Kickstarter - OneClassic has big claims for their $2k speaker system

[ncampbel]

Is it just me or are there many troubling claims in this video/kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1479338836/oneclassic-4k-dect-wireless-speakers-that-sound-20/

-They have some weird claims regarding phase problems between drivers for all wired speakers that are magically solved with their wireless system. From what I recall when I read Toole, double blind studies have shown that humans aren't phase sensitive unless you have phase interaction that's affecting the frequency response of the system. If that's occurring in a normal speaker it's just a product of poor driver matching and cross-over design.
-Cabinet is made of 0.5" acrylic with no bracing or internal absorption, hmm.
-I'm not super familiar with what class D amplifiers look like but the board they show seems much smaller than what you'd expect for a 70 + 50 watt RMS amplifier, plus it has no heat-sync.
-Reference demonstration with a "$200k setup" is recorded in a relatively non-treated room recorded in mono with a "cheap" rhode mic. Not a valuable way to compare.
-I'm not entirely sure how they think their wireless USB stick is going to work with bluray players for their supported 5.1 playback. Most people don't play blurays on a PC.

 

[TheWarrior]

It's ok, I'm sure they will use the overage to provide similar ID trial periods to their customers with free return shipping....

 

[slipperybidness]

Yeah, that is almost all marketing!

I'll give it to them, they did a good job on the marketing side! Bose business model in full effect.

 

[Don G.]

Hard to believe they get to 38k hz with a 2" tweeter. But then again, they don't give you the details behind their frequency response. Could be +/- 20 db for all we know.

 

[jcparks]

I appreciate the audio test they did... I was totally able to tell the difference between the $200,000 dollar system (which they did not give any specifics on, but has to be $200,000 because that is what they told us, Right?) and the fancy clear speakers. I couldn't hear a difference on my 150 set of overnight sensations + Yard Sale NAD receiver...

 

[Don G.]

I appreciate the audio test they did... I was totally able to tell the difference between the $200,000 dollar system (which they did not give any specifics on, but has to be $200,000 because that is what they told us, Right?) and the fancy clear speakers. I couldn't hear a difference on my 150 set of overnight sensations + Yard Sale NAD receiver...

I see what you did there...but give them credit. They told you EXACTLY how they spent that $200k by piece of the system down to the cables they used. Can't fault them for just claiming it was a $200k system, they told you every component in it.