How This Speaker Broke Physics. 

You can’t break physics, you can just find better way to use physics 🤓📝

That awkward moment when you realize you're watching an ad that isn't labeled as an ad.

I feel like I got suckered into an advertisement

remember people, this is an ad

Thank you for NOT testing the speaker. That really was the best part.

instructions unclear, I bought the speaker and things are now floating around the room

The only laws that appeared to have been broken, are the failed morals of hidden advertising.

I call this an advertising. That was a complete "trust me bro" test product.

I was waiting for a audio sample of the speaker so that I confirm its bass while watching this on my phone.

Marques: Ellis, we gotta limit the rants on Waveform. Ellis: I will not be silenced. (Studio video birthed)

Goodness. I waited for 10 mins for a demo on the speaker but there's none. What a huge disappointment!

the only thing broken here, is the trust I had in this channel's titles.

David in the back one the vision pro😂

“..first, we need to learn about how speakers actually work”. Ellis is the David Imel of Audio. Confirmed.

*Surprise! You're watching a commercial disguised as "information"*

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="34">0:34</a> "These speakers are the same size" I'm not trusting this guy on physics 😂

without plotting the frequency response, taking dB measurements (at 1 meter distance) and not mentioning the specs, this just seems like a standard marketing ploy. the first two might not be something your familiar with, but the third you should definitely bring up. otherwise there is a significant possibility that the price has a placebo effect for you, making you think the speaker sounds better than it actually does.

Ellis has two things on his mind at all times: audio and dune 2.

The longest ad I have ever seen

Did I just watch a 10 minute ad on a speaker?

Ellis is the type of guy to actually BE all about that bass

This audio product follows a long time tradition of not breaking physics while still managing to break wallets. It probably sounds wonderful for a mono Bluetooth/plug in speaker that fits nicely in your backpac... eh, car.

I had the fortunate "ultimate base" experience of being less than five feet away from a full grown male african lion during a photoshoot. Ralph was getting a bit cranky and let out a protest growl as if to say, "I've had enough of this shit for one day..." and refused to exit his enclosure when called. My entire 6"2" 235 pound frame reverberated with that growl and everyone else in the studio froze. It was an extraordinary form of physics to experience and almost felt electrically shocking! The handler just replied, "Okay, you're the boss, we'll head home."

Specs from the manual: Amplifiers Four class-D digital amplifiers with combined output of over 200 watts Sub woofer One high excursion 6.5" x 9" (165 mm x 229 mm) R.A.D. subwoofer for thundering bass and sub-bass Midrange Two 2.5” (64 mm) midrange drivers provide distinct stereo separation in the mid frequency band Tweeters Two 0.75” (19 mm) dome tweeters produce clear highs and an ultra-wide soundstage Microphones Four waterproof microphones for accurate voice recognition Adjustable EQ Adjustable bass, midrange and treble via the Brane mobile app Aside from it have an FPGA for the DSP, there's no mention of anything special in the manual.

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="71">1:11</a>, David's pretend working is so convincing, he should give lessons to the guy from the last Apple event! Great host Ellis !

An electromagnetic force acting against air pressure difference. So you are telling me they've created a... dynamic driver?

No mention is made how this so-called negative spring will change anything about the physics of the relationship between the thiele small parameters of the driver and the speaker cabinet. For any given driver and its parameters, there is a limit to what sound pressure level it can achieve without distortion if its inside an acoustic suspension cabinet. No evidence is provided that this speaker changes that limitation. What I suspect is going on is that the qtc is so high that a strong bass boost is provided in the bass frequencies most noticed by most listeners, thus giving the impression that the bass is extraordinary; even though the same could probably be achieved with an ordinary driver, given the proper ts parameters, with the same sized cabinet.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">00:01</a> sorry there Bro, literally NOTHING breaks the laws of physics

Was anxiously waiting for him to show the speaker disassembled or explain it's internal cavity design and speaker drivers

Have you seen that guy on youtube that made a rotary subwoofer? That thing reaches like 2Hz with insane power, enough to literally make cracks in his house walls, it's really cool

Is this sponsored content?

Cant believe I watched a whole video about a speaker without actually hearing the speaker. Maybe I watched it wrong

Corrected title: "How this Speaker Used Physics"

david with the vision pro was so necessary for this one

If you want a bassy speaker then you don't want a good speaker. Bass Reflex speakers produce a longer lasting bass reponse that will remove clarity from the sound eventually. Acoustic Suspension speakers produce the best sound but they need beefier amps capable of getting the vibrating surfaces where they need to be. I don't have the money to get neither of those so I use Bass Reflex speakers. BTW, with modern digital amplifiers Hoffman's law doesn't apply - it did apply in 1961 when the only way to get good amps was by using vacuum tubes. Since the Tripath release the TA2020, digital amps became good with nice SNR and low distortions. Tripath was eventually purchased by Texas Instruments. "Laws of Physics" aren't actually Laws - they are models that describe the physical worls as we perceive it. In the late 19th century Physicists were sure they could describe the physical world perfectly - with the exception of a few minos discrepancies. Thoser were the orbit of Mercury, the speed distribution of molecules in gases, the ultraviolet collapse when black bodies were heated and some weird black lines that showed up when a wide enough spectrography of light coming from stars were produced. The first problem (Mercury's orbit) was solved by Einstein's Relativity and the other ones by Quantum Physics. And even after that we still think we live in the in the Newtonian world ... a world where everything can be explained by simple mechanistic relationships. What made the world we live in turn into an improved version of Hell is the ideas propagate by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan: The British PM made us believe there's no society just individuals while the former Hollywood B movie actor simply got a microphone and said "Greed is good". Now we have problems that, if we don't fix them, will end human life on Earth - and these problems aren't linear and escape Math's ability to long term predictions. Meanwhile, we became linear bots who think how much money one has is the only measure of someones value.

hoffman's equation makes it clear you have to trade between size, bandwidth and power, _at a given efficiency_. use a more efficient design, get more out of your speaker/enclosure combo. this is achieving the same goal as existing servo subwoofers running in an under-dampened configuration.

Love the amount of love you guys are putting into The Studio channel 🔥

**Ellis carries a "huge" subwoofer out of frame** **me, realizes how crazy my home theater really is when he thinks thats "huge"**

6.5 inch 200 watt? That jawn has no subwoofer. Thats just a woofer.

You make kind of a promo video for a speaker and not even once you made the audience hear it compared to any other speaker 🤣🤣

I passed Ellis the other day on a street and he told me to watch Dune 2.

I'm an acoustics engineer, this was a very good video. Cheers guys

So, this is a 3 way portable speaker with DSP tuning from anechoic chamber calibration. Neat.

I am so impressed by the audio quality of this video. It's like he is talking to me in person, amazing audio work !

THE BACKGROUND JAZZ MUSIC SLAPS!!!!

The implied design sounds like a duplex speaker; 2 speakers face to face, one in phase and one out of phase. A push-pull setup.

I guess the morale of the story is to make sure you add "not sponsored" to your video or you will get endless unfounded hate comments...

I absolutely love how Ellis had to make a comment about Dune 2 at the very end 😂 I’m with you bro it’s the best movie ever

It would be awesome if these amazing new speakers were actually affordable. I mean i get it, it's breakthrough technology that's very expensive to R&D, but dang, $600 portable Bluetooth speaker? Thats actually crazy.

NEW ELLIS VID LETS GO

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:04</a> You can read here that a ported box (a box with a hole in it) still counts as a sealed box. This is because the port increases the pressure that the speaker has to push against, when operating near the port's resonance frequency.

Loved this episode. Definitely one of the best studio videos I have seen. Thank you Ellis!

I really enjoyed this video style. It was really refreshing 👍

This has the best audio of any tech video I’ve ever watched

Those iLoud micromonitors are incredible for their size. I own three sets of them; one for my bedroom tv, one to compliment my mixing/mastering setup and a travel kit when I have to mix at other studios. They are my 'realworld' reference and I use them extensively.

this video has more marketing fluff about the speaker than actually talking about the speaker

What a cool video. Great job in explaining the more technical audio topics in a clear and concise way. We know it's not so easy 😉 Also, now I'm very curious how those speakers sound. I want to check them out!

Look up rotary speakers. They're so potent that they'll literally put cracks in the walls of your house.

planar magnetic IEM's have all three, at least when you plug them in your ears. Loud, bassy, small

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="573">9:33</a> the stream being uncompressed IS how they achieve such a low latency.

'Hey, let's make a video about this new innovative speaker with incredible sound and then NOT show what it sounds like!"

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="280">4:40</a> -- since when has a 10" subwoofer been a "massive" speaker? Most of the touring rigs I've used 15"-21" drivers. One of them had subs where each subwoofer had quad 15" drivers.

As someone that recently bought one, I am absolutely blown away at what it can accomplish. Would be fascinating to see a larger speaker from them with even more surface area, battery and amplification

One of the best quality and extremely creative video i have watched in a long time. Simply amazing!

this is a brilliant video. ellis, make more of these. this is so intriguing, and the editing and music is so chill.

YOU DID NOT EVEN TEST THE SPEAKER THAT YOU SPENT AN ENTIRE VIDEO PRAISING!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤦🏾‍♂

Never really used bluetooth speaker so much but some of them are really impressive in terms of sound quality and bass.

the audio quality of this video is absolutely amazing

The price 😭

Isn't it good RU-vid removed the dislike button.

What good is testing the speakers going to do if you're not actually listening to the speakers but a recording of it played on your own speakers?

no actual specs on their website - I remain sceptical

Your explanation was really bad, you say the three factors are "small, loud, and bassy" and then you start talking about "efficiency" being one of the three factors.

Only 3 minutes in but I can say with certainty that we need more of this. Thank you.

Ellis, what a masterpiece of a tech video! Physics + product review in one is a GREAT idea. More like this!

You're incorrect about one of the three parameters of Hoffman's Iron Law. It's not loud, its efficient.

How to make the most boring Speaker Ad disguised as a review.

As an audio engineer, I can confirm that this was a very enjoyable video to watch 💪💪 More videos from Ellis!! 🙌

That speaker bass is so good i didn't even notice it.

Why is this dude's default facial expression "cynically disgusted by smelling the nastiest fart"?

as a sound engineer . i'd appreciate you as my teacher

Best video made by any MKBD channel! Bravo!

I cant tell if this is real or a really clever ad. Or a really good free ad bc you generally love this product

Wow...i tought i would hear it break that law but the only thing that happened is watching a advertisment of a commercial without the product demo

Ladies and gentlemen…French Stewart

Ellis, make more videos. You are one of the best audio production and engineering explainers on RU-vid. I'm in audio production too, and I've learned heaps just from the handful of vids you've made for this channel.

It felt more like a small passion project to me than an ad

In a past life, they were no such hidden advertisements but measurements such as directivity, response curves for various pressure levels, Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), efficiency......

The production and direction of this video is insane. Really enjoyed it.

I'm not even close to being an audiophile, but you made this topic so interesting and fun to learn about!

I'm glad that my stereo was much louder than I thought 💥

Good thing I read the comments and saw the dislikes before wasting my time on this video

Would have been nice to have measurements on the bass production on that speaker.

My headphones #1 have a subwoofer in them #2 have a tweeter, #3 is loud, #4 have crystal clear quality. Plus they are wired.

Such amazing production and Ellis gets to rant about his favourite topic XD. Again…. Dude really enjoys his job he’s always so full of energy whenever he’s on screen

I really like when Ellis presents. It’s got a fresh take to it.

Could you shill my perpetual motion machine in your next video?

More of this please. I could watch stuff like this all day.

What a video Ellis, ticks all the boxes. WE WANT MOREEE!!!

I recently bought a Bose Micro Soundlink. On my first use, I got startled at the Sound emerged from that micro BT speaker. It produced real bass sound. Unbelievable. Also, the battery life is huge (the spec says 6hrs after full charging, but it delivers more). Amazing audio engineering.