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- By the end of 2026, how useful do you think agentic/multi-agent AI systems will actually be in your daily work or personal projects? Posted on March 11th, 2026 | 15747 votes
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- By the end of 2026, how useful do you think agentic/multi-agent AI systems will actually be in your daily work or personal projects? Posted on March 11th, 2026 | 40 comments
FP? (Score:1)
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You can submit any poll you like. How many have you submitted?
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Around my home? (Score:3)
My neighbours combined should have more than 20 :P
*nitpicking*
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My neighbours combined should have more than 20 :P
*nitpicking*
I have no idea how many loudspeakers my immediate neighbours have, because they are sufficiently distant from our house. We just hear wind, rain, birdsong, insects, etc. depending on the time of year.
At home, we have two loudspeakers, which are never actually used. There are also sound outputs from the TV and we have numerous headphones which are used a lot. The cars, of course, have several loudspeakers each, and they are used fairly often - but not while parked at the house.
Six Tannoys (Score:2)
One pair of 10" HPDs, one pair of 15" HPDs (reconed) and one pair of 3808s.
In my humble opinion they sound better than £4k+ systems I've heard elsewhere...
Gotta go with Horns... (Score:2)
I've not put in headphones at home in a LONG, LONG time....
Of course...my neighbors sometimes wish I did....
What? (Score:5, Informative)
Do you mean "neighbors with stereos" or "warning systems" like at a prison, town hall, fire department, or school?
I be confuse-ed.
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You mean a stand-alone device with analog input? (Score:2)
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I'm pretty sure it covers the speakers in phones, laptops, and televisions. They all look exactly like loudspeakers to me.
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Your arbitrary criterion of loudness has almost nothing to do with the definition of "loudspeaker".
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Your distinction would require the existence of a class of audio devices called "quietspeakers". That word doesn't exist, the entity they would describe doesn't exist, and therefore "loud" isn't a descriptive qualifier in "loudspeaker", but an absolute component of the word itself.
Thanks for playing.
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From Wikipedia: "A loudspeaker (or "speaker") is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input."
And later: "The term "loudspeaker" may refer to individual transducers (known as "drivers") or to complete speaker systems consisting of an enclosure including one or more drivers."
In other words, it is not well defined whether your 5.1 system has 6 or 16 speakers, but your phone definitely has one. Note that the article also mentioned that loudspeakers were ori
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Three. (Score:1)
My neighbors TV. In the night.
Then that fucking car alarm, almost every night.
And this air raid siren going off once a week somewhere, also in the night only. Strangely, no one seems to care.
Good night.
Earbuds Aren't Loud... (Score:1)
Just sayin'
If I counted all of the earbuds sitting in my desk drawer, 30, easily!
If I counted all of the earbuds sitting in my desk drawer that worked, 2, maybe!
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If they don't work, why don't you throw them away?
only one (Score:2)
...in guitar amp. Others (around 30 of them in every gadget) don't really get counted in 'loud'
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only one...in guitar amp. Others (around 30 of them in every gadget) don't really get counted in 'loud'
I build, sell, service, and repair vacuum-tube guitar amps out of my home and I also play lead guitar, so besides all the guitar-amp speakers, I also have various other loudspeakers (PA cabs, stage monitors, etc etc) sitting around at any particular time.
It's safe to say that I have FAR, far more than twenty loudspeakers around my home.
That's without counting ANY of the loudspeakers in normal consumer devices like home audio systems, TVs, computers, etc.
Strat
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"Loud" is relative. With my amps, headphones (which can be fricking loud), computers, home stereo, cell phones, ipads, and earbuds, I'm shocked anyone has less than 20 loudspeakers.
[John]
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I debated whether to count the PA speakers and the piano amp, but those don't actually get used in the house, so I didn't. I may have to do a recount.
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More than you think (Score:2)
Phones (mobile or not), headphones, computers. Even the fucking microwave has a loudspeaker (granted, for loose definitions of 'loudspeaker').
All answers of less than 10 are suspicious.
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Even the fucking microwave has a loudspeaker (granted, for loose definitions of 'loudspeaker').
Piezoelectric transducer, please. A loudspeaker has a cone and either a moving magnet or more likely a moving coil. At least if you're looking in electronic component catalogs (like mouser and digikey and jdr and jameco, not best buy)
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piezo counts, as do electrostatic, magnetic planer, plasma, horns, etc etc.
all are loudspeakers, or transducers. the question does not specify WHAT type of loudspeaker.
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My microwave has a bell. it's also about 26 years old.
What's a loudspeaker? (Score:3)
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Speakers don't go to 11 or any other setting. Amplifiers do.
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To get really nitpicky, really it is the pre-amp that goes to 11, via a potentiometer limiting the amount of signal (ie: gain, or voltage) that enters the amplifier section after the pre-amp has processed and optionally, modified the sound. Amplifiers tend to just make whatever you put into them louder, so the larger the signal in, the larger the "loud" out. How much voltage it takes to get the rated output is called the sensitivi
Swimming pool (Score:1)
I have an active swimming pool next to my complex and they are blasting their loudspeaker(s) all the time. I'm so glad I don't live on that side of the complex. They are blasting as early as 6AM and as late as 10PM. They have various events in addition to the normal swimming hours, such as movie night and competitions. I don't know how some of the residents on that side of the complex put up with it.
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I don't know how some of the residents on that side of the complex put up with it.
Women in bikinis walking by 16 hours per day? I would not even notice the loudspeakers.
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Loudspeaker: a definition (Score:1)
I'll take a shot:
Loudspeaker: a device whose primary purpose is to produce sound to be heard across room-sized distances or greater.
Sure, it's subjective. But according to this, the speakers in your laptop don't count, while the ones attached to your desktop do, probably.
Then there are gray areas: a radio with a speaker counts, but a clock radio may or may not (which do you use it for primarily?).
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The most interesting aspect of your phrasing is the word "device". For a cell phone, the "device" is the phone, and the speaker is just a component.
I tend to agree with that definition. I'm not even going to count my 5.1 stereo system as a loudspeaker, because it was sold as a single unit, and even though the speakers can be disconnected and used with a different stereo system with the same resistance, it wasn't sold for that purpose. In older sound systems, you would frequently buy the loudspeakers sepa
How do you count them? (Score:1)
Define loudspeaker (Score:2)
You need to define what you mean by loudspeaker in the context. In the strictest sense, it could be any box with the sole purpose of reproducing sound. You could also interpret it as being any device with the purpose of producing sound given electrical input, in which case my laptop has two, my washing machine has one and every pair of headphones has two (more if it's one of those fancy 'surround' headphones).
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Altec Lansing fx6021 (Score:2)
the most crystal clear sound i heard in my life. and its just a pc speaker !!
too bad they dont produce it anymore.
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Yeah, I've found the $ per quality ratio of computer audio equipment blows away the ratio found in "regular" audio equipment, especially in the sub-$150 range. Unfortunately, the downside is the lack of having a surround decoder with just computer speakers.
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I just blew cola out my nose. You're joking, surely.
Try a pair of $200(ish) 'near field monitors' and you'll never go near a PC speaker again.
(Mine are Ego Systems Near05 [esi-audio.com] FWIW. It seems like name dropping is the name of the game in this thread so what the hell...)
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The most impressive speaker I own is a Creative Travelsound.
(impressive in the sense that you look at it and go "No way is that much sound coming out of that crappy little plastic box!")
As for 'PC speakers', I haven't tried yours but I've tried enough to know that 100% of PC speaker reviewers and most members of the public are cloth-eared dolts.
I've tried loads of them that score massively in reviews, 'Editors choice', etc., and ended up taking them back or selling them on eBay as completely unlistenable.
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Anybody else see Loudspeaker and think intercom? (Score:3)
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Modern apartment and condo buildings often have a PA system with speakers in each unit, usually as part of the fire alarm system.
How should I count... (Score:2)
What's a loudspeaker 2 (Score:1)
What is a loudspeaker vs just a speaker? It's louder than normal? Is this a British English thing? I see "loudspeaker" and think of one of those handheld blowhorn type of things. I have fairly large speakers for my TV/stereo system, then 2.1 computer speakers and that's about it.
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The original Edison cylinder players and crystal radio sets had non-amplified horns. ... err a cd is like a rotating flash memory from an ipod ... Oh F it, we'll just call it an "ancient mechanical ipod" and be done with it)
(An edison cylinder is like a pipe shaped record... err a record is like a physical contact cd
The first amplified players / radios were called "loud" speakers for obvious reason, they were pretty "loud", for that era anyway.
Does that count... (Score:1)
...the ones the BATF has outside the compound blaring annoying pop music 24/7? Because I can only see 4 of them, unless there are more right next to the floodlights shining at my bedroom window - there's a lot of glare.
Otherwise, 8: one 5.1 system and a shelf stereo. The rest (laptop, alarm, etc.) I wouldn't really call "loud."
7 (8, counting a sub) in the house (Score:1)
5 klipsch Synergies from '02-'04 in the screening room: 3 SF-2 across the front, under the screen, 2 SB-2 at the back of the room. Oh, and it barely counts, but an 8' Acoustic Research (ugh) "sub". It makes noises. It's not musical. It's just there for the kaboom. One day I'll get a proper sub. I have enough bass from the 3 front channels to deal with most music.
2 Klipsch Forte's from '87 in the music room. The Fortes are sublime. The fella in the prior comment with the K-horns must be in heaven.
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Oh, and it barely counts, but an 8' Acoustic Research (ugh) "sub".
You have an 8-foot subwoofer? Wow
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8 foot subwoofer? Like in Back to the future I guess.
None? Seriously? (Score:1)
Sad (Score:1)
SO Many... (Score:2)
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...with Monster cables on all of them? my goodness.
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dogs are loud speakers too (Score:1)
None in use, 12 unused (Score:1)
Technically, I have speakers for a number of computers and my old LP, but I don't use any of them anymore.
The built in speakers for the HDTV set are good enough, and I don't miss all the noisy games. Rather use the earbuds for my iPad, actually.
How to count? (Score:2)
Does a pair of speakers count as 1 or 2? What about a surround set?
Loudspeaker - election time (Score:2)
I chose "none". I've never seen or heard one near my house. I don't even know if they truely exist, only have seen them on tv and in movies.
Hand-me-down (Score:2)
It depends (Score:2)
6-10 counting the ones actually in use, over 20 with the antique radio and tv collection.
Loudspeaker has many definitions. (Score:1)
Funny how quick they add up... (Score:2)
plus one 5.1 surround system = 6 speakers
= 14 speakers, which puts me in the highest numbered category...
If I included all the speakers tied to computers, I'd be well into the 20's.
How many register an epic fail? (Score:2)
This must be a reading comprehension/semantics test.
To me, around the home is outside the home. In the woods where I reside, no loudspeakers. If I count my brother-in-law across the ponds, yes there is a loud speaker. Inside the home I keep the volume at a decent level, so my stereo speakers could be loud, but are not.
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yeah...
the voting on this poll seems to have been quite badly affected by the fact that most respondents don't seem to know the meaning of the words "loudspeaker" and "around"...
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yeah...
the voting on this poll seems to have been quite badly affected by the fact that most respondents don't seem to know the meaning of the words "loudspeaker" and "around"...
Many /. discussions demonstrate that a lot of people around here suffer from the delusion that words in English usually have only one correct meaning.
It depends on what you count (Score:2)
No loudspeakers, but a lot of quiet ones. (Score:2)
N/P
WHAT? (Score:2)
COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?! Just a sec while I turn this thing down.
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here's a little bit in lower case to avoid the dreaded slashdot caps filter
Family members (Score:1)
We're all loud speakers. One might even say we're shouters.
42 ... Err, actually 55 (Score:1)
I live in a big place with 28 built-in ceiling speakers and 4 outdoor speakers.
My home theater has 5 additional speakers, all bi-amped + 2 subwoofers.
Bar has 2 .
Master bedroom has 3 .
Guest bedroom #1 has 2 .
Guest bedroom #2 has 2 .
Guest bedroom #3 has 5 .
Home office has 2 .
I think I still have a few left in my garage.
apparently, a loudspeaker is just a "speaker" (Score:4, Informative)
Who knew?
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Counting them might be difficult:
- 2+2 on my HiFi
- 2 on my second PC
- 2 on my laptop, 2 on my old laptop
- 2 on my smartphone, and 5 more on the other 5 phones
- 4 stored in the cupboard, a dozen more taken apart
- 5 city alarms on the buildings around my home
- 4-8 on the HiFis of loud neighbours
- what about headphones - some are loud enough to be used as loudspeakers
Which of those count, damn it? And is a stereo considered "one" or "two"?
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I knew. Is this one of those American vs British English issues?
Also aware of this, at a minimum, is everyone who speaks French (haut-parleur) or German (Lautsprecher).
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Um, lots of people? ;)
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What counts as loud? (Score:2)
I also have a bass amp I can't turn on when the wife is home- she says it makes her physically sick. I end up having to put stuff back on shelves if I turn it up. I think that one might class as my only "loud" speaker.
Oh, those kind... (Score:2)
Just one (Score:2)
do people count? (Score:2)
oh, sry, I thought it was loud speaker
... only when the FBI comes (Score:1)
... only when the FBI comes to try to make me do something. (or, to STOP doing something...) Then they surround my house with loudspeakers... :)
I like small speakers, I like tall speakers (Score:2)
but most of all I like LOUD speakers
Assuming that you're talking stereo speakers... (Score:2)
I have 6. Four bookshelf speakers, a center channel speaker, and a sub-woofer.
If you're including speakers attached to my PC's, the number goes up to 12. Which is one better than 11.
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Um, a piezoelectric "beeper"? Not really a speaker in the conventional sense for a long time.
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