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Apple Shares New Video on Getting the Most From HomePod
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9 women can’t make a baby in 1 month. Some things just can’t be rushed.
It needs voice control, Apple isn't going to use someone else's voice control. I personally have very little issue with Siri. I use it daily. I create messages while driving, set timers, reminders and it's the fast way to control home IoT.
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Good luck, have fun with Google...
I’m glad that you’re happy with your vertically-integrated setup. I have different priorities and as a rule I like to use things that leave the door open for competition. Sonos with Alexa or GoogleHome doesn’t limit me like HomePod would. I’m not Apple-hater, I have a stainless steel AW, iPhone and MacBook.
Unacceptable? Seriously? Nope. I've been saying all along purchase what makes you happy, and that includes you as well.
For example, look at post #255 where I said: "There are plenty of Spotify choices. Simply buy one of them and be happy."
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AM has the ability to share playlists with other people using AM now.
Easier navigation to artists and albums? Easier than two taps to either?
Library > Artists
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Library > Albums
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Oh, 'vertically integrated setup' sounds serious.
I guess I'm easily pleased - my priority is having the ability to easily listen to all my music on something that sounds reasonably decent.
Time will tell if the open up Spotify etc to Siri, but I honestly don't see using Airplay from a phone even that limiting. Even with Siri, I've been using that as much as Siri anyway.
I think the other poster has got you mixed up with the person who posted right at the start of the thread between you and them.
He’s right, I got you confused with someone else. My apologies.
I go into business making a $29 device that converts Bluetooth speaker protocol into Airplay 1/2? Alexa play ........
[doublepost=1519052005][/doublepost]My $40 Panasonic cordless phone handset can originate and receive calls through my iPhone. It/Paanasonic does this by faking it is a car. Apple can't figure this out with the hPod?
[doublepost=1519052005][/doublepost]My $40 Panasonic cordless phone handset can originate and receive calls through my iPhone. It/Paanasonic does this by faking it is a car. Apple can't figure this out with the hPod?
You really think they couldn't figure it out, they chose to not enable it. And really why would you need BT over airplay? BT great for headphones and when your in your car, but if you have AP, its going to sound better.
Presumably those posts come from people who already own Sonos and are slightly sore that the entire world appears to acknowledge that the Homepod audio quality is superior; and if sound quality matters (most) to you Sonos is the second choice.
Software upgrades will come, upgrading Sonos 1 audio quality... not so easy.
And my HomePod sounds better to me than the $600 Sonos 5 that is sitting in my closet.
I think the Sonos ecosystem is actually pretty cool. I can completely understand how folks get hooked on it. And Sonos gear is no small investment in its own right so I can also completely understand how folks would feel "trapped" to remain with that ecosystem after a large investment in whole house audio via Sonos.
Sonos might have sucked me in *if* they had released a better sounding speaker with Alexa built in. In December, right after Apple announced that HomePod would be delayed, Best Buy was having a sale on the Sonos ONE for $175 each. I spent a fair bit of time at the Sonos display in my local Best Buy listening to the Sonos ONE, Sonos Play:1 and Sonos Play:3. To my ears, the ONE and Play:1 sounded identical with every type of music. And both of them sounded significantly INFERIOR to the Play:3. As much as I liked the idea of getting several Sonos ONEs for $175 each, complete with Alexa, I just wasn't willing to compromise THAT much on the sound quality of my (eventual) whole house music system.
If Sonos had released a Sonos THREE (Play:3) with Alexa built in for $299, I am pretty certain I would have pulled the trigger in December and jumped into the Sonos ecosystem.
But, they didn't and I didn't. And, today, I'm glad they didn't. Because, HomePod sounds even better than Play:3. HomePod doesn't have a relatively narrow "sweet spot" like Play:3. And, importantly, according to my wife, HomePod isn't butt ugly like Play:3. She was NOT thrilled with the idea of the largish Play:3 speakers sitting in every room around the house. She feels the HomePod is MUCH more attractive.
I'm very grateful that Apple delivered such an outstanding speaker with a very high wife acceptance factor. As much as I love my wife I wouldn't want to give up sound quality for aesthetics and, thanks to Apple's ingenious and attractive design, I don't have to. I got the best sounding speaker AND the best looking speaker all in one package.
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Sonos might have sucked me in *if* they had released a better sounding speaker with Alexa built in. In December, right after Apple announced that HomePod would be delayed, Best Buy was having a sale on the Sonos ONE for $175 each. I spent a fair bit of time at the Sonos display in my local Best Buy listening to the Sonos ONE, Sonos Play:1 and Sonos Play:3. To my ears, the ONE and Play:1 sounded identical with every type of music. And both of them sounded significantly INFERIOR to the Play:3. As much as I liked the idea of getting several Sonos ONEs for $175 each, complete with Alexa, I just wasn't willing to compromise THAT much on the sound quality of my (eventual) whole house music system.
If Sonos had released a Sonos THREE (Play:3) with Alexa built in for $299, I am pretty certain I would have pulled the trigger in December and jumped into the Sonos ecosystem.
But, they didn't and I didn't. And, today, I'm glad they didn't. Because, HomePod sounds even better than Play:3. HomePod doesn't have a relatively narrow "sweet spot" like Play:3. And, importantly, according to my wife, HomePod isn't butt ugly like Play:3. She was NOT thrilled with the idea of the largish Play:3 speakers sitting in every room around the house. She feels the HomePod is MUCH more attractive.
I'm very grateful that Apple delivered such an outstanding speaker with a very high wife acceptance factor. As much as I love my wife I wouldn't want to give up sound quality for aesthetics and, thanks to Apple's ingenious and attractive design, I don't have to. I got the best sounding speaker AND the best looking speaker all in one package.
Mark
Mark I think might have settled the whole thing with that little tidbit of wisdom
.Seriously. My wife came home and asked how much I spent just like she always does when I buy a speaker (it's one of my "hobbies"). She hasn't said another word and is using it every day. Its the strangest thing I've ever seen. I'm surprised I'm only noticing this now. Man, Apple is sneaky good!
The play 1’s in Stereo mode sound good but still prefer my Home Pod. I will be carrying on with buying Sonos as I want to have a wife friendly surround sound set up. Going forward will buy the Home Pod without any hesitation to put in other rooms in fact probably buy another just to pair with the other. I know people complained about the sound over the Apple TV being low but for me it was quite loud even at 45% and fully synced with the film. It sounded great. Really pleased with it and if you have a lot of Apple products fits in nicely.
I've looked at Sonos in the past, but it always seemed like something was around the corner in terms of convenience, and I think we're there now, with the whole streaming / voice control / beam forming mic tech. If Sonos had had the beam forming thing down as good as it is on the HP, and their app for using AM had been better, and HP didn't exist, I'd probably have Sonos by now.
But as it is, the HP just fits perfectly in our house. And yes - very high wife acceptance factor! It sits in the kitchen, so she's actually in there more than I am listening to music. No, not doing kitchen stuff, but getting ready in the morning, or doing jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table for a bit more early evenings before I finish work. She's addicted. And she's taken to the HP and asking Siri to play stuff like a duck to water.
But as it is, the HP just fits perfectly in our house. And yes - very high wife acceptance factor! It sits in the kitchen, so she's actually in there more than I am listening to music. No, not doing kitchen stuff, but getting ready in the morning, or doing jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table for a bit more early evenings before I finish work. She's addicted. And she's taken to the HP and asking Siri to play stuff like a duck to water.
Could this be a sign that they have had questions or returns as people did not understand how to get the most out of it?
Still hoping for a price drop.
Still hoping for a price drop.
It's not that I have a specific thing I want BT for. It's that it's needlessly limited. Instead of me re-hashing all the problems with that, here's a good video that shows the limitations of not having the same BT streaming capabilities that other smart speakers have.
Not sure why anyone would want BT when they can use Airplay. It’s not a portable speaker, like a jawbone, so where would you use it that you couldn’t use Airplay?
Also, could be me, but does Sonos have BT connectivity? I have a Play:1 and Play:3, now both going to kids, but have never really looked for BT connectivity (since they’re wifi and not portable).
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Near the start he seems to be suggesting you can’t use Spotify because it only supports AirPlay and not BT.
I still seem to be missing something here - if you can stream content to it using AirPlay, what exactly can’t you do that you would be able to with BT?
The person in this video has an iPhone, why would use BT, airplay is going to be way better from an iOS device. You can airplay anything from your phone to the HP. And you can't look up recipes, how are you going to use it without a screen???
A friend who purchased a HomePod recently brought it to a Pro recording Studio last night to A/B the sound against a 2015 Bose Mini soundlink. While 2 staff Engineers present who's ears were use to listening to the in house Yamaha NS10 reference monitors that day which tend to be more dry sounding w little ear fatigue the opinion was unanimous. Where the HomePod was clearly louder and more powerful the Bose blew it away in the clarity, mid, high and real bass tone dept. The HomePod tended to be more muddy and break up at high levels however there was not a dispute in the quality of sound as much as the price differential between the two. One would argue that you are paying more for the Siri feature which many believe including reviews has a lot to be desired. Regardless he still is happy with his purchase but then again money is not an object for him.
All those videos on how to use Apple devices. Makes me longer for the old days of Apple when their products just worked and anyone could figure them out. Video less user experience.
Really? Bose, the most artificial bass speakers ever, and the HP is muddy? Lol, to each his own...