[larvaetron]

I feel like I'm the only person who isn't a fan of Teenage Engineering's design. It's all a bit too uncanny valley for me.

[mandmandam]

You are not. It's like Patrick Bateman's Fisher-Price to me.

This thing in particular is purely for posers, even more than their other stuff. I find it condescending, and nebulously offensive.

[thewataccount]

I have literally no experience with music or any of this stuff.

I've seen a few videos and the OP1 looks cool - how do these things perform?

Are they decent but expensive, or are they just pretty but trash?

IMO Apple pulls this off well because their devices work really decently while also holding that premium look.

[mandmandam]

They are ridiculously overpriced.

They are terribly limited, which is marketed as a bonus - I don't see it that way.

I wouldn't go so far as to call them trash - they're very expensive toys.

You may enjoy this video about the OP-1's feature set, even without the background knowledge to know everything he's saying is 100% true (which it is) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8alMWUmDI

I like Apple, quite possibly too much. I put a lot of value on user experience. But I would never buy a Teenage Engineering product with my own money. I find that 'I only drink $500 bottles of wine' kind of thing deeply uncool.

[dpflan]

“Patrick Bateman’s Fischer-Price” is a superb phrase, captures the essence of the situation. I can see Bateman and friends comparing their devices one upping each other - this one has “embossed buttons”…etc!

[amoss]

> Patrick Bateman's Fisher-Price

Oh wow, that one is going in the memory bank for future use.

[dpflan]

Indeed, my mind field recorded that one!

[jachee]

Seems like literally everyone on HN tonight is right there with you.

Reading all these comments, I’m feeling equally lonely as a fan (but admittedly seldom a customer) of basically everything TE does.

[smitty1110]

You're not alone, and I'm kinda glad you posted. It's some sort of failed minimalism that just bothers me. It's like the bad Ikea manual of the music world.

[throwaway675309]

I'm right there with you - I don't like the muted pastel color palette choices, the structural design, etc.

I also think at that price point, there is a sunken cost fallacy that contractually obligates people to defend the visual design to the death.