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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by serf on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:26AM (#24639025)
exposed drivers on a 'outdoor use' 600 dollar device gives me an extreme sense of anxiety.

Reminds me of Braun products; products designed to look nice, but in general usability suffers in favor of sleek metal human interfaces, nice weights, and a generally 'quality' feel.

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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by manspeterson on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @06:10PM (#24644607)
The whole product reminds me a lot about the Braun T52.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=braun+t52&iax=images&ia=images

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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by 52-6F-62 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @09:05AM (#24650369)
Did their usability suffer? I always remembered Braun as being simple and intuitive growing up. Like you almost knew how to use whatever it was immediately without inspection.
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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by jhvkjhk on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:23AM (#24639697)
Your words remind me Apple.
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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by AceJohnny2 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:31AM (#24639792)
Well gee.

Jony Ive is openly inspired by Dieter Rams, the designer behind many of Braun's products.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8555503/Dieter-...

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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by jhvkjhk on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:56AM (#24640103)
Wow, thank you.
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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by centimeter on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @01:35PM (#24641304)
Except Apple hardware is more usable than basically any of their competitors (these days, software is a different story).
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Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker by chrischen on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:30PM (#24643445)
People complain about Apple products because it’s one of the most used by people who actually care about what they use, and then fail to provide any decent alternatives.
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