High quality reproduction in a small form factor, ideal for sound bars, I hope we might still see the Mayht tech in other brands/tech.
Keith
Keith
In itself, nothing. But it makes it a real drag to find discussion of the speaker tech that Sonos values at $100,000,000.People who used Sonos over many years and spent a lot of money on their products have had a really, really poor experience from this company. They brought out new headphones and broke the app in the process. What's wrong with calling this out?
Sorry if it is dreary.
My guess, given the discussion here, is size optimization. If they can deliver the SQ that their market expects from the brand with smaller devices then that could be very important competitively. Alternatively, ensuring that Sonos's competitors can't use this tech to make their devices sound like their gear but even smaller might be worth 100m.To get back on topic: why did a brand that built its reputation on selling mid-fi convenience audio, buy a technology that’s supposed to deliver cutting edge high end sound?
Cars are banal. That one was especially daft, looking like a Passat enlarged and rounded out with hydroforming.Remember the Phaeton, a car that shared much of its construction with Bentley? It was a Volkswagen, so nobody bought it.
I assume you have access to a source that I can’t find. Mine has a distinct bass note which sounds to me like a musical jug. All low bass hits this note, a single pitch, and it’s exaggerated.Sonos Ones are sealed like all Sonos speakers, they don’t have ports.
No port or passive radiator visible when stripped down at https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Sonos_OneI assume you have access to a source that I can’t find. Mine has a distinct bass note which sounds to me like a musical jug. All low bass hits this note, a single pitch, and it’s exaggerated.
Room mode or the active DSP perhaps.I assume you have access to a source that I can’t find. Mine has a distinct bass note which sounds to me like a musical jug. All low bass hits this note, a single pitch, and it’s exaggerated.
Sonos is a convenience company, not a sound quality company. They have so far managed to outdo Bose in both convenience and quality, but they are not competing with traditional stereo components.All anecdotal and nobody likely will care, but I was a prospective Sonos customer - I had decided to buy a pair of Fives as a stereo system, and eventually decided not too, thinking that the fixing of their app was taking way too long, and not liking the way they were communicating with the public one bit. I lost trust in them. I couldn't be sure the product I was about to buy would still be supported a few years from now. A traditional system will work 30 years from now. I recently found a pair of Revel M16s, for less money, and don't regret my choice.
I believe Martijn ( Mensink) was evaluating the Mayht drivers at one point, pre sonos.
Keith
Selling a driver technology for 9 figures is very remarkable in today's world, it's not like there has been radical innovation in voice coils for a while. I hope Sonos makes good use of it. Would be a shame to see it relegated to a slightly-better-than-the-competition soundbar and nothing more.That's right. The technology is impressive. Lots of output with very little distortion. We designed a product around a dual 6.5" version of the Mayht driver. We were close to signing a contract with them, or so we thought, and then there was radio silence. After a few weeks we read the news, they had sold the company to Sonos for 100 million dollars. Damn. Quite a disappointment for us, but amazing for the Mayht brothers.
I guess I'll never know. Amir's review says they're more than a convenience product though.Sonos is a convenience company, not a sound quality company. They have so far managed to outdo Bose in both convenience and quality, but they are not competing with traditional stereo components.
Hi Martijn,That's right. The technology is impressive. Lots of output with very little distortion. We designed a product around a dual 6.5" version of the Mayht driver. We were close to signing a contract with them, or so we thought, and then there was radio silence. After a few weeks we read the news, they had sold the company to Sonos for 100 million dollars. Damn. Quite a disappointment for us, but amazing for the Mayht brothers.
Good to know that low distortion was part of the deal, that wasn't guaranteed, a pity the whole market might never get to play with them.That's right. The technology is impressive. Lots of output with very little distortion. We designed a product around a dual 6.5" version of the Mayht driver. We were close to signing a contract with them, or so we thought, and then there was radio silence. After a few weeks we read the news, they had sold the company to Sonos for 100 million dollars. Damn. Quite a disappointment for us, but amazing for the Mayht brothers.
As an engineer who is named as an inventor on over 100 patents and intimately involved in two expensive patent infringement litigation's, my advice:We designed a product around a dual 6.5" version of the Mayht driver.
Sonos is a convenience company, not a sound quality company. They have so far managed to outdo Bose in both convenience and quality, but they are not competing with traditional stereo components.
Agreed with @vert. In the face of evidence, I don't understand why these detrimental remarks persist. The science is there and the point of this site is audio science. Does it matter who does it? The prejudices that exist are quite palpable at times.I guess I'll never know. Amir's review says they're more than a convenience product though.
Like wise, here is a similar video that gets passed around here demonstrating Samsung doing the same thing. Clearly, the influence of Harman was a boon to their product development.
Hi Martijn,
@Martijn Mensink what more can you tell us about your findings on this technology without breaking your nondisclosure agreement.