WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:05.800 - When I saw the press release for Ikea's new Frekvens collaboration 00:00:05.800 --> 00:00:09.470 with design teenage engineering, all lower case. 00:00:09.470 --> 00:00:13.140 I knew that I simply had to have it. What I didn't realize 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:16.160 was that I was getting more than I bargained for. 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:21.720 I ran down to the local Ikea, only one of which actually had the Frekvens' speaker 00:00:21.720 --> 00:00:28.930 and subwoofer in stock, and found that Frekvens is not just a couple of speakers, 00:00:28.970 --> 00:00:32.620 but it's like a whole lifestyle or something. 00:00:32.620 --> 00:00:39.110 It's like a party for my Ikea. So there's the Frekvens' light base 00:00:39.110 --> 00:00:42.410 I got four of those. There's these batteries, 00:00:42.410 --> 00:00:47.410 that I actually found in the home, like linens sort of area. 00:00:47.710 --> 00:00:51.960 There's this, which I'm super excited to show you guys. 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.460 And there's a silver raincoat 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:59.503 and a silver pillowcase. What? 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:06.230 So here's the thing. No one at Ikea, whether it was staff or customers, 00:01:06.230 --> 00:01:10.030 seems to have any idea, what the hell it is, 00:01:10.030 --> 00:01:13.120 they are trying to accomplish with this lineup of products. 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:18.220 On their product page, it's like the ultimate home party. 00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:24.530 I feel like this is one of those weird things that probably should have been like a Europe only launch, 00:01:24.530 --> 00:01:32.040 but then somehow managed to make its way over the pond. And us north Americans are just like, "I'm sorry, what?" 00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:38.910 The rain jacket is so much better, but unfortunately that particular piece wasn't in stock, 00:01:38.910 --> 00:01:43.990 neither was the lighting stand and the little like weird lights 00:01:43.990 --> 00:01:49.363 that had got this vine on their website for. What they did have in store though, is this. 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:54.510 Oh my God. It includes a stencil. 00:01:54.510 --> 00:01:58.040 Holy crap. So what, so you can like stencil your name on it 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.280 or like your party, your band or whatever. 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.900 So this is great. Jono, can I hand these to you to finish assembling this thing? 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:11.430 I'm gonna open up the Bluetooth speaker in the meantime, because there's a great story behind that box. 00:02:11.430 --> 00:02:16.530 The thing is I ran into this guy in the store and I was like, "Hey, so this is something else, aye." 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:20.780 And he goes, "Yeah, I guess what the hell is it?" 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:24.910 Because the demo that they had set up 00:02:24.910 --> 00:02:28.210 just didn't really seem to make any sense whatsoever. 00:02:28.210 --> 00:02:31.360 And the box is completely nondescript. 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.390 It's got this, which is whatever that is. 00:02:34.390 --> 00:02:37.750 Bluetooth. And then like design teenage engineering. 00:02:37.750 --> 00:02:41.320 There's no other information. It doesn't even say it's a speaker. 00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:44.370 So there it is. It's got a line in, subwoofer out, 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:48.620 a line out, AC power in, power and pairing button. 00:02:48.620 --> 00:02:52.940 Oh wait, AC in and AC out. So you could like daisy chain it or whatever. 00:02:52.940 --> 00:02:56.260 It's got actually kind of like a nice industrial design to it. 00:02:56.260 --> 00:02:59.663 And then, Oh, okay. So that's weird. 00:02:59.663 --> 00:03:02.690 You have to pick what color you wanna buy, but they could have 00:03:02.690 --> 00:03:05.800 just as easily included multiple colors in the box, 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:11.540 these don't look particularly expensive. Uh, not particularly amazing feeling volume dial, 00:03:11.540 --> 00:03:15.670 Got a tweeter and a mid-range speaker. I don't know if I have higher 00:03:15.670 --> 00:03:19.510 or lower expectations for this because it's Ikea. 00:03:19.510 --> 00:03:23.670 It's like a standard power cord on the one end. And then it's like a, 00:03:23.670 --> 00:03:29.550 got the like telephone coil on the other, but what's really weird is it's the same material. 00:03:29.550 --> 00:03:34.280 So they just like, I dunno, like heat treated it or something to coil part of it. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:39.700 Only at Ikea do they manage to have you assemble your own Bluetooth speaker. 00:03:39.700 --> 00:03:42.710 Got stickers on the bottom and then little nipples that go into the holes. 00:03:42.710 --> 00:03:47.730 So that should keep them on pretty good. Now, curiously, they've got spots for like foot nipples 00:03:47.730 --> 00:03:52.330 on the back of it too, even though the power goes in there. Okay. So here's my Braunit. 00:03:53.537 --> 00:03:57.350 Brow-Unit? Bra-Unit. I like bra-unit. 00:03:57.350 --> 00:04:02.253 Ikea needs to borrow from Amazon's frustration-free packaging concept. 00:04:03.171 --> 00:04:08.620 (Linus groans) It's like the strongest clear plastic tape in the world. 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:12.253 So it recharges with a micro USB. And then it just goes in a little, something like. 00:04:14.046 --> 00:04:18.150 Schwamp. Goes on the nipple thing like that. Actually, that's weird. 00:04:18.150 --> 00:04:22.830 The speaker actually overhangs it a little bit. So whoever was doing the design, 00:04:22.830 --> 00:04:26.240 didn't account for the face plates. So I guess they just assume 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.973 you're going with the naked look. That's fine. I can dig it. You ready? 00:04:32.470 --> 00:04:36.110 Aw (Jono laughing) Is that it? 00:04:36.110 --> 00:04:40.387 Is it just white? (upbeat music) 00:04:43.092 --> 00:04:44.342 Moment please. 00:04:50.110 --> 00:04:51.113 It's all bass. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.343 It's like literally all bass. Hold on, hold on. 00:05:02.690 --> 00:05:04.173 Yep. It's still all bass. 00:05:06.990 --> 00:05:10.090 In fairness, the level of distortion at max volume 00:05:10.090 --> 00:05:16.053 and the amount of sheer sound that is coming out of this thing, not bad actually. 00:05:16.912 --> 00:05:20.412 (upbeat music continues) 00:05:22.670 --> 00:05:25.780 Like, that is not a lot of distortion 00:05:25.780 --> 00:05:30.780 for a tiny 10 centimeter by 20 centimeter speaker. 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.573 And we're just getting this party started boys. 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:41.230 Because now we got the big kahuna. 00:05:41.230 --> 00:05:45.500 More Frekvens. So it seems like you're supposed to put them together 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:51.210 with these little doodads and the included screws. So you can assemble your own thing. 00:05:51.210 --> 00:05:56.860 But curiously, you can't configure it into like a stereo setup because, 00:05:56.860 --> 00:06:00.240 Wait, there is a line out. Oh yeah. And there is a line in. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.990 But, oh, Hmp. I'm not sure if that's actually how they intend for it to be used. 00:06:03.990 --> 00:06:08.100 But anyway, there's a sub-out and we do get the cables required for that. 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:12.360 Okay, so let's go sub-out and then we'll, you can daisy chain the power. 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.410 Looks like there's sort of an expected configuration, 00:06:15.410 --> 00:06:19.570 probably supposed to put it here, I guess. 00:06:19.570 --> 00:06:23.470 No actual Bluetooth connectivity though. The Bluetooth connectivity seems to be expected 00:06:23.470 --> 00:06:27.160 to come from this. You guys ready for the sub-test? There's no separate volume knob 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:33.170 for the subwoofer, unfortunately. So you're just, you're going to get whatever Ikea determines is best here. 00:06:33.170 --> 00:06:37.263 I lied. There is a volume knob on the back of the sub. It's just recessed. 00:06:37.263 --> 00:06:39.846 (upbeat music) 00:06:44.522 --> 00:06:45.689 Look at it go! 00:06:48.970 --> 00:06:50.720 It's walking around. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:04.440 So this open back design actually means that like the speaker, the sub moves a lot of air, actually. 00:07:04.490 --> 00:07:08.510 I wouldn't describe anything that we're listening to as 'great sounding,' 00:07:08.510 --> 00:07:11.840 by any stretch of the imagination. It is far too bass heavy, 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:16.700 but if the objective of your Frekvens house party 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:20.750 is to just make a lot of bass in a very small amount of space 00:07:20.750 --> 00:07:25.230 and have Bluetooth connectivity, it seems to me, you could do a lot worse than this. 00:07:25.230 --> 00:07:29.660 But could you do better? That's where the final product in today's video comes in. 00:07:29.660 --> 00:07:33.553 In my earlier story, I didn't actually include the best part of it. 00:07:34.470 --> 00:07:39.937 So when the guy asked, "What the heck is it?" He specifically asked, as a follow-up question, 00:07:39.937 --> 00:07:44.380 "What the heck this was" and "what it has to do with a house party" 00:07:44.380 --> 00:07:47.710 and much like the speakers, there was no explanation 00:07:47.710 --> 00:07:53.380 of what this product is anywhere on the packaging or in Ikea's merchandising in the store. 00:07:53.380 --> 00:07:58.440 So I had to look it up on their website. The answer may shock you. 00:07:58.440 --> 00:08:01.860 How sturdy is this table these days? (Linus groans) 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:07.205 - [Jono] Hold on. - Hold on. It's, wait. (Linus drumming) 00:08:10.820 --> 00:08:13.820 I'm supposed to hit it. Oh, sorry, it goes behind me. - [Jono] Yeah. 00:08:13.820 --> 00:08:17.031 - Sorry. - [Jono] The center is like a base drum, and the top is like snare drum. 00:08:17.031 --> 00:08:20.781 - Okay. (drumming on wood) 00:08:21.802 --> 00:08:25.510 (Linus laughs) - That's the stupidest thing ever. 00:08:25.510 --> 00:08:28.720 Subscribed to ShortCircuit, so you don't miss more videos like this one.