Its down to £199 in John Lewis in the UK, the price has definitely started to move.Too bad in Europe their price is basically immutable. No discounts no nothing. I wouldn’t mind grabbing a couple more otherwise.
Maybe after it’s discontinued.
Its down to £199 in John Lewis in the UK, the price has definitely started to move.Too bad in Europe their price is basically immutable. No discounts no nothing. I wouldn’t mind grabbing a couple more otherwise.
Maybe after it’s discontinued.
So basically like the Sonos Move which already works with Apple Music?
In the UK its dropped £199 so not all europe is the sameExactly… in Europe it's 329 euro which is 359,02 US dollar. Even though in Europe this includes VAT, that's still a lot for a speaker, and there's no way you can get a discount.
There have been extensive a tests done disproving the theory Siri sucks.Don't think you can make such a statement based on your personal opinion and try to apply it to all. Obviously many users disagree with you.
Once it allows me to double it as a sound bar for my TV (not only Apple TV) then I'm in. Until then, I'll pass.
That was my point, actually. For a single unit, I don’t need to be on the same network but it seems I do once I create the stereo pair. I don’t see this documented anywhere, and the sharing settings in the Home app are exactly the same (still allowing me to choose “everyone” and “those sharing my home”) but in practice this seems to be the case.I believe there's your answer. As far as I remember they require to be in the same network as your iPhone to be fully functional. Give it a try connecting them to your main network and see if it'll work.
That's the thing: It shouldn't be that complicated to give someone access to play music on someone else's speaker.You don’t know how to work it. In order to give someone access. You give them access to your HomeKit.
On a different note, it’s crazy how many people don’t understand the concept of WiFi speakers. Sonos has been around for sometime.
There have been extensive a tests done disproving the theory Siri sucks.
Hopefully alongside Siri 2 at WWDC
HomePod mini sounds like a no-brainer. What's more interesting is the idea of improving the hardware of the main HomePod. Hard to imagine improving the sound by much. A faster chip wouldn't seem to make a material difference (it's already fast). What else could they do?
Here is one that I go to a lot, although it’s a bit older...I think it’s 2018, but Siri does commands better than any, local better than Alexa and on par with Google, Commerce second, navigation comparable with the top, and information middle of the pack.I’d really like to see these tests and I suspect I’m not the only one. Can you point us to any?
My personal experience is that Siri sucks, however, I’m an Australian having lived in US now for 7 years and my accent is becoming something of a hybrid so I can appreciate she might have trouble with that whether I set her to Aussie or US. I know plenty of people have flawless experiences with her and plenty of people have terrible experiences with her. All anecdotal. If there’s any actual scientific comparison tests or whatever, I for one would like to see them.
Out of curiosity...last night, based on others' comments, I took two of my four HomePods that I had located in different rooms, and created a stereo pair in my living room, as an experiment.
At the moment, they're not ideally placed in the room. But I will say the sonic difference between the mono HomePod I had in my living room and the stereo pair that I have now is astonishing.
Of course I was expecting some benefit/difference, but not that level - the difference knocked me out. I wasn't expecting that. There's no way I'm going back to a mono set up for that room.
Many thanks to the above members who advocated stereo pairing!
I actually decided to buy and try a HomePod out. Mine should be here soon I’ll buy another if one sounds decent and try out a stereo pair. Right now I have several custom built amplifiers that I’ve built based on some old Hafler amplifiers. Using several different speakers depending on what I’m listening to. Boston Acoustics VR-M90, EarthWorks Sigma 6.2 monitors, some old but restored Ohm C2, 1950s Knight 800 in a EV aristocrat Cabinets, and some others. If this HomePod is any good (or good enough) I’ll move my dedicated stereo out of my bedroom and stick the the HP.
I still use mine, excellent sound qualityHow long did the iPod Hi-Fi last?