Initial hands-on preview of HomePod sound quality
NDA is up. What can I tell you guys about the HomePod? from audiophile
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#241080"><em>In reply to PincasX:</em></a></blockquote><p>With all due respect to Paul, I doubt that Apple pays a lot of attention to him or any other tech reviewer. The suggestion that Apple is "consistently avoiding" Paul's advice sounds more like a personal attack than a legitimate observation about Apple's strategies.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#241216"><em>In reply to PincasX:</em></a></blockquote><p>Nice spin. I've never equated simply disagreeing with Paul with a personal attack and I didn't this time either. It was your specific assertion about Apple's attitude towards Paul that I consider questionable. </p><p><br></p><p>I have no idea where your last sentence is coming from.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#241345"><em>In reply to PincasX:</em></a></blockquote><p>I thought my point was clear but perhaps not.</p><p><br></p><p>I have criticized personal attacks here before but not often. I don't down-vote comments very often but when I do it's usually because of a personal attack on someone. There have been cases where I wanted to up-vote a comment but didn't because it contained a personal attack. BTW, I never down-vote a comment just because it disagrees with mine. </p><p><br></p><p>I'm more apt to complain about a personal attack against someone who is using their real name rather than hiding behind a username like you and I do.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, your comment about Paul wasn't that bad, so perhaps I should have let it pass.</p>
shameermulji
<blockquote><a href="#241057"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>This is THE selling feature of HomePod:</p><p><br></p><p>"<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">A single HomePod, for the size and price, slaughters most speakers under $1000."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Based on that, majority of early reviews so far say it delivers. Apple has a $1 billion business selling Beats headphones. Not hard to imagine many of those users wanting a high-end audio experience for their home.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Macrumors has a compiled a list of all the early previews so far. Check it out;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span class="ql-cursor"></span>https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/27/homepod-sound-quality-impressions/</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#241098"><em>In reply to shameermulji:</em></a></blockquote><p>I wouldn't be surprised if the HomePod sells well, but I doubt that most potential buyers are also considering spending as much as $1000 on a speaker. Nor do I believe Apple has developed some kind of magic speaker technology that allows them to offer a $350 device that is as good as a $1000 speaker made by companies that have been making speakers a lot longer.</p>
shameermulji
<blockquote><a href="#241217"><em>In reply to ghostrider:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Siri's probably the dumbest of the AI assistants, so I don't hold out much hope."</p><p><br></p><p>Actually, Cortana & Bixby can both make a good run at that title and win.</p>
Bats
<p>I am sure that these sound good. The only problem is that Siri is awfully dumb (lol). Even Cortana is smarter than her.</p>