Apple HomePod Measurement

[watchnerd]

Here you go:

https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/hifi/musiccast_vinyl_500/index.html

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This picture cracks me up:

Perfect hipster millennial.

Mono smart speaker (Sonos?) + vinyl

 

[JJB70]

I guess it is probably better than those Crossley or Victrola record player things they sell at supermarkets and some record shops. Sonos speakers are very good within their limits.

 

[Soniclife]

Sonus sell turntables...
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/accessories/turntables
As mainly a speaker manufacturer it does make some sort of sense.

 

[watchnerd]

Sonus sell turntables...
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/accessories/turntables
As mainly a speaker manufacturer it does make some sort of sense.

McIntosh sells turntables, too:

https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/turntables

So at both the cheap and expensive ends, everyone is getting on the vinyl train.

 

[Soniclife]

McIntosh sells turntables, too:

https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/turntables

So at both the cheap and expensive ends, everyone is getting on the vinyl train.

It's it just me, or are they absolutely grotesque.

 

[watchnerd]

It's it just me, or are they absolutely grotesque.

Do you dislike the green tubes bolted on to the top like bad breast implants?

Or hate even more the green-lit platter with VU that looks like something from a vintage Frankenstein movie?

 

[Soniclife]

Do you dislike the green tubes bolted on to the top like bad breast implants?

Or hate even more the green-lit platter with VU that looks like something from a vintage Frankenstein movie?

Both. They scream, our customers are idiots who will buy anything dripping with our brand design language.

On the other hand hi-fi manufacturers selling turntables makes sense, the following I cannot decode at all beyond WTF has a turntable got to do with their product. And notice how they have redesigned their logo to look like an LP.

 

[Thomas savage]

Both. They scream, our customers are idiots who will buy anything dripping with our brand design language.

On the other hand hi-fi manufacturers selling turntables makes sense, the following I cannot decode at all beyond WTF has a turntable got to do with their product. And notice how they have redesigned their logo to look like an LP.

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Ah , imagery, marketing and their association.

Giving something modern and possibly perceived as flimsy gravity weight and ' legitimacy' .

It's quite clever.

 

[Soniclife]

It's quite clever

It's it? You could read it as if you want quality spend your money on vinyl, and use a cheap low quality streaming service, not our expensive one.

 

[jhaider]

Interesting. But those measurements don't seem to reflect what I heard when I owned Homepods, notably the excessive bass.

Spinorama measurements previously posted here do:

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...orama-measurements-of-the-apple-homepod.7417/

I bought a HomePod at release but returned it quickly because it didn't end up fitting our needs and sounded a little muddy to me as well. I bet there have been several firmware updates since then, which may have also altered the spectral balance.

My wife has expressed displeasure a few times now at the large Soundfield Audio Monitor 1's in our bedroom. They sound wonderful even in a sub-optimal install: toppled, atop a built-in cabinet right up against a sloping wall. The problems are their size and I think more so the outdated cherry veneer cabinets. Satin or semi-gloss white would look much nicer. If there was an app to get our Uverse channels or broadcast channels to an AppleTV then a pair of HomePods would be a nice solution. I'm still pushing for updated cabinets for the SAM1's - they are really good speakers! - so maybe I won't mention this thread just yet.

 

[srrxr71]

Has anyone tested their directivity when used as a stereo pair? They throw a very stable stereo image with a wide soundstage.