I should have add some sort of s mile at the end to indicate I wasn't being serious
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I should have add some sort of s mile at the end to indicate I wasn't being serious
Sound quality is only one feature, the Homepod won't even play music from iTunes that you didn't purchase there. So if you have a large music collection, ripped from your own CDs for example or even on iTunes Match, you are SOL, that's ghastly.
Does the credit card cover accidental damage or just extend the manufacture’s warranty.
Echo has an ok speaker, Echo dot so not much.
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I have three Sonos Plays. If with Airplay 2 it will interact and sync music with the HomePod, I may get a one.
But all that beam forming stuff just ruins the music. Listen to music the way it was recorded.
I am a firm believer of listening to music the way it was mastered. Any sound processing will lowering the quality. If you are modifying the sound you are adding or taking away from the original.
I have a pretty nice HT/Music system. Klipsch, Rotel, SVS, Pioneer Elite. Any of the sound processing modes just muddy up the sound
But aren't you "modifying the sound," adding or taking away from the original, when you listen to music through an Echo, Echo Dot, Google Home, Sonos, etc. Or any other inexpensive small speaker with built-in and low-cost/compromised amplifier? That "adding and taking away" would be in the form of attenuated frequencies, or adding new frequencies through both harmonic distortion and third-order intermodulation distortion. I could go on, but that's just for starters.
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I don’t know. I don’t use a bt speaker. I far prefer a real stereo. Single source music is lacking. For back ground noise fine. I do admit to using the 5 channel stereo when entertaining and want low background music. Makes it easier to keep a constant volume.
I listen to my music in direct mode. No processing at all. Speaker Placement is key. Along with room treatments.
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You seem to one of the few here with still some questions on the matter, among others without any doubt. And without having heard it yet
Apple has one computer in their entire product lineup that can run VR. And it’s $5000
Apple has a lot of work to do in their PC lineup before their ready for VR.
Maybe some sort of gearvr like device for the iPhone X, but none of their other phones are VR ready. Too low resolution, and LCD isn’t great for avR due to the backlight
I'd argue that VR is the height of trendy tech, it'll be completely killed by AR.
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/23/home...eam-beats-1-without-apple-music-subscription/
"If you add music to your home iTunes library that was not acquired through a purchase, HomePod will not be able to access it. It appears HomePod doesn’t have Home Sharing, which would enable that kind of feature."
I really hope this is wrong.