use the money to incentive local communities to relax their zoning laws instead?

(Was part of Elizabeth Warren's housing plan for if she had been elected, actually: offer grants to communities they can receive for relaxing zoning laws, targeted to the areas with the strongest jobs markets and highest housing prices, as the high prices are a market indicator of a local housing shortage... Funny how I can remember some random things, but not others...)

>Near where I live many retirees from middle class jobs in NYC move here and live like kings off pensions and the value their apartments sold for.

Boomers who already helped to pull up the ladder to prosperity behind them (supporting conservative politicians who slashed state support to state universities in the late 70's and early 80's, leading to a nationwide explosion in tuition prices, for instance...)

Do they really need more money?

Or perhaps, we should tax those sales more (Capital Gains taxes apply to home sales, I believe? Hard to recall rn, tired and have Post-Covid Syndrome brain fog) and use the money to incentive local communities to relax their zoning laws instead?

(Was part of Elizabeth Warren's housing plan for if she had been elected, actually: offer grants to communities they can receive for relaxing zoning laws, targeted to the areas with the strongest jobs markets and highest housing prices, as the high prices are a market indicator of a local housing shortage...)

The average 1 bedroom apartment in the US is 882 sq feet. Even the highest state average is under 1200.

1200 sq feet is a fairly large apt. Plenty of homes measure out under 1000 sq feet in living area (not including basement.)

My apologies I was referring to NIMBY laws in general, the rapid rise in home prices can benefit existing owners when they sell and leave the area.

We need to lower our standards for sustainability. That needs to come first. If it means not making speakers in the masses then it’s worth it. Saving a huge amount of mfg costs and environmental waste for something that isn’t required by law to be apart of the car.

>Existing home owners can win as well

Only once, when the construction costs drop.

Eventually the new, higher housing prices (because the drop in construction costs actually leads to an INCREASE in housing prices dur to artificial scarcity. Counterintuitive, I know...) phase into the housing market through homeowners making upgrades to larger homes and first-time buyers.

So, everyone loses in the end except the banks, all due to zoning laws.

Man I wish that happened with my soundbar. On headphones it's glorious tho.

For a new technology to start at the same price point without government assistance is amazing. Look at electric cars receiving rebate incentives to make them competitive.

I can guarantee without even hearing them, that these sound like crap.

Existing home owners can win as well, especially if they desire to leave the desirable cities and move to more rural lower cost areas. Near where I live many retirees from middle class jobs in NYC move here and live like kings off pensions and the value their apartments sold for.

NIMBY are the largest issue in housing costs, the restrictive zoning hurts everyone long term.

Again? We sold those for in-wall install like....15 years ago ..whats new now?

Martin Logan speakers created tech like this more than a decade ago, not sure what happened to it though.

they aren't louder they just weigh less and take up less space

I'd like one where Bluetooth calls switch off the main drivers and only use speakers in the driver headrest

I’d argue that in this particular case, what the tech is physically being used ON is what matters most. A headrest is a particularly bad place to use tech that depends on hard, flat surfaces to create sound with.

> Not where the jobs are.

Exactly my point. If your zoning is 100% residential then there is no way not to commute and jobs have to be far away.

Right now it is zoned for metropolitan areas, so that they get their resources (people) somehow. Not for people. (Still mulling over how to best verbalize that thought)

Sony also has tech that turns your TV screen into one big speaker.

electrostatic drivers?

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Why is the emperor not wearing any clothes?

But I want miracles!

I would like to see a legit source for this, I can only find trendhunter/reviewgeek etc links, which is pretty sus in my book.

This is pretty cool, I assume it will sound better on select surfaces.

>Half an acre is a modest exaggeration, but in some wealthy suburbs it is standard.

It's actually more than that in most of my town. Literally houses on a full acre of land.