In reading reviews of this Soma Radio called the "Messeiver," I've seen both answers to that question. Some people thinks it's a work of pure genius. Others can't imagine why anyone would pay for it. (Count me among the latter.)

So what is it? It's a shortwave radio that comes with no tuning knob or antenna and just pulls in every station that's out there in the either all at once. What you hear, depending on the conditions, is a mass of noise as every receivable station comes in at once, creating a mass of sound from around the world. 

"As Soma explains...the transmission of radio waves around the globe is influenced by a vast array of parameters, from clouds, pollution and geographic features, to solar activity and cosmic radiation.  

This results in constant variation in Messeiver’s concoction of radio signals or, as Soma puts it, “signals from radio stations become ocean waves” that rise and fall based on “global and local phenomenon”, all mixed together by a “non-human cosmic DJ”.

So what will this modern marvel cost you to hear all that "cosmic noise?" $937 Canadian. 

I think I'll listen to the universe for free. 

Soma Laboratory’s Messeiver is a shortwave soundscape machine that lets you tune into a “non-human cosmic DJ”