As I said on reddit, one potentially interesting thing is the RU symbol on the right, followed by “94V-0”. This apparently means that the circuit board has been tested and rated for high temperatures. What could they possibly need that for?
Leaving the unit out in the sun for long periods of time maybe.
Maybe a theramin!
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the newsletter focused on this new thing, the OP-Z Update and that the OP-1 is back in stock.
maybe it’s Oplab 2.
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majoras-other-mask over on reddit found the FCC filing for it. Be warned, spoilers ahead: https://old.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/imkfqe/if_you_dont_want_to_wait_to_know_what_the_new/
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portable wireless speaker? looks cool.
There’s a tape encoder on the speaker. So I guess you can remix your tunes on the fly similar to the tape fx on the Z.
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This is kind of sad, was hoping for a new future synth… Looks like the Ikea frekvens thingy.
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It’s a portable speaker.
Can’t be an ordinary portable speaker. Six years in development?
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I’m excited for the speaker- for sure it’s going to have some unique functionality. Everyone was previously yelling about opz having wireless connectivity to a speaker, don’t know why everyone is so down on this
Temp and h20 stable “ field “ recorder with line i/o and playback + BT connectivity ? I’d be into that.
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Further and further they fall away from what makes them a great company… TE is breaking my heart these days… I was so sure they wouldn’t turn into elektron… Boy was I wrong… They are even worse now…
love how the managers name is Iceman Hu
badass
guess u can’t overlook Seven Wang either lol
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Poor Ring Yang did all the hard work and get not praises!
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Poor n00b Ring had to do all the grunt work whilst Chad Iceman Hu gets all the praises
#teamringyang 
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Here is my guess : Yes, it is a portable speaker — but it can synchronize with an array of other speakers to create pop-up event an concert in the wild (which could be confirmed by all the outdoor pictures). I worked on a similar project as a designer but struggled a lot with the technology, but I am pretty sure that TE had the ressources and time (6 years) to make such a thing.
I might be wrong though 
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it’s definitely the Pro version of the Frekvens line, communicating wirelessly and syncing for Stereo or Quadraphonic listening experience.
it’s Great and i doubt it’s like 299/349
it’s so crazy that stuff gets leaked so fast these days. like 1h after the initial post everything was there on Reddit.
maybe „Tape„ is for recording your Inputs to the speakers memory.
if you accidentally run into a jam session or DJ gig and wanna recall everything at home
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