SweetSpotter

[dkane360]

Any thoughts on it? I just had someone send me the link to an Engadget article. Seems interesting, although only for stereo speakers.

http://www.ias.et.tu-dresden.de/akustik/sweetspotter/

engadget article:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/sweetspotter-keeps-your-music-coming-at-the-right-angle-regardl/

 

[ParadigmDawg]

It shows a guy that was frowning before he used it and smiling after he used it so it must be good...

 

[KEW]

That is clever and pretty neat!

I assume since it has facial recognition software that it can be set to give you the sweetspot, while anyone else gets whatever adjustment it takes to give you the sweetspot. That is kind of intriguing, in a malicious sort of way.
I wonder if you could set it so it would fixate on the cat and follow it around the room, lol.

If it doesn't have a significant processing delay, I'd really like to have it in my garage shop so I could be constantly on the move and stay in the "sweetspot".

The price is right, and the technology doesn't seem especially difficult...

Is it designed for PC based systems? Or can it tie in between the pre-out and main-in connections?

 

[Tom Andry]

Interesting idea. It kept crashing on me so I uninstalled it. Maybe when they work out the kinks I'll try it again. Seems like you have to play your music through it. That'd be fine if it interfaced through iTunes or something but it doesn't (from what I could tell). If this was a DSP you could use with any other program, I'd probably buy it. But as a standalone program it is more of a tech demo to me.

 

[dkane360]

Interesting idea. It kept crashing on me so I uninstalled it. Maybe when they work out the kinks I'll try it again. Seems like you have to play your music through it. That'd be fine if it interfaced through iTunes or something but it doesn't (from what I could tell). If this was a DSP you could use with any other program, I'd probably buy it. But as a standalone program it is more of a tech demo to me.

My friend and I were testing it out, and we just noticed that it only works through the program. I'll report how well it works with my actual speakers when I get a chance.