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HomePod HomePod Is Extremely Helpful During These Unfortunate Times
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No. A real floor standing speaker is always going to sound better. Heck a high end book shelf will as well. It’s not even in the same category so people shouldn’t try and compare them. Well except to Bose. But it’s easy to beat Bose.
Sonos Ones were on sale last week, so I picked up a couple more at $129 each. Added one in my kitchen to make a stereo pair with the one I already had, and put the other in the dining room where my HomePod was, moving it further down the line to a less used space.
I have to say that the One is a better fit for the dining room than the HomePod was. Better balanced and more bass, which makes the HomePod seem weak in comparison. But the real difference was in the kitchen - stereo makes such a huge difference. No doubt the same is true for a HomePod, but let's face it - $260 vs $600 at current pricing? You'd be a royal fool to pick the HomePod at those prices.
So it made such a big difference that I ordered two more at the same price. I'll do a stereo pair in the dining room and I think the HomePod is going on craigslist.
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I have to say that the One is a better fit for the dining room than the HomePod was. Better balanced and more bass, which makes the HomePod seem weak in comparison. But the real difference was in the kitchen - stereo makes such a huge difference. No doubt the same is true for a HomePod, but let's face it - $260 vs $600 at current pricing? You'd be a royal fool to pick the HomePod at those prices.
So it made such a big difference that I ordered two more at the same price. I'll do a stereo pair in the dining room and I think the HomePod is going on craigslist.
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I think B&O would disagree with that statement - but yes, as far as 'audiophile' goes, the HomePod is the modern equivalent of the Bose Wave.
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Then you have never heard and do not know what audiophile caliber speakers are.
There is nothing wrong with Apple home pod as a speaker. It is excellent. But it’s also ok that it’s not audiophile.
Old audiophiles, maybe. 70 year olds with 50 year old Marantz component systems and moldy record collections, perhaps.
It’s 2020. HomePod is high fidelity. Best bookshelf speaker system made in the last decade.
Yes, you are.
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Blameth not me, nonbeliever:
More audiophile praise for the HomePod as professional tests confirm Apple's claims - 9to5Mac
There has been much debate about the audio quality of the HomePod. The majority of reviews have praised the speaker...
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I’m not a non believer. I have more of them than you do and I’m not done adding. It’s just your irrational dying love for them is worrisome.Yes, you are.
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Blameth not me, nonbeliever:
More audiophile praise for the HomePod as professional tests confirm Apple's claims - 9to5Mac
There has been much debate about the audio quality of the HomePod. The majority of reviews have praised the speaker...
The replacement for the Apple TV remote is to use the Android TV remote that came with your smart TV. I have 4 Apple TV’s and they have been reduced to nothing more than power buttons for Apple Music and twice a year home movie projectors. All other activity like Netflix, Prime, HBO, etc is from Android.
In the end, the apps are the same. Doesn’t matter what the front end is like.
I’ll bet you thought mp3 sounded great...
I’ll bet you thought Bose sounded amazing too at one point.
Because they never did...
They sounded adequate.
After decades of trying to be a good little audiophile, chasing down pressings and versions to play on my indulgent curated component system like the rest of the forum lemmings, I got a life and decided to just enjoy the music instead.
Turns out, the chase for perfection was a dead end. It actually ruined the experience. It’s much better this way. Streaming and HomePod beats arrogant self-important cork-sniffing any day. You’ll have this epiphany some day.
I’m not chasing down prefect music. I bought a great system with real speakers ages ago and still sounds amazing no matter what I play. And still beats the heck out of any smart speaker. The key is anything i listen to sounds better on my system than on a smart speaker.
I also have a great little mini system that sounds better than any smart speaker in another room. (Has real bookshelf speakers)
I’ve never chased perfection. It was pretty easy, go listen to a bunch of speakers then chose the set that’s best to your ears and get it. What’s amazing is if I listen to new speakers when killing time in a store once a year or so, I still prefer my speakers over anything that’s new.
I listen to movies on my system more than anything. Most my music is with headphones or a small portable tivoli when I’m out and about.
Doesn’t change anything...
Sounds like what you are really doing claiming the pod is perfect is justifying not wanting a full sized speaker anymore. So why not just say it’s prefect for you rather than claim it’s the perfect speaker for everyone?
And the only person who keeps arguing about perfection and that the pod is audiophile quality is you, and then you claim you gave up looking for audiophile quality because it’s to hard to purse and people should just enjoy music? Do you realize how contradictory that is? And then you attack everyone who doesn’t agree with you? That’s kinda sad.
I also have a great little mini system that sounds better than any smart speaker in another room. (Has real bookshelf speakers)
I’ve never chased perfection. It was pretty easy, go listen to a bunch of speakers then chose the set that’s best to your ears and get it. What’s amazing is if I listen to new speakers when killing time in a store once a year or so, I still prefer my speakers over anything that’s new.
I listen to movies on my system more than anything. Most my music is with headphones or a small portable tivoli when I’m out and about.
Doesn’t change anything...
Sounds like what you are really doing claiming the pod is perfect is justifying not wanting a full sized speaker anymore. So why not just say it’s prefect for you rather than claim it’s the perfect speaker for everyone?
And the only person who keeps arguing about perfection and that the pod is audiophile quality is you, and then you claim you gave up looking for audiophile quality because it’s to hard to purse and people should just enjoy music? Do you realize how contradictory that is? And then you attack everyone who doesn’t agree with you? That’s kinda sad.
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Thanks for the chuckle.
The HomePod may not bring me as much Wuhan Flu quarantine relief as it does you, but laughing at your ridiculous statements sure does!
No. No. No.
I just bought my 2nd HomePod. I like them. They work well. Use them daily
They are not the best bookshelf speaker made today. That’s a silly statement.
Many people enjoy full sized audio systems. Don’t look down on vintage audio equipment. Lots of it is garbage but lots is very HQ.
Something to say about a 40 year old amp driving a pair of 15 years old floor standing speakers. Let’s see if the HomePod is still around in 10 years. 😉
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Moving the goals post yet again.
No, I said that Bose and MP3 were "adequate". I didn't say HomePod was anything but an audiophile bookshelf speaker system.
I am relieved that an Apple Music subscription, several HomePods, and a premium car stereo system are the end of my audiophile media and equipment run-around. These pretend nuances in the music that supposedly reach one's ears are nothing more than windmills and I'm thankfully done chasing them. As I said, it's the music that matters, it's Born To Run that matters, not how clearly the cymbal crashes are or how defined Springsteen's breaths are, that's all cork-sniffing BS. And HomePod does a magnificent job of sound reproduction, I get the ease of use and audiophile sound. I'm good. You don't need to defend your choices. Doesn't matter to me.
clearly it does matter to you. You continuously post here defending and praising it. Oh and moving the goal posts when you are shown to be wrong.
There is nothing wrong with the HomePod. It’s not what you claim it is. That’s all we are saying.
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