The SVS PB-17 Ultra advertises a range of 12-220Hz at -3dB. I imagine it could play a pure 7Hz tone if you turn it up.
And most speakers can play infrasound for many non-sinusoidal waveforms [0]. They'll drop the fundamental and some lower-end harmonics but can still give a sense of what it sounds like
I'm not an ML engineer - is there an accepted definition of "intent" that you're using here? To me, it seems as though these GPT models show something akin to intent, even if it's just their chain of thought about how they will go about answering a question.
> nor is there a mechanism for intent
Does there have to be a dedicated mechanism for intent for it to exist? I don't see how one could conclusively say that it can't be an emergent trait.
> They don't do long term planning nor do they alter themselves due to things they go through during inference.
I don't understand why either of these would be required. These models do some amount of short-to-medium term planning even it is in the context of their responses, no?
To be clear, I don't think the current-gen models are at a level to intentionally deceive without being instructed to. But I could see us getting there within my lifetime.
My comment was mostly a joke. I don't think there's anything "special" about GPT-5.
But these models have exhibited a few surprising emergent traits, and it seems plausible to me that at one point they could intentionally deceive users in the course of exploring their boundaries.
The main concern seems to be around bot accounts spamming comment threads?
If so, it seems as though account-level signal/noise weighting could help. New accounts and ones that are consistently downvoted could be given less prominence in the UI (until upvoted, of course).
The idea is similar to the current behavior of requiring a minimum karma count before allowing users to flag/downvote.
Another option to consider might be supplementing the best single-port phone you can find with a Dongle Dangler [0], which allows you to keep a dongle on your keychain.
I use it with an iPhone 12 Mini (which has good enough camera/battery for me) and it solves the wired headphone problem, albeit with adding some extra steps. I would prefer to support manufacturers that are keeping the jack, but at a certain point I felt like I was sacrificing quite a bit in terms of other aspects of my smartphone experience to do so.
This is anecdotal and I mentioned this somewhere else in this thread, but I did a quick shootout between my Sony MDR7506 and a $80 Soundcore Motion+ bluetooth speaker and the Soundcore actually blew the 7506 away.
TBF I was powering the headphones with just my Pixel 3, but it's not a particularly hard to drive headphone.
There's been quite a bit of advancement recently with bluetooth speakers, and we'll probably see some more disruption in the affordable hi-fi space soon with what Purifi is doing with Class D amps.
I actually compared my Sony MDR7506 with my Anker Soundcore Motion+ this morning and the Soundcore blew away the Sonys to my ear. Yes, the Soundcore is an unrepairable bluetooth speaker, but they both cost ~$80
Haha fair enough. I ran an HD 6XX with a Jotunheim for a while, but ended up preferring a pair of JBL LSR305s with an SVS sub a lot more.
I think the main reasons were being able to experience the sub frequencies with my entire body (they're too big to fit in your ears!), and share the experience with my friends.
I put together a ~$3k system recently that has blown away any headphone experience I've had [0] [1] [2].
I guess for me, the experience goes beyond just what the music sounds like. Being able to dance without having to worry about anything falling off of my head or out of my ears, and being able to share the experience with my girlfriend and others effectively multiplies the joy I get by an order of magnitude.
Totally valid point. In most cases, I think the layman will generally find an equivalently priced speaker setup over $600 sounds better.
Reasons that I can think that someone might still go with open backs are:
• Portability - You can move around your house or go running without leaving the music.
• Less dependent of environment - they basically sound the same in a small, big, or acoustically reflective rooms.
• Leak less sound than speakers - you can blast music without waking up your kids or downstairs neighbors.
• Better high frequency reproduction - whereas full sound systems will generally do better with lower.
EDIT: Added price stipulation to where speakers start to sound better. Agreed that if you're not willing to spend much and want to listen alone, headphones are the better choice.
I've been eyeballing the AirPods Pro as well! I had a coworker who was using a pair for video conferencing, and recommended them at first - but eventually became repeatedly inconvenienced by the battery running out and having to change to a wired set.
Not sure if the problem could have been solved with more consistent charging - but it convinced me to stick with wired WFH drivers for now.
I'd still consider getting a pair for running if it wasn't for my environmental concerns wrt the rattling problems.
> A $400 Sennheiser 650 will no doubt blow them away while still being $150 cheaper.
Of course they will. But it's not fair to compare open backs with closed backs without a huge asterisk [0]
> If you want the best sound quality for the buck, you usually need to go with open-backed (or simply “open”) headphones. The open (but uncomfortable) SR60 is probably the best value in the business, followed by the awesome DT-880, which is far better than everything in this review in both comfort and sound quality. But open headphones are like screen doors: they let all exterior noise in, and more importantly, they let all of your music out. This will annoy anyone around you, so it’s extremely inconsiderate to use open headphones in buses, trains, airplanes, shared offices, or anywhere else near other people, and it’s irresponsible to recommend them without this huge warning.
Right - I gifted a pair of MDR7506s to my girlfriend the other day.
I love that they include an insert telling you exactly how to take the entire headphone apart - I don't think I've owned a pair like that before.
But, I broke out my B&O H6s to do an A/B test after giving them to her, and I think it was a mistake? The H6s are of course in the next higher price price bracket, but the 7506s did not compare musically to them at all.
As much as I appreciate the repairability of the 7506s, I think would recommend something a bit more musical as a daily driver.
I've never had a pair break, just had to replace the pads as they wore out after a couple of years. I don't think I've been _particularly_ careful with them, but I definitely don't toss them into my backpack or anything like that?
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to try it out yet. I'm not particularly interested in the TV watching use case (I don't watch TV), but I think that there could be some cool AR use cases that I would love to play around with.
Such as a Zombies Run sort of game where you could hear the zombies behind you, or approaching from other streets. Not sure if any such applications exist yet, though?
The Porta Pros are still amazing headphones. Lifetime warranty, cheap, and great sound. They work perfect for exercising, if you're willing to put up with the cable
And most speakers can play infrasound for many non-sinusoidal waveforms [0]. They'll drop the fundamental and some lower-end harmonics but can still give a sense of what it sounds like
[0] https://szynalski.com/tone#7,saw,v0.5