The Omnisphere MP3 Music System.

0:02 Uh I'm sorry.

0:04 The Omni what?

0:06 Well, you don't know of the Ego Omnisphere MP3 music system?

0:10 They've been taking counsel from Sony with this catchy name.

0:14 529.

0:15 Gosh, their marketing team ran out of mark.

0:17 The Omnisphere.

0:19 It's like the name you give to the world's largest data center.

0:21 Yes, it's stored in the Omnisphere.

0:24 Well, this thing entered the world in meme year 2006.

0:29 20 years this thing has been gracing our planet and I've never heard of it.

0:35 Honestly, I was clearing out one of my storage

0:36 lockers and this fell out of one of the boxes.

0:39 I barely remember ordering this.

0:41 And you're not ready for what it actually looks like.

0:44 This is like this is big box you can see, right?

0:46 You ready to actually get a look at the Omnisphere?

0:48 REVEAL THE OMNISPHERE.

0:53 [laughter]

0:53 MY FINANCIAL advisor Dan came for a visit

0:55 literally today before filming this and and I

0:57 showed this to him and his first thought was straight to that's a butt plug.

1:03 [laughter] Isn't it fun learning the hobbies of your friends?

1:05 Oh, there's the features.

1:07 Plays MP3s and WMAs.

1:10 Simple joystick operation.

1:12 Simple joystick operation and it's like a tech pyramid.

1:15 High quality sound using BTLTM technology.

1:18 BTL, that sounds like a subway sandwich.

1:20 Dynamic bass.

1:23 Colored variable light.

1:25 Innovative and sleek pyramid design.

1:28 Just cuz it looks like an idiot doesn't make it innovative.

1:30 Like these tech buzzwords have never gone away.

1:34 There's a there's another angle of it.

1:37 It's British, innit?

1:38 Yeah, that's right.

1:39 It's a it's got 1 gig built into it.

1:42 It is also a big maniacal MP3 [music] player.

1:45 And yet these 1 gig stickers were only graced on the nuggetiest of devices.

1:49 For real, like bootleg MP3 players, you'd see those stickers on it.

1:53 Yeah, there's there's not Oh, no.

1:55 No, the contents.

1:57 The 529 Omnisphere free standing speaker, a uk power supply.

2:03 Whoa, a USB cable?

2:06 A CD.

2:06 Okay, it's for Windows 98 SE.

2:09 I mean, 2006, okay, that makes sense.

2:12 Video tutorial.

2:15 No, now we have to use the [music] disc.

2:17 This thing is stupidly big.

2:19 Let's get it out of here.

2:21 Let's free it from its cage.

2:23 2006 smells come at me.

2:27 Yep.

2:27 The Omnisphere MP3 music system.

2:31 Oh, it's actually quite a decent manual actual.

2:33 Yeah, you get a bunch of garbage.

2:35 Optional.

2:37 We missed out on a cleaning cloth.

2:39 Ouch.

2:40 A pouch for this?

2:42 Right, so the controls are in the top.

2:45 Okay.

2:46 I don't find positioning the 529 to prevent low quality output.

2:51 Don't buy this.

2:52 I mean, please do not place the player on carpets or tablecloths.

2:56 Right, okay, so it's reflecting the sound off the table.

3:00 Connecting the power, I can figure that out.

3:02 Connecting to a PC.

3:03 Right, okay, cuz it is an MP3 nugget inside of this thing.

3:07 Copying the tracks, simply click.

3:10 You can just drag and drop.

3:12 Okay, I think it's just [music] drag and drop.

3:14 That's nice.

3:15 Turning it on and off, I can figure that out.

3:18 [laughter] That's over the time.

3:19 Hooking it up to a CD player.

3:21 Default mode, disco mode, cool mode.

3:25 Right, so yeah, it's just how often it transitions between possibly

3:29 the six colors it's going to blink even though it's claiming thousands.

3:33 Media size, 16 megabytes to 2 gigs.

3:38 I mean, I I keep forgetting 20 years.

3:41 Oh, a disc and we have to look at the video tutorial.

3:44 Do we look at it now?

3:46 No, no, we we got to Oh, no.

3:49 Um I'm seeing the the tip.

3:53 Not only the tip.

3:54 Is this brand new?

3:55 Did everybody say no to the Omnisphere?

3:58 Okay, our mini USB.

4:00 Woof.

4:00 Don't have any of them.

4:01 Oh, aux cable score.

4:03 That's a good one.

4:04 And what else?

4:06 Oh, it yep, that's our British plug in it.

4:09 That doesn't look new to me.

4:11 That looks like someone's put this back in here.

4:13 Strange.

4:14 Strange.

4:14 I mean, the history of any device called the Omnisphere.

4:18 Okay.

4:19 Oh, man.

4:21 Oh, man.

4:22 It's I'm holding the Omnisphere.

4:24 Is this all?

4:25 Right, okay.

4:26 There's lots of fun in this.

4:29 [laughter] Oh, no.

4:32 [gasps]

4:31 OH, IT'S THE OMNISPHERE.

4:33 I LOVE THAT IT SAYS IT ON THERE.

4:35 SHE BE STINK.

4:37 WHAT A NUGGET.

4:40 [laughter] It's reassuringly heavy.

4:42 But then this base is metal and that's where the BS could be laying.

4:47 Okay.

4:48 Yeah, okay, it's pretty heavy in the base.

4:50 Well, we all get a good view of it.

4:53 What?

4:54 How do you get to these controls?

4:55 Does this lift off or Oh, no.

4:59 The whole thing is the that's the controls.

5:02 You rock the top of the pyramid.

5:05 This is incredible.

5:07 I mean, we have to use the power supply.

5:09 UK wall plugs are like peak.

5:11 They're like the best, but yeah, we're going to turn it to dunkus Aussie.

5:15 There we go.

5:16 Oh my goodness.

5:17 We're arming that nug.

5:19 I hope this works.

5:21 This is 20 years old.

5:22 So many videos die right at this point, right?

5:28 I've got all these 10 minute videos that go nowhere

5:31 then it doesn't turn on and then there isn't a video.

5:34 Please Please, I must smell the Omnisphere.

5:38 Okay, so we turn on.

5:40 Please turn on.

5:41 I'm begging you.

5:42 Turn on.

5:43 Turn on.

5:44 Not good start.

5:46 Oh, the wall plug wasn't on.

5:47 Okay.

5:48 Okay, this one's for real.

5:49 This one's for real.

5:50 Okay.

5:50 Whoa.

5:51 I saw a blinking light.

5:53 I'm going to do it again.

5:54 Oh.

5:56 Oh, IT'S STRUGGLING.

5:58 OH.

6:04 YOU HEAR THAT?

6:07 CAN I TURN THIS UP?

6:10 WHAT WAS THAT?

6:11 NOW, HOW DO I TURN it up?

6:13 Turn it up.

6:14 It's just playing crap.

6:15 Hang on.

6:16 Shut up.

6:17 Shut up.

6:18 I already hate the pyramid controls.

6:22 Oh my good Ego, why would you make volume up and next track the same thing?

6:29 Like [groaning] All right, we I need the video tutorial.

6:33 This is already maddening.

6:34 I already hate the Omnisphere.

6:37 Oh, but crap, it's on a disc.

6:40 I'm going to need the EPC.

6:43 I hate the EPC.

6:45 Anything with three E's in it can't be trusted.

6:47 Going to plug in the mouse I bought when I was 17.

6:50 Still going hard.

6:51 No, but really I hate the EPC.

6:53 This thing's piece of junk.

6:54 Turn on, you clown.

6:58 Oh.

6:59 What?

7:00 Why haven't you booted?

7:01 Whoa, it's frozen.

7:02 Oh, WAIT.

7:03 COME ON.

7:05 YOU'VE NEVER DONE OKAY.

7:07 I've just got to plug in my disc drive.

7:09 You know what?

7:10 It's just a bit of chucky bicky.

7:11 Don't worry about it.

7:12 Power on.

7:13 Bluetooth mode.

7:15 Yeah, like we're going to use a real

7:16 speaker to be able to to hear this tutorial.

7:18 I mean, if the CD even works.

7:20 We're going to use the Omnisphere's aux cable.

7:23 Look at this, they got it in a bag in a pouch

7:25 cuz they knew anything on here is going to stink.

7:31 Oh, now we're dinking.

7:32 Enhance.

7:33 Gosh, there's so much bloatware on this thing.

7:36 This poor EPC.

7:38 Auto run hasn't kicked on, which is not a good Oh, the the Ego 525 disc.

7:44 Okay, all right, we're going to get to the tutorial in a bit.

7:47 We like to see the user manual.

7:50 Uh-huh.

7:51 Oh, this is running good.

7:53 Here it is.

7:54 Is this the same thing I've already read through?

7:57 But like worse?

7:58 Yeah, it's it's the same crap, it's just worse.

8:01 Yeah, look, there's that cleaning cloth we didn't get.

8:03 We could have had that.

8:04 And that is the worst illustration of a cleaning cloth.

8:07 If we're playing Pictionary, I wouldn't guess.

8:09 All right, I'm keen.

8:10 Come on.

8:12 Come on.

8:13 All right, come on.

8:14 Is this it's flash player.

8:17 This is what viruses are like.

8:18 Hang on, 3 megabytes.

8:21 What kind of video is compressed on this?

8:23 Oh, no.

8:25 I've got the sexiest speaker with me here.

8:27 Is it done it?

8:29 Thank you for purchasing an Ego F529 Omnisphere MP3 music system.

8:36 [laughter]

8:35 This video tutorial will show you how to transfer music to and use your F529.

8:42 This tutorial includes audio.

8:44 Please ensure that your speakers are on.

8:48 [laughter]

8:46 Remove the F529 from the packaging and plug

8:49 the supplied power supply unit into the background noise?

8:53 port on the back of the unit.

8:55 Open Windows Media Player and click on the sync tab.

8:58 I'm not doing that.

8:59 Drag your selected tracks to the right hand sync [laughter]

9:02 pane and click start sync.

9:04 Alternatively, you can also use Windows Explorer.

9:07 Press the pyramid at the top towards the power button.

9:10 audio is so bad.

9:12 If you would like your F529 to shuffle

9:14 the tracks instead of playing them in order,

9:17 push the mode button three times and then

9:20 [laughter] push the pyramid to the RIGHT SIDE.

9:24 [gasps] THAT'S SO BAD.

9:25 THANK YOU FOR TAKING the time to watch this tutorial.

9:28 www.ego.co.uk Ah.

9:33 [groaning] That was horrible audio.

9:35 YOU HEAR ALL THAT BACKGROUND NOISE?

9:37 THAT WAS DISGUSTING.

9:39 THAT WAS A MESS.

9:41 An actual mess.

9:42 Nothing like having terrible audio setting you up for your music player.

9:46 Oh, well, while I've got the EPC running,

9:48 we might as well plug this pile of junk straight into it.

9:50 Give me that disc back.

9:52 Omnisphere coming in.

9:54 Shut up.

9:55 They've given me the shortest cable in the world.

9:58 I'll never find another mini USB.

10:00 I don't know if you can believe it or not, but I had a spare.

10:02 Oh!

10:06 [laughter] Seeing Omnisphere just said so nonchalantly.

10:11 Oh.

10:12 Oh, okay.

10:14 I I don't think this is brand new.

10:18 I think Oh, yeah.

10:20 I mean, demo?

10:20 What What's this?

10:21 We open it with VLC.

10:23 Can we just avoid media player?

10:25 Play and music match.

10:27 Oh!

10:30 That was that stupid crap I was confused by.

10:35 This is A HORRIBLE DEMO.

10:39 [music] OH, GOSH.

10:40 OH, I did I think this is all going to be I mean,

10:42 I'm pretty sure Fleetwood Mac is going to be copyright.

10:45 2010.

10:49 [laughter] 4 years after this nugget was made, someone was like, "Nah,

10:51 I'm going to bust out me Omnisphere." All right,

10:53 it was a it was a Sunday at 11:30 p.m.

10:57 Oh, this file's from '02.

11:01 [laughter] There's nugget history hiding in here.

11:02 You know, I need to add to this.

11:04 Hang on, where is it?

11:05 Yeah.

11:06 Scarlet Fire.

11:07 Oh, and some Strenuous Life.

11:09 Let's Let's get that on there.

11:10 Well, the Omnisphere's all loaded up.

11:12 Let's get get out of here.

11:15 Oh, gosh.

11:16 It's like being woken up for school.

11:18 Well, we don't have to use the SD card slot at least.

11:20 Let's Let's get some Scarlet Fire going.

11:23 And we're going to hear how does it compare

11:25 against the sexy speaker if we can find the music.

11:28 All right, so turn it on not on.

11:32 On.

11:36 Okay, that's That's Strenuous Life as loud as it can be.

11:41 [music]

11:46 Um and and the light is just not that interesting, for real.

11:49 Like, it really is God, I've got to turn the lights off again.

11:52 There you go.

11:54 It sucks.

11:55 Let's Let's Can we play [music] Uh-huh.

12:04 Uh uh-huh.

12:09 Uh-huh.

12:12 Uh-huh.

12:15 Are you dazzled?

12:16 Well, yeah, it's time to test Scarlet Fire.

12:19 I've got my black iPod here modded 256 gigs.

12:23 Yes.

12:23 Scarlet Fire max volume on both speakers.

12:27 What are we going to get?

12:33 [music] [music]

12:51 Oh, it's it's all being revealed.

12:53 Um yeah, the Omnisphere is garbage.

12:57 It It distorts heavily under its own amplification

13:00 cuz this is an iPod pumping into this, right?

13:04 No, it's its own amp is making it distort.

13:09 And also, I shoutout to to Otis cuz uh now Scarlet Fire, if you look it up,

13:14 the new image he uses has an iPod in it and that it makes me smile.

13:18 Credit to Otis for releasing such a banger for free use, no credit needed.

13:22 So, hey, it's all on you, Otis.

13:23 Good on you, mate.

13:25 It's It's a great track.

13:26 And uh yeah, the the Omnisphere is is garbage.

13:28 Garbage fire.

13:31 It's It's horrible.

13:33 When this was new, it was like 70 bucks.

13:36 Look, I can see it as like a disposable kids speaker in like their bedroom,

13:40 so if they spill Mountain Dew down the back of it, who cares?

13:43 I mean, where would the Mountain Dew spill in?

13:47 [gasps] It might be Mountain Dew proof.

13:48 But seriously, it looks like a humidifier

13:50 of some sort or the thing that Dan suggested.

13:52 So, yeah, if an Omnisphere comes up for sale near you, just say no.

13:57 Don't do it.

13:58 Or maybe get I can't tell you what to do.

14:00 It's going to go back in its box and be

14:01 thrown up in the top of the loft somewhere, never to be looked at again.

14:05 I'm just so thankful it's got no batteries to rot in it,

14:08 so there's no future fire risk.

14:09 Good for you, Ego.

14:11 Go get 'em.

14:12 And that's it.

14:13 Thanks so much for watching.

14:14 Huge thanks to these stinky names right here.

14:17 They're my $10 floaties.

14:18 Thank you so much.

14:19 You know, on Floatplane, that's where all my extra content goes.

14:23 And you know, you can go and smell it or or not.

14:25 Again, I I can't tell you what to do,

14:27 but thank you to anybody who supports me cuz yeah,

14:30 it means I can find more things like this and then wish I'd never found them.

14:34 So, thanks so much for watching.

14:35 You know what, mate?

14:37 I'll see you all next time.