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  "guide": {
    "slug": "teenage-engineering-od-11",
    "title": "Teenage Engineering OD–11 Buyer Guide",
    "subtitle": "Whether OD–11 is the right Teenage Engineering tool for room-filling, design-led listening where placement and stereo pairing matter.",
    "summary": "Buy OD–11 when you want room-filling, design-led listening where placement and stereo pairing matter; the main tradeoff is high cost, placement/network/app dependencies, and an older software/hardware ecosystem. The official US feed showed $999 single / $1,998 stereo-set rows on 2026-10-18; its status was mixed in-stock/out-of-stock variants. As an Amazon Associate, Field Guides may earn from qualifying purchases.",
    "category": {
      "slug": "hardware",
      "name": "Hardware",
      "description": "Product factsheets for computers, devices, peripherals, and buying decisions."
    },
    "tags": [
      "teenage-engineering",
      "portable-audio",
      "music-hardware",
      "od-11",
      "buyer-guide"
    ],
    "version": "2026-10-18.2",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-18",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-18",
    "freshness": "Official product/catalog pages, current US price/status, WIRED, Lyd & Bilde, and owner long-term discussion were checked 2026-10-18. Amazon identity is inherited from the accepted exact-page receipt; price, stock, seller, warranty, and stereo configuration remain unverified.",
    "heroLabel": "Wireless hi-fi speaker buyer guide",
    "vaultPath": "Research/Technology/Hardware/Teenage Engineering OD–11 Buyer Guide.md",
    "r2JsonKey": "guides/teenage-engineering-od-11/2026-10-18.2.json",
    "archetype": "buyer",
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Official US price",
        "value": "$999 single / $1,998 stereo-set rows",
        "detail": "Official store feed observation on 2026-10-18; Amazon price remains unverified."
      },
      {
        "label": "Official state",
        "value": "Mixed in-stock/out-of-stock variants in the official US feed",
        "detail": "Official US feed state; not an Amazon offer claim."
      },
      {
        "label": "Core role",
        "value": "Ortho-directional wireless hi-fi speaker",
        "detail": "room-filling, design-led listening where placement and stereo pairing matter."
      },
      {
        "label": "Main constraint",
        "value": "high cost, placement/network/app dependencies, and an older software/hardware ecosystem",
        "detail": "Check this before paying for the compact workflow."
      }
    ],
    "thesisCards": [
      {
        "label": "The fit",
        "title": "OD–11 is a room-oriented ortho-directional wireless speaker.",
        "body": "Choose it when placement, room fill, and a stereo pair matter more than battery portability; Sonos Era 300 or KEF LSX II LT are mainstream alternatives."
      },
      {
        "label": "The reason",
        "title": "Two-way active bass-reflex design, 100W Class-D amplification, 6.5-inch woofer, 2-inch tweeter, and optional stereo pairing.",
        "body": "The buying decision is one speaker versus stereo pair plus the current documented connection/control path."
      },
      {
        "label": "The catch",
        "title": "Historical reviews describe older platform behavior, so current app, network, and input support must be checked against today’s documentation.",
        "body": "Do not let a color/region or pair package row substitute for the actual room and control requirements."
      }
    ],
    "sections": [
      {
        "id": "bottom-line",
        "eyebrow": "Bottom line",
        "title": "Buy OD–11 for room placement and pairing.",
        "body": "{{commerce:amazon-od-11|OD–11}} Choose a single speaker when placement and room fill matter more than portability. Fresh official rows showed $999 singles: black US/WW, white EU/UK, and black EU/UK were out of stock, while white US/WW was in stock. The white US stereo set was $1,998 in stock and the white EU/UK set was $1,998 out of stock on 2026-10-18. Compare Sonos Era 300 or KEF LSX II LT when current platform breadth matters more."
      },
      {
        "id": "product-shape",
        "eyebrow": "Product shape",
        "title": "A room speaker whose control path needs a current check.",
        "body": "OD–11 is an ortho-directional wireless hi-fi speaker with two-way active bass-reflex design, 100W Class-D amplification, a 6.5-inch woofer, a 2-inch tweeter, and optional stereo pairing. Current connection and control behavior should be checked against the official documentation; older reviews may describe an earlier app, AirPlay, or network state."
      },
      {
        "id": "comparison-ladder",
        "eyebrow": "Comparison ladder",
        "title": "Compare room roles and platform support.",
        "table": {
          "columns": [
            "Choice",
            "Product",
            "What you gain",
            "What you give up"
          ],
          "rows": [
            [
              "Mainstream wireless speaker",
              "Sonos Era 300 or KEF LSX II LT",
              "Choose a current mainstream platform when app support, room correction, and ecosystem breadth matter.",
              "You give up OD–11’s distinctive ortho-directional object and control approach."
            ],
            [
              "Target",
              "{{commerce:amazon-od-11|OD–11}}",
              "Choose it when a single room speaker and its placement character are the point.",
              "You accept a more specialized platform and need to verify current control options."
            ],
            [
              "Stereo configuration",
              "OD–11 stereo pair",
              "Choose two when left/right imaging matters more than a one-box purchase.",
              "You double the hardware and must verify pair setup and matching region/configuration."
            ],
            [
              "Lateral hi-fi",
              "Two-speaker stereo setup",
              "Choose another matched stereo system when broad service support and room flexibility are priorities.",
              "You lose OD–11’s single-object design and ortho-directional presentation."
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "buying-matrix",
        "eyebrow": "Buying matrix",
        "title": "Where OD–11 fits a room system.",
        "table": {
          "columns": [
            "Use case",
            "Fit",
            "Why"
          ],
          "rows": [
            [
              "Single-speaker room fill",
              "Strong",
              "The woofer, tweeter, amplification, and placement design are the reason to buy it."
            ],
            [
              "Stereo imaging",
              "Good with pair",
              "Confirm the current stereo-pair setup and matching units before buying two."
            ],
            [
              "Portable listening",
              "Weak",
              "OD–11 is a room speaker; OB–4 or a battery speaker fits travel better."
            ],
            [
              "Current control support",
              "Needs verification",
              "Read current official documentation rather than relying on historical review-era app claims."
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "review-signal",
        "eyebrow": "Review signal",
        "title": "Independent reviews explain the tradeoff better than the feature list.",
        "table": {
          "columns": [
            "Signal",
            "What it supports",
            "Confidence"
          ],
          "rows": [
            [
              "WIRED",
              "WIRED found the OD–11 open, room-filling, and relatively uncolored when placed as directed, but criticized the price and wireless/service limitations.",
              "Professional hands-on review"
            ],
            [
              "Lyd & Bilde",
              "Lyd & Bilde praises the open, detailed sound and bass while warning about price and reliance on an Apple/iOS-oriented control path in its review period.",
              "Professional review or launch-context source"
            ],
            [
              "r/teenageengineering",
              "Owners report strong openness and bass but discuss placement, software updates, connection reliability, and the price of a stereo pair; this is anecdotal.",
              "Community signal; anecdotal"
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "mechanism",
        "eyebrow": "Mechanism",
        "title": "What the speaker design means in a room.",
        "table": {
          "columns": [
            "Area",
            "What the sources describe",
            "Buyer consequence"
          ],
          "rows": [
            [
              "Speaker design",
              "Two-way active bass-reflex enclosure with ortho-directional presentation.",
              "Placement and room geometry are part of the sound decision."
            ],
            [
              "Power and output",
              "100W Class-D amplification, 6.5-inch woofer, and 2-inch tweeter.",
              "The hardware supports room listening, but published figures do not guarantee every room result."
            ],
            [
              "Connection/control",
              "Use the current official app/network/input documentation for the exact model and firmware.",
              "Historical reviews may reflect older iOS/AirPlay or network behavior; test the path you actually need."
            ],
            [
              "Configuration",
              "Black/white single-speaker rows by US/WW or EU/UK region, plus black/white stereo-set rows.",
              "Name the configuration and region at checkout; package rows do not create a new acoustic architecture."
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "decision",
        "eyebrow": "Decision",
        "title": "Choose OD–11 when placement is the point.",
        "bullets": [
          "Choose OD–11 when a room speaker and placement-led presentation are the need; choose a mainstream wireless platform when current service integration is the bigger constraint.",
          "Read the current official connection/control documentation before relying on older AirPlay, app, or network review details.",
          "Decide whether one speaker is enough or a stereo pair is required, then verify matching color/region and pair setup.",
          "Compare Sonos Era 300 or KEF LSX II LT when broad current support matters more than the OD–11 object."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "edge-cases",
        "eyebrow": "Edge cases",
        "title": "Verify current control and pair behavior.",
        "bullets": [
          "Read the current official connection/control documentation before relying on older AirPlay, app, or network review details.",
          "Decide whether one speaker is enough or a stereo pair is required, then verify matching color/region and pair setup.",
          "Compare Sonos Era 300 or KEF LSX II LT when broad current support matters more than the OD–11 object.",
          "Use the official feed’s dated price only as context; seller, stock, firmware, and current terms still need checkout verification."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "cheat-sheet",
        "eyebrow": "Cheat sheet",
        "title": "OD–11 in one minute.",
        "table": {
          "columns": [
            "Question",
            "Answer"
          ],
          "rows": [
            [
              "Core role",
              "Ortho-directional wireless hi-fi room speaker"
            ],
            [
              "Official US price observation",
              "$999 single rows with variant-specific states; $1,998 stereo-set rows with variant-specific states on 2026-10-18"
            ],
            [
              "Best first buyer",
              "A listener planning a room-oriented single speaker or stereo pair"
            ],
            [
              "Main limitation",
              "Specialized control path and dated review uncertainty around platform behavior"
            ],
            [
              "Source confidence",
              "Official specifications plus two professional reviews and labeled owner discussion."
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "sources",
        "eyebrow": "Sources",
        "title": "How this guide was built.",
        "body": "Official product, guide, and dated US price-feed sources were checked on 2026-10-18. Professional reviews and labeled owner discussion are identified in the source metadata; their workflow observations are not current offer, reliability, or hands-on claims by this guide. Merchant price, stock, seller, fulfillment, delivery, bundle contents, warranty, and returns remain unverified unless a dated source explicitly says otherwise. As an Amazon Associate, Field Guides may earn from qualifying purchases."
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "te-price-feed",
        "title": "Teenage Engineering US product and price feed",
        "publisher": "Teenage Engineering",
        "url": "https://teenage.engineering/_api/mw2/products.json",
        "accessedAt": "2026-10-18",
        "sourceType": "official",
        "role": "price"
      },
      {
        "id": "te-od-11-official",
        "title": "OD–11 official product page",
        "publisher": "Teenage Engineering",
        "url": "https://teenage.engineering/products/od-11",
        "accessedAt": "2026-10-18",
        "sourceType": "official",
        "role": "spec"
      },
      {
        "id": "review-wired-od11",
        "title": "Review: Teenage Engineering OD–11",
        "publisher": "WIRED",
        "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/teenage-engineering-od-11/",
        "accessedAt": "2026-10-18",
        "sourceType": "review",
        "role": "review"
      },
      {
        "id": "review-lydogbilde-od11",
        "title": "Teenage Engineering OD–11 test",
        "publisher": "Lyd & Bilde",
        "url": "https://www.lydogbilde.no/test/hoyttalere/hoyttalere/teenage-engineering-od-11/",
        "accessedAt": "2026-10-18",
        "sourceType": "review",
        "role": "review"
      },
      {
        "id": "community-od11",
        "title": "OD–11 long-term review discussion",
        "publisher": "r/teenageengineering",
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/teenageengineering/comments/1d3i1y7/od-11-long-term-review/",
        "accessedAt": "2026-10-18",
        "sourceType": "community",
        "role": "community-signal"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "id": "identity",
        "claim": "OD–11 is the ortho-directional wireless hi-fi speaker in this comparison.",
        "sourceId": "te-od-11-official",
        "evidenceType": "official",
        "confidence": "high",
        "caveat": "The role is an editorial summary of the current official product page; recheck the exact model and variant before buying.",
        "guideLocation": "Product shape",
        "sectionId": "product-shape"
      },
      {
        "id": "core-specs",
        "claim": "The official page identifies OD–11 as an ortho-directional wireless speaker; independent test specifications describe a 6.5-inch woofer, 2-inch tweeter, 100W Class-D amplifier, and 28Hz–20kHz response.",
        "sourceId": "te-od-11-official",
        "evidenceType": "official",
        "confidence": "high",
        "caveat": "Manufacturer specifications describe the feature set; they do not guarantee every workflow or host combination.",
        "guideLocation": "Product shape",
        "sectionId": "product-shape"
      },
      {
        "id": "official-price",
        "claim": "The official US feed showed $999 single / $1,998 stereo-set rows for OD–11 on 2026-10-18; the listed state was mixed in-stock/out-of-stock variants in the official US feed.",
        "sourceId": "te-price-feed",
        "evidenceType": "official",
        "confidence": "high",
        "caveat": "This is an official store observation, not a live Amazon offer or a guarantee that every color, bundle, or seller shares the same state.",
        "guideLocation": "Buying matrix",
        "sectionId": "buying-matrix"
      },
      {
        "id": "review-one",
        "claim": "WIRED found the OD–11 open, room-filling, and relatively uncolored when placed as directed, but criticized the price and wireless/service limitations.",
        "sourceId": "review-wired-od11",
        "evidenceType": "review",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "caveat": "This is an independent review of a specific unit and time; it is not a universal performance guarantee.",
        "guideLocation": "Review signal",
        "sectionId": "review-signal"
      },
      {
        "id": "review-two",
        "claim": "Lyd & Bilde praises the open, detailed sound and bass while warning about price and reliance on an Apple/iOS-oriented control path in its review period.",
        "sourceId": "review-lydogbilde-od11",
        "evidenceType": "review",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "caveat": "The review’s sample, firmware, and comparison set may differ from a current unit.",
        "guideLocation": "Review signal",
        "sectionId": "review-signal"
      },
      {
        "id": "community-signal",
        "claim": "Owners report strong openness and bass but discuss placement, software updates, connection reliability, and the price of a stereo pair; this is anecdotal.",
        "sourceId": "community-od11",
        "evidenceType": "community",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "caveat": "Community reports are anecdotal and selection-biased; use them to form inspection questions, not failure rates.",
        "guideLocation": "Review signal",
        "sectionId": "review-signal"
      },
      {
        "id": "buyer-decision",
        "claim": "OD–11 makes sense when room-filling, design-led listening where placement and stereo pairing matter; the main tradeoff is high cost, placement/network/app dependencies, and an older software/hardware ecosystem.",
        "sourceId": "review-wired-od11",
        "evidenceType": "inference",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "caveat": "Fit depends on the reader’s workflow, budget, and tolerance for the stated limitation.",
        "guideLocation": "Decision",
        "sectionId": "decision"
      },
      {
        "id": "compatibility",
        "claim": "The relevant connection, configuration, and ownership caveats for OD–11 are material to the buying decision: Confirm current app, network, and platform support; early reviews describe older iOS/AirPlay limits that may not match current firmware.",
        "sourceId": "te-od-11-official",
        "evidenceType": "official",
        "confidence": "high",
        "caveat": "Check the current guide and included accessories for the exact revision before purchase.",
        "guideLocation": "Edge cases",
        "sectionId": "edge-cases"
      },
      {
        "id": "official-configuration-rows",
        "claim": "The official package rows cover OD–11 single-speaker and stereo-set configurations, with color and region choices; confirm pairing contents before checkout.",
        "sourceId": "te-price-feed",
        "evidenceType": "official",
        "confidence": "high",
        "caveat": "These are dated official US feed rows; current merchant offers, stock, seller, fulfillment, delivery, bundle contents, warranty, and returns remain unverified.",
        "guideLocation": "Mechanism",
        "sectionId": "mechanism"
      }
    ],
    "commerce": {
      "disclosure": "As an Amazon Associate, Field Guides may earn from qualifying purchases.",
      "primaryLinkId": "amazon-od-11",
      "priceApi": {
        "provider": "amazon-paapi",
        "status": "ready_when_configured",
        "note": "Direct Amazon identity was checked separately; final price, stock, seller, fulfillment, delivery, bundle, warranty, and return terms remain unverified until checkout/API readback."
      },
      "links": [
        {
          "id": "amazon-od-11",
          "merchant": "Amazon",
          "title": "OD-11 (color unspecified)",
          "label": "OD–11",
          "description": "Direct Amazon product page for OD–11. Confirm seller, configuration, condition, final price, and return terms before buying.",
          "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017YSGQHG?tag=sourcebottle-20&linkCode=ll1&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl",
          "relationship": "affiliate",
          "role": "primary",
          "factCard": {
            "eyebrow": "OD–11",
            "summary": "Ortho-directional wireless hi-fi speaker",
            "details": [
              "two-way active bass-reflex design, 100W Class-D amplification, 6.5-inch woofer, 2-inch tweeter, 28Hz–20kHz published response, and optional stereo pairing",
              "Official price and Amazon offer state can diverge."
            ],
            "caveat": "Amazon price, stock, seller, fulfillment, delivery, bundle, warranty, and return terms remain unverified."
          },
          "asin": "B017YSGQHG"
        },
        {
          "id": "amazon-ob4",
          "merchant": "Amazon",
          "title": "OB–4",
          "label": "OB–4",
          "description": "Direct Amazon product page for OB–4. Confirm seller, configuration, condition, and final terms before buying.",
          "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WR5VHYB?tag=sourcebottle-20&linkCode=ll1&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl",
          "relationship": "affiliate",
          "role": "alternative",
          "factCard": {
            "eyebrow": "OB–4",
            "summary": "OB–4",
            "details": [
              "Use it as the comparison option named in this guide."
            ],
            "caveat": "Amazon price, stock, seller, fulfillment, delivery, bundle, warranty, and return terms remain unverified."
          },
          "asin": "B08WR5VHYB"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "publicUrl": "https://fieldguides.co/g/teenage-engineering-od-11"
}