Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them

Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by Wowfunhappy on Thursday January 08, 2026 @12:19PM (#46543619)

> To be more specific, Sound Reproduction Fidelity is not the same as Pleasant Music

If a speaker reproduces some music with 100% accuracy and the result is unpleasant, doesn’t that just mean the original music—as created by the artist—is unpleasant?

Where possible, I’d prefer a speaker that respects the artist’s decisions instead of inserting itself into the creative process.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by sosborn on Thursday January 08, 2026 @01:06PM (#46544296)

Unless you are listening through the same studio monitors in the same room or headphones as the mixing engineer, it will never be the same.

IMHO, people place too much importance on "accuracy". While accuracy might be objectively measured, it means nothing when it comes to individual taste.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by Yodel0914 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:02PM (#46548291)

There’s a whole field of research on this (look up Floyd Toole) - while any one individual can have skewed taste, on aggregate people prefer speakers that are as close to neutral as possible.

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