Sony to Release Spherical Omnidirectional Speaker

[tuanmai]

Sony unveils two new speaker devices at IFA 2011.

Sony to Release Spherical Omnidirectional Speaker : Read more

 

[FloKid]

Errrrrr they stole my idea!!!!

 

[pocketdrummer]

It's cool that it's omnidirectional and all, but is it a mono signal?

 

[austinwillis81]

look at the iphone looks different that the iphone 4

 

[festerovic]

its not a mono signal, but it looks like its a single speaker design. But unless you are in between the two speakers, a stereo system will end up sounding mono anyways. Maybe you could bluetooth 2 of them for big balls of thunder in your ride.

 

[tanjo]

Let's hope it's bottom heavy. We don't want to hear about broken iPhods from clumsy people.

 

[Guest]

I'll just lay my speakers down then.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

The idea of an omnidirectional speaker sounds like a good idea but is has been my experience they don't work very well.

 

[legacy7955]

Wow do I detect Sony trying to go back to their roots here? It's about time. Now if they'd offer up a new shortwave radio, and a few other classic Sony specialties I'd start to think they were on their way back to health and being the great company they once were.

 

[nukemaster]

This idea has been out for a very long time(talking 70's maybe before long).

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]reggieray[/nom]F*ck the iPhone, make a pair for the PC.[/citation]
ew, why? there are already an abundant amount of good speakers for pc that can simulate surround very well, why would i need these? these seem good enough for a PMP, but these portable speakers never sound as good as a sub $100 set for PC

 

[Guest]

Looks like they just took a normal speaker, added some connectivity options, made a round case, put it on its back, and placed a roof on it.

 

[FloKid]

[citation][nom]greghome[/nom]You just stole my idea of claiming people stole my idea and sue them!we shall meet in Court!!!!!!!!!![/citation]

I've had enough courts for one day ty. You can have my idea

 

[husker]

Why is this necessary? Who puts a speaker in the center of a room?

 

[adimw]

did Sony pay you to advertise this by chance, Toms?

 

[nebun]

i see a problem...it's too small, you need something large to push the sound waves across the room...thanks but no thanks

 

[Parrdacc]

IF this catches on, which I highly doubt, I can see it now. Instead of 5.1 or 7.1 it will 5 ball or 7 ball. How many balls is your system? I got 7 balls myself.

 

[thrasher32]

That'd be a great product if it emitted high levels of radiation that eventually sterilized all Apple fans.

 

[Guest]

get yourselves some decent speakers and a stereoamp to enjoy good music. Oh wait!: hipsters just listen to $h1tty mp3 music

 

[photonboy]

I find it likely that the sound would be DISTORTED due to the design and placement. With it being omnidirectional, even if the sound left in all directions equally (which I doubt) you'd have a big problem with sound bouncing off the walls and arriving to a persons ears in a jumble.

My HDTV only has two speakers, directly facing me ten feet away in my bedroom. However, if I open my door (to my left) the sound changes and certain sounds seem like they're coming from that door due to the way sound is bouncing around in the room.

If I use a "virtual 3D" option it gets much worse and this all ties into the issue with multi-directional sound waves.