HomePod Appreciating in Value Following Discontinuation

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Your internet connection speed will have absolutely nothing to do with sound quality and this starts to sound like audiophile magical thinking. The song files the HomePod receives are a set quality and will sound the same no matter what link speed or type is used to send them to you. 1.6Gb/s fiber or 56K modem; other than the time to receive them makes absolutely zero difference in the playback quality.

your smugness noted.....I did not say internet speed correlated with audio quality.....I mentioned the internet speeds for a purpose.....

As most modern middle class families we are a high consumer of band-width and ~200mb would stall, not pickup, penetrate walls or reach the corners of our house.....

the frustration experienced with the HomePods stopping and appearing to "just not work" brought anger.....we are an apple family with a fair amount of apple stock and at that time, the HomePods were the most frustrating apple product I had bought to date......

Now, that we are pushing close to 2g's, they work like a charm and really glad I didn't sell them online....

 

[ric22]

As most modern middle class families we are a high consumer of band-width and ~200mb would stall, not pickup, penetrate walls or reach the corners of our house.....

Now, that we are pushing close to 2g's, they work like a charm and really glad I didn't sell them online....

Line speed and signal strength don't have a linear correlation... You don't need a super fast line to stream music successfully, but you do need a stable connection with good wifi reception, particularly when HomePods aren't great at buffering (which is weird considering the RAM and the storage inside them). I can't see how line speed improves wall penetration or range?

 

[ErikGrim]

I'm so glad I got four before they were discontinued. My other six minis are a continued disappointment in comparison.

 

[ErikGrim]

What the point of the display then? If you can't see it is real world use scenarios? Who listens to the HomePod that close all the time?

You do know the HomePods don't have an actual display right? It has volume controls and a light up touch surface to control playback. That's it. You never actually look at the display (unless you really need to change the volume on the HP itself - which is rare).

 

[NPG]

As long as the HomePod is working..you will still be able to use them for years after support/updates with Airplay 2 from any iOS/macOS device....