Can Sony make glass sound GOOD? - LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- The Sony LSPX Glass speaker is their most unique Bluetooth speaker with its candlelight shape appearance and glass tweeter. The sound is relatively decent, but it's probably one of the most aesthetically pleasing speakers we've seen so far.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Change my mind
0:20 - Unboxing
1:20 - Overview and first impressions
3:45 - App first impressions
6:00 - Touch controls
6:32 - Speaker impressions
7:21 - Pain
7:48 - More speaker impressions
8:50 - In-depth thoughts
10:03 - Bass mode impressions
10:35 - Sine sweep test
11:30 - Final thoughts - Наука та технологія
The smile on Dans face when he said "that's a good sound isn't it...everybody's screaming" was great definitely wanna see more Dan in future videos
Hmm for some reason I don't think that's true☝️
I liked that a lot . A bit of Adams family vibe is a refreshing change
This is the moment everyone decided how much of Dan they want to see in the future :D
He's quite a nice fit to LMG so far!
You're either a fellow sadist or a masochist, I cant tell.
Dan is actually the legit "audio guy" of LTT and I'm actually appreciative of his perspective.
I'm quite glad that Dan is with LMG. He's a tremendous personality for this genre.
His testing methods ate such a mood
He look like James May lol
@@enrik2184 I'm not sure you know what James May looks like. He looks nothing like him.
@@CreedBrattonTheOffice not estetically
@@enrik2184 are you high
I love this random, weird, one-off electronics that Sony occasionally puts out. It's like they have one senior engineer who has it in his contract that he's allowed to make whatever he wants every now and again.
That would be a great contract. If you ever want some weird usecase product you coul use your I get to make a product card lol.
Might end up making something really innovative too if that was the case.
@@batt3ryac1d The old golf ball home theatre system springs to mind.
Everyone else: "They don't seem to like wires. Lets push for virtual surround bars or wireless"
Sony: "meh, lets make the speakers the size of a golf ball and worry about wireless later" 😂
In the 80s they made a Walkman tape player that didn't enclose the whole cassette tape and only used one AAA battery. But my favorite Sony product were my gold Sony Swarovski earbuds. I lost them at the Holguin airport back in 2019. I miss them dearly.
it's an engineering excercise
I’m not the only one that thought it was a bong right?
He has a very unique personality when reviewing, calm sorta dry yet very straight to point and critical, logical, tiny bit of humor. I liked this review, honestly i am not interested in the product itself but the review was fascinating, it was like a little rollercoaster of ups and downs and overall good balanced review.
Straight to the point?....if you have to skip over half of the video for a sound impression for a speaker review, I wouldn't call that straight to the point.
@@evilClive21 I watched the whole video, every second of it. Not nice of you to accuse me of something i didn't do. Your definition of straight to the point is far different then mine apparently. He didn't add a lot of fluff words and droning on about things not related to the video is what i mostly meant, i did appreciate him using the sound wave in the sound test part of the video. Please refrain from being so rude in the future. Making accusations for no reason is not nice.
He is like a character from Silicon Valley. I mean that in a good way.
This isnt a review, its a first impressions!!
If this constitutes a review for you then your standards must be low af
@@nemtudom5074 it's not a review? lol have you not seen reviews on places like amazon, steam, and other places with almost no information to go on? Have you not seen online professional reviews with less information then what was shown in this video? Your definition of review is blown out of proportion. He literally covered just about everything you could possibly want to know about this product in this video. How much more info do you need?
Chemist here. Glass is typically composed of long chains of silica. Plastics are long chains of carbon. Organic, think organic chemistry, is just another way of referring to the chemistry of carbon. I bet they just came up with the fancy title of "organic glass" for marketing purposes. Shocking. I know.
Now this was a cool explanation
They had a google search explanation. The organic part of the name comes from the reason you stated, and the "glass" part comes from the fact that it's more of an amorphous crystal of small organic chains of some particular plastic. It's still generous to name it glass to a layman, although glass in general is still a substance we kinda just shrug our shoulders at with regards to its material class.
Yep, because organic glass sounds fancier than acrylic.
Marketing 101: "Perception is greater than reality."
Example: Apple's "Liquid Retina Display". 😂😂😂
@@HerbaMachina I looked it up on Google too and organic glass a technical term. I agree with you about the name but surprisingly not Just marketing term
Glad to see Dan getting screen time, he has a calm energy that is a big difference from the hyper members of the cast and it's welcome. I think he could be fantastic on techlink.
He'd be great on Mac Address with Horst imo!
@@dylnm ooh yes! I agree
+1 - Dan is great. More Dan
Calm but still chaotic
Wait is he tallier ?
I love the quiet chaos this man embodies. I imagine that low, soothing voice as the room slowly goes up in flames of his own making, demanding his minions bow down and sacrifice all headphones of insufficient quality. Need more of this guy.
It takes a video with Dan to realise that every other video on UA-cam has the host shouting at you! Thanks for talking normally Dan. Looking forward to many more LMG videos with post-probation Dan!
A little explanation behind the "glass" tube:
High frequencies are extremely directional, often times as low as a 30 degree dispersion angle. So for any tweeter, anyone just a little off to the side will clearly hear that the speaker is not pointed at them.
The lower the frequencies go, the wider the natural dispersion of the frequencies, so a single bass driver firing down can disperse evenly around the speaker.
With the glass tube, it will (theoretically) disperse the high frequencies in a 360 degree radius. Pretty neat idea if you want to evenly disperse sound into a room and have it sound pretty even in all directions.
Judging by the performance. I have a feeling that the tube being basically plastic kinda absorbed a lot of the high frequencies instead of dispersing them. My guess would be that glass would perform better.
Wouldn't a cone pointing to the tweeter do the job just fine, without having to enclose the sound and preventing distortion?
@@YOEL_44 Definitely. Like others have said the whole glass tube tweeter thing is just marketing
@@YOEL_44 Yes and no. You kind of describe a particular type of horn design used for high frequency drivers, by they are still very directional at shorter distances. Typically horns are used to allow for longer throws with decent dispersion. As far as not absorbing the sound like the tube here, you're correct.
Now that you mentioned it, I'm curious as to what effect adding holes to the tube would have. Unless the phase cancellation would be a problem, it seems like that would act similar to a horn design and disperse in the way that they are trying to.
Making the tube out of glass would make it to heavy to propagate the high frequency sound. But made out of plastic it's not stiff enough instead. There is a reason that tweeters are small and made of extremely light materials. So damned if you do and damned if you don't.
The use of a cone held above a tweeter element to spread the sound is a better design. The angled baffles in front of the tweeter is some times called an acoustic lens and have often been used to control the spread of the sound, usually to make it spread horizontally but not as much vertically.
Cone ish shape Infront of a HF driver kind of works, however you also end up with a horrible beam of HF straight out of the top, around the cone which would reflect off the ceiling - source I have designed this kind of thing for use in a high end club as an "effect" speaker
Isn’t this similar to the technology used to put the speakers of a TV within the glass? That said, I’m glad that Dan is showing up more often in LMG videos.
same with what LG did with G7
Yeah. Dan rules! And where is MacAdress dude?
Sony made a big (1.85 meter) version of this in 2009. It was called "Sountina" model number NSA-PF1.
All the "sound-object"-type speakers like the glass panels/paintings work on the bending wave principal. Speakers like that have been around for a long time like the Manger transducer from 1980.
Probably but for TVs the idea is not wrong: You put an exciter (that is only a magnet) in an exactly position to move a big surface and you use it like a magneplanar speaker. With this thing you have a cilinder so... If they use the exciter horizontally you wil probably have bad/poor performances and if you use it vertically you have only the top part creating the high frequencies so a waste of energy/space...
Dan is smarter than your average 5th grader.
Honestly I love Dan's energy, he's very entertaining. He knows what he's talking about in technical terms, but still keeps the funny going. Dan absolutely kills it without having to try.
Me expecting a bong joke.. Dan goes straight for the girth 🙈
Important thing about LDAC devices on Android. Especially Sony's earbuds and headphones where some people complain about the sound being "boomy" Go into dev settings on your android phone. Scroll down to the LDAC Bluetooth settings and make sure the sample rate and bits per sample match your source. Otherwise your phone or the headphones will try to upsample resulting in worse sound. My XM3's are much tighter and balanced when these settings match my source (deezer hifi so it's 44.1/16)
Incredible, was watching this with my Sony's and it's just as you said! I appreciate you taking the time to write this advice out.
@@Michael-ce3fb glad to hear!
Wow it works ! thanks you for sharing this wonderful tips !
Never knew that, thanks!
@file manager Well it's better at least
Dan clearly embracing his calm chaos attitude that people seem to like with all the squeaking sounds he terrorized everyone else with
"Calm Chaos" is about how I'd say it too 😃😃
Loved Dan's personality as a reviewer! Especially when he gets deep into it and gets this sort of a mad scientist kind of vibe.
Can we get him a lab coat??
Funny you say get him a lab coat.
After watching him host I was thinking he has a Bill Nye type of vibe but with tech. Haha
Yes coat fits him really good, but whatever he likes... He could use the cost whenever he goes deeper into a topic
7:45 Dans jump there gave me life
I was wondering how Dan would fare with a solo video, and then he weighed the speaker and used the phrase "a nice bludgeoning weapon" and I knew.
That impish grin as he's torturing his fellow cast at 7:30. Delightful.
My "yes...he's perfect for these sort of vids" moment was when he started throwing the extra items around behind him lol! and then when he made kissy noises back at Adam while Adam was leaving, despite keeping a very blank, level face. Dan is definitely getting up there on the list of my fav LTT personalities/staff. he's made me laugh in every vid he's in
@@xxJayFlamexx The kissy noises immediately had me convinced
Edit: the rest of the video proved my initial assumption correct
I love that Dan is more hands-on when investigating the products!
He prods into the tweeter thing, moves it around, tests the sounds... I like the way he goes around it!
I think the "mid speaker" he pointed to is just the porting for bass speaker.
I gather there's a max SPL difference between the tweeter and woofer and a poor crossover, causing the weak performance of highs when loud. Not surprised with this silly design.
It's odd that you stopped the sweep before the top, the most interesting range for a bizarre tweeter design.
As an audio professional its great to see LMG bringing on these sort of folks. This brings a whole new level of legitimacy to your content. Cheers!
Is he a professional? Who is he? All I see is a dude named Dan?
@@reynutz somewhere they mentioned he has worked in a studio environment. Even Dan's can learn...
I love Dan's videos. He seems like a natural. He just has that goofy energy.
i love dan's voice... he' so calming and relaxing.... i'd imagine Dan getting a deal with audible reading one of those "bedtime stories" kind of thing......
same
I came here to say this
I love Dan, honestly, he's so calm, collected, and has a nice personality.
More Dan videos! I love his energy and sense of humor. Also he's extremely thorough. Fav new hire!
I was impatient like WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE?
I love the fact that anyone in LMG can host a video.
It keeps things even more exciting
If I saw that on a coffee table I'd think it's a fancy tech-inspired bong.
Electric bong.
I had to scroll so far to see this I thought bong-related comments were being censored.
@@AndrewThrasher1987 i scrolled down after i wrote mine :P
So no one’s gonna talk about how Dan uses a freakin Sony Xperia Mark? He’s the first guy I have seen using this phone!
I can see the sadistic joy on Dan's face as he subjects the stage crew to the squeaking sounds of the tube being twisted back and forth.... This is a sick man. I want more, MORE I SAY!
I love how they are like "this tube looks weird" and some guy was like "let's put a 3cent flickering LED in it"
I love your energy! You're great at this. Awesome addition to the LMG team, I look forward to seeing more of you.
synth pfp 👍
Synth and proto pfp!
Mouah Mouah mouaw
This is the best Short Circuit ever. Dan is such an incredible new addition to the team. I enjoyed his humor in the Game Gear and house videos, so I was chuckling as he kept making that terrible noise and accidentally paused crab rave right at the drop.. funny stuff, but then he delved into so much detail and approached the review unlike how I feel any consumer would. So much entertaining chaos.
I love the calm and soothing way Dan talks! A nice change of pace from the overly energetic hosts!
The only tech company that still experiments.
Stay classy Sony.
Stay glassy
As much as I hate to give them credit, Apple definitely experiment. They've experimented with almost all of their product categories over the last 5-10 years, between notches and Apple Silicone, they definitely experiment.
The problem is that their experiment always ends with an experimental quadrupling of the RRP.
@@Joe-cm5kl What? Apple is an extremely conservative company.
They famously say that they wait for tech to be perfected before they implement it, remember how long it took them to implement OLED screens or customizable home screens on their phones?
The iPod is a derivative of the walkman.
The Ipad is a tablet PC, they've been around for years.
The Iphone is a fancy PDA, they've been around for years.
The Iwatch is a smart watch, they've been around for years.
Th mac is a laptop, the Earpod is a pair of wireless earphones; hardly revolutionary.
Just because they popularize a product class doesn't mean that they take risks, especially when they have a fan base that consumes much of what they put out uncritically.
Oh wait, they have taken some genuine risks like:
Removing the headphone jack (and forcing the industry as a whole to copy them, except Sony).
Not having expandable storage; like ever (and forcing the industry as a whole to copy them, except Sony).
Not including a charger, for obvious reasons.
Pushing the MSRP of smartphones past the 1K mark.
Insisting on still using their utterly crap proprietary charging cables.
@@Joe-cm5kl apple lmao cmon
@@Joe-cm5kl nice joke.
More Dan! His style is perfect! Relaxing and Dad-like.
The dry humor is amazing too. Subtle and not overblown.
Such a refreshing video no intros,no sponsors ,no like and subscribe being shoved down your throat a informative ,entertaining video that held my attention attentively, thus sir you deserve all the likes and subscribers awesome work!!
This was a great share by Dan. Sine sweep was a very nice touch. He may have been too lenient on the pricing though-$250+ has had some real nice and portable options like Bang and Olufsen’s offerings for a good while already. And while I was as excited as he was at the prospect of the tweeter design, as soon as he found out it was plastic it was like a prelude into what a let down the speaker was going to be pending pricing.
Oh yeah sorry my figures were CAD not USD.
The reason why the glass is not "fixed" fixed is because it is probably suspended on a spring/membrane. Like, you know, the moving part of a tweeter :D That being said, I love how Dan makes a lot of jokes just kinda for himself and doesn't even stop for reaction :D
Does anyone know the song at 7 mins that plays for 2 secs? Thanks!
@@Alfabravo313 no. He woke up, he's not liking a mistaken remark. It's a rubbish speaker, it sounds awful in this video. I expected it to be 30-40, not 350. It's a crap light, it's a crap speaker. It needs to be very good at at least one of those things.
You can get great speakers for this money. Sony make some highly rated speakers, they also make some overpriced scam hardware too.
Which do you think this is?
I don't know who this is aimed at but it sure isn't me.
If it was waterproof then maybe they could have gone for the relaxing bath sector.
Anyway.
@@Alfabravo313 It didn't sound all that angry to me, since he elaborated a lot on his point. How would you make the same point he made without sounding "super angry for no reason"?
@@Alfabravo313 He didn't necessarily call OP idiotic, just his idea of the plastic intentionally not being fixed. Also, while not derogatory, your initial response to him was smug sounding, which I think is just as bad as being derogatory.
@@Alfabravo313 Perhaps, but ending a disagreeing response with "bud" will never not sound smug.
Dan's simply the best, period. Love to see him finally do a solo hosting!
underrated? He's just started being on camera and everyone loves him lol
@@oogiesmuncher I first saw him on LTT and I love his humor as well. Idk if I used that word right, will edit that
I have one of the Walmart lavalamp speakers and it's nice looking, serves a purpose, and is decently loud with good sound quality...but it only cost me about $30. So this is definitely something for someone who wants that particular aesthetic or the novelty of a glass? tweeter.
This is the most unexpectedly entertaining video from LMG in years. Second only to Dennis' intel makeover
*** $350 $50 sounding, $15 build quality, Gimmick***
I can only see this being used for outdoor dinners just to have on the table, love sony speakers but the use case for this seems small. Still love my Sony srs-x88!
If you want a portable Bluetooth speaker for outdoor dinners, and you have $350 to spend, you can do a hell of a lot better than this thing.
@@BlissBatch but will it look as good? Is it just simply "plug" and play?
Products like these have never been designed for audiophiles, but for people who just want a good-looking solution and don't know any better, this is perfect for them.
(please note, I am just bringing some counterpoints, I'd never spend that much on a Bluetooth speaker)
@@scottg3192 Sony audio devices are typically that easy at least for first time pairing.
I got both their buds (Linkbuds and the WFM3s).
If theyre not paired to anything they immediately go searching.
I do see your point on buying the speaker for simplicity.
@@BlissBatch Honestly, if you're just looking for a BT speaker for outdoor stuff (Lets be real, nobody's getting audiophile quality from a BT speaker. Not yet, at least.), just go grab a Megaboom from Ultimate Ears. Costs half as much and sounds good enough for the price.
@@Ehh..... don't get me wrong, I love Sony audio devices (got the XM3's, link buds and my blueray/hifi system) and each of them has their own place and usage.
I'm, luckily, able to understand enough to mush together my own Bluetooth receiver and a good set of bookshelves that I'd never need the use for 300$+ speakers (even made a few different types of homemade battery packs to make them "portable") But I am aware that people just like things to work, and I know that I could never make good wireless earbuds myself
Could be cool if LMG did a video on creating your own great audio, in any form, as I don't think that putting some copper wire in a receiver is that hard (but then they might not get as many sponsors if they show us how to do what *they* do but better
Finally! An all-dan video! Been waiting for this since the retro handheld upgrade.
Dan’s voice and energy are really cozy for a video of this nature.
nice! new guy! I like the quiet simple style of review, he's also knowledgeable. glad to see lmg getting new blood (yes, I know about the 2 yr wait so he's probably been working there for at least that long)
This is by far one of the best short circuits ever top five for sure. This man is hilarious naturally!
yes agree
the absolute attention to detail to shift the simulated sound from side to side when he moves the speaker is on point :D
yeah I was going to mention that
Technical term would be panning, and I agree, it's always cool to see the attention to details, unless it was captured with an stereo microphone system, then it would just be.
I would kinda love if Dan just had his own playlist for ASMR unboxings. No need to change the speaking voice, it's already perfect.
2:10 okay I *have* to see Adam in more videos - he seems bubbly but chill at the same time and I'm living for that ✨
Dan's a fine addition to the team! Can't wait to see more of his quirky attitude!
should just make this guy a writer. he's great
Dude. Where have you been? Great review and correct attitude. More, please.
The feel I get from Dan is similar to that of Crinacle. For what it's worth, I also get a slightly-angry relaxed vibe with him, like he's trying to maintain composure but _anything_ out-of-place might set him off, _but only for a moment._
Definitely need more Dan in my life. Can we get him to host more of the regular series?
Oh, thank god! I love LMG, but it is always so high energy and the sound quality always favors the upper frequencies. This was so relaxing. I put it on, had a glass of red wine, and played with my dog. Great experience. More of this.
I *LOVE* this dude and his way of speaking. Everyone always mentions how calm and relaxing Anthony sounds, something I never quite understood (his amazing knowledge and hosting talents aside!). But man, he doesn't hold a candle (geddit) to Dan here. SOOTHING.
Ok, I think Dan has taken the spot as my favourite LMG member. His personality is absolutely amazing!
Dan just gleefully torturing his coworkers is fantastic
Dan the man got his first solo video, nice!
I loved this video !!!! I like this guy, and I like what the team did in the simulated audio!! Subtle stereo there !! Amazing !
I love Dan. He is so different to so many other LTT staff in an amazing way!
Your a great addition to the team Dan, keep it up!
A great job from Dan again. He is truly showing great promise as a LMG host. I would love to see him host in future LTT videos. His presence on screen screams LTT what should I call it... charisma? Andy is also great in the video!
Yeah, you guys did well hiring this guy. He's great for LMG. Anthony Tier employee right here.
I've been really enjoying Dan in the videos he's been in lately. :) Love the energy.
“2.5 lbs, hefty. Good bludgeoning weapon?”
Say no more, I’m sold! ShortCircuit always sharing the important and most insightful first impressions of a product :D
I fucking love the voice and attitude of Dan.
Dan you rock!!
This dude got the most calming voice of all the lmg staffs.
I love watching you try and figure out where the sound is coming from. You have this kind of child like plus super tech guy mix that I love.
Really looking forward to all the audio equipment content we'll be getting when labs launches....right guys?!
Dan is great and fits right in after a relatively "short" time at LTT
what a calming fella, i'd love to see more of this guy.
Dan seemed a little quiet in the beginning of the video but he really brought a lot of nice energy by the end of the video. Excited to see him in more videos
I love how soft-spoken Dan is, it brings a really chill atmosphere to the video.
Dan is my new favourite short circuit host! somehow calm and chaotic at the same time
Isnt Dan with the Logistics ? Its hilarious to me that the person who a part of the cleanup crew is also throwing paper everywhere lol
something to note about youtube sine sweep videos, there'll always be a hard cut around16kHz because audio compression algorithms that youtube (and most places) use get rid of everything above to help with compression, since a vast majority of people can't tell the difference in normal usage anyway
Finally Dan's first solo video!
DAN!!!!! I love his tone and how he explains things. LTT has so much talent when it comes to their staff. Still miss Luke though.
I love how brutally honest Dan is, and the small quips. And the screech sound :D
Dan has a unique, quietly entertaining personality
Dan reminds me of a coworker when I was an intern who could regularly send me into hysterics without ever letting on if he was even aware that he was being silly. I love this vibe.
Also the sine wave test and explanation was interesting, I wonder how my devices will hold up!
ayoo congrats on the PC that is definitely not a virus
The bong speaker.
One thing is for sure, I know very few media companies with this many enjoyable on camera personalities. I also love how they interact with the people off camera, it helps keep things natural, I think.
this Dan guy is great, I'm hopeful to see him doing more audio stuff!
"It's a lot girthier than I expected. I'm intimidated now".
The double entendres are a little more refined than Linuses', but not by that much.
Dan is great.
Love this guy, the dry style with him is funny and something new for this channel. I like it
i absalutly love at about 7:45 when he just jumps and that face tho
Dan:
It's certainly a lot girthier than I expected 🤣🤣🤣
Do more audio reviews with this guy, he sounds like he knows what he is talking about.
I hear that.
I like these non main cast host guys. It was informative, interesting, and he wasn't shying away from being harsh about it like the main like hosts. Good stuff.
Now we need James, Dan and Linus in the same room talking about audio stuff
Dan is cool, hope he continues to be on / host videos
Really liking this tall logistics guy 😂😂😂
Great video. Really like Dan's energy. His voice is very calming. More Dan please.
I love Dan's voice. I need him to read me a bed time story and tell me everything is going to be okay.
11:50 "If you had nothing to compare it to but your phone, this is an option."
Given it's fragility, it's basically restricted to home use. There are plenty of portable options that probably compete with it in sound quality at $200. At $350 there are dedicated home solutions to compete with.
For 350 you can start looking into bookshelf speakers, maybe even passive with a halfway decent amp
This dude is a great reviewer. Loved his honest perspective.
He’s too slow to get to the point
My old Sony tv used the screen as speakers and it sounded amazing it was like they could move the sound around to anywhere in the screen and it really sounded nice for tv speakers plus they sold a sub that connected to the tv wirelessly which I never purchased but really wanted
Really liked seeing Dan on LTT and I'm happy Dan is also on SC now :) Fun video!
This is really fucking cool, and I would love to put up two on my balcony. Can't see myself spending $700 on a product that will inevitably break because of inbuilt battery though.