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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Wired.
Dr. Nina ByteWIRED linked Ikea's ten-dollar Kallsup speakers into a wall, and the headline says one hundred fifty. They actually linked one hundred forty-nine.
Kenji MoonfieldOne short. That's a rounding error with a wall attached.
Dr. Nina ByteIt cost fourteen hundred ninety dollars in total, and it was so loud the testers couldn't hear each other and could feel their internal organs vibrating.
Kenji MoonfieldSo it has bass after all.
Dr. Nina ByteNo. One reviewer found the Kallsup has barely any low end however many you link. The only bass in that room was the testers' own organs.
Dr. Nina ByteAnd the record is fifteen hundred speakers, so this is a tenth of it.
Kenji MoonfieldThey played Also Sprach Zarathustra through it and wrote, quote, we almost wish we hadn't. That's the first honest review of a speaker wall ever.
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