a) there seems to be some kind of issue when the OB-4 goes to stand-by mode and kinda « gates » the incoming signal when waking up. Can you confirm such an issue (which, admittedly, could also be just a fail safe to preserve speakers, idk)?
b) what about the fact that loops can’t be erased? First time I hear about that. And clearly, it would be quite annoying - not to say plainly stupid - from TE not to permit resetting. I’m guessing you need to fully Factory Reset the unit in order to clear loops?
c/bonus question) does the Line In feature works well? No issue with Bluetooth trying to take back control (just happened to me with a Kilburn II from Marshall)?
Thanks, again.
Don’t want to take up too much of your time anyways!
if TE had made that bag folk would buy it for £100+ haha.
I actually thought it was a pretty smart idea to fill that see-through bag with my portable music toys once…thinking, ah…straight through customs/x-ray machine without having to unpack everything…but no. Still had to unpack everymotherfckin’thing…grrr.
Where I live (south of France), I’m pretty confident no-one knows what the op1 Field or the OB-4 is.
Not to say it wouldn’t get stolen. But see-through or not, it doesn’t really matter in 2023. From what I know, at least.
But you’re never too careful.
Anyhoo.
My wife just ordered an OB-4 - she liked the Magic features (and, believe it or not, the fact that it was all on board-not-to-be-exported) cause they seemed creative and simple enough.
To the point where I was promised a second unit if she liked the first so much that she would keep it to herself.
She’s also probably going to make some kind of protection for the OB-4 at some point.
But mostly, knowing her (she’s 8+ months pregnant), she’s gonna use the OB-4 at home for nap purposes and the occasional op1 Field fiddling (or, as she likes to say, the OP1 Fielddling).
The line-In works as expected, zero delay.
I’ve yet to try/buy one of those 3.5mm T-shaped mics.
A few additional thoughts;
the surface finish is matt smooth plastic. It doesn’t feel tacky-cheap, it’s good although very addictive to fingerprints (but ive got the black finish so I think the vinyl colours might be better).
the feet pads are perfect, quite like Mary Poppins.
weight/heft to size ratio, again, perfectly judged.
display brightness is just as visible outdoors as in.
Sound quality is superb, and this should be point 1! Not being able to change eq is yer typical arrogant TE limitation (ala no op-1 undo etc). Odd to write this but I really don’t have the terminology to describe adequately; it’s clean, crisp, neutral, very well balanced. Superb to judge mixes on. And having recently just moved, it’s perfect for a small flat but can equally kick out the jams if nessacry without any distortion. It’s a real buzz to see those wee speakers vibrate to some dub bass!
from zero to the first audible sound isn’t as smooth as I’d like but there’s no big step from silence to something.
it powers to a full charge pretty fast (2hrs to max ish).
I only ever listen to Radio4, so I never use it for a radio music speaker. Always line-in for music.
the scrub disc is pretty usual. All the mantra guff is just filler. A TE sweetener to convince folk to buy something that they haven’t already got (like the 'drum machine on the tx-6 etc).
If you can afford to get one, get one.If I ‘lost’ mine I’d buy another. It seems like you are a songwriter so for that purpose I would defiantly recommend one. Butt it certainly is far from essential. It’s a luxury. And along with my SP-16, the other thingy I’d grab from the inferno amigo!
And thanks for all these details.
Now, it’s official, I can’t wait to receive mine!
I guess it’s gonna be a long wait, but a worthy one.
Please, feel free to share any pro tips.
I gotta find me the thread mentioning the update process, for one thing. And I guess, reading the manual earlier, that TE wrote yet another cryptic manual. So I’ll have to explore sub-threads once again.
Forums, here I come!
So.
Just had the OB-4 landing today.
And best part of it is…I welcomed my first child late last nite.
Why am I bragging about my daughter?
Well, because the OB-4 and the ambi features just put her to nap.
Maybe a simple coincidence. But hey. It stopped a big helpless crying session.
From the moment the Ambi was 100, she stopped and slept for a whole hour.
So yeah.
One point for the OB-4.
Which is a beautiful piece of gear.
It looks a bit cheap at times, but as my wife said : « the immediacy is something else on this one ».
