Erin's IKEA SYMFONISK Lamp Speaker Review

[GrumpyOldMan]

I feel people are missing the important question: Is it a good lamp?

 

[restorer-john]

I feel people are missing the important question: Is it a good lamp?

Good point, and something we all missed. Reviews can be like that. Missing the wood for the trees.

Lamp shades could make all the difference, transparent, muted, dark or filtered. What a fiasco and a phenomenal waste of everyone's time. After all, what bulb was used in the testing? LED, incandescent, or none at all?

 

[SaltyCDogg]

Bulb rolling in lamps - Is it worth it?

 

[RickSanchez]

If IKEA thinks that there is money to be made with a under the sofa sub they will not hesitate.

Some low-priced "slim" (under the sofa) subwoofers exist already, at least in the U.S. That said I have no idea if they are popular. I know Dayton Audio also sells a wireless adapter kit for their subs (slim or otherwise) to eliminate the need to run wires.

• https://www.daytonaudio.com/product/1238/sub-1000l-10-100-watt-low-profile-powered-subwoofer
• https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=33829

 

[DanielT]

... Dayton...

Aha, in pictures # 40 DIY under soffs sub there are two pieces, see attached picture.

Edit:
Or here it is with drawings and everything. Translate from Swedish:

faktiskt.io • Visa tråd - Soffsub

 

[thewas]

Video review is now online

 

[fineMen]

I feel people are missing the important question: Is it a good lamp?

Halfway serious: from what I saw at IKEA the colour rendition index CRI is very low (namely not much above "CRI>80") compared to the demand people should state. LED lighting shall take the step to a usable level of say CRI 90+.

Same with that as with audio. Declining quality in the analog department for ever lower prices but increased digital features.

Not to tell that for many people around, audio is as magic as everyday lighting seems to them. Only that for the latter, they actually depend on it

 

[Taddpole]

I feel people are missing the important question: Is it a good lamp?

Doesn't look great

 

[SpinifexV]

Bought one this weekend. It's actually quite a nice speaker! Yeah, it's far from the best speaker out there, but listening to it, I can't detect any clear dips or bumps in the frequency response (unlike my Edifier MS50A that clearly has a mid-bass bump). Not the most clear sound (it's not for critical listening), but it delivers a clean, powerful sound to fill a room.

So, recommended... if you need a bedside lamp.

 

[Robin L]

I agree, it actually looks pretty cool.

I say Arim should test this:

 

[Robin L]

Good point, and something we all missed. Reviews can be like that. Missing the wood for the trees.

Lamp shades could make all the difference, transparent, muted, dark or filtered. What a fiasco and a phenomenal waste of everyone's time. After all, what bulb was used in the testing? LED, incandescent, or none at all?

"We found that incandescent bulbs provided a more 'tubelike' sound, with a well-defined soundstage and well projected vocals, whereas the LED bulbs create a sound more reminiscent of class D designs with a focus on clarity of individual voices that can be called "bright", albeit a little cold."

 

[somebodyelse]

Halfway serious: from what I saw at IKEA the colour rendition index CRI is very low (namely not much above "CRI>80") compared to the demand people should state. LED lighting shall take the step to a usable level of say CRI 90+.

I wish they'd make it more obvious, but quite a few of theirs are 90+ including some near the bottom of the range (£3 for a 2 pack). Why they bury it in the words of the product description rather than listing it in the technical info section is beyond me.