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 DiabloD3 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @09:41PM (#46549502)

I don't.

Hifiman QA is exceptionally bad, and they tend to not stand by their warranty, and their US repair facility is just some dude's house.

The threads on /r/headphones over Hifiman shafting them are numerous.

Disclaimer: I too had a Hifiman pair, they sounded great, but their physical design just didn't hold up to daily use, no matter how much I babied them.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by astrange on Saturday January 10, 2026 @09:55PM (#46572298)

That's probably true, they do look hard to repair.

My best sounding headphones are a pair of old Stax with the worst construction I've ever seen on anything, so I mostly keep them locked up assuming they'll break if I breathe in them.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by DiabloD3 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @11:22PM (#46584079)

My Stax 207s, unfortunately, died on me.

I may just end up replacing them with something from ZMF.

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