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Google Nest Audio Spinorama and Measurements
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These are probably sold far below cost, like a lot of Google or Amazon hardware. This is not primarily a speaker, but an enabler machine to lock the user into the Google ecosystem, where the profits are generated.
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The probably hire engineering grads who are well versed in the research, and haven't been corrupted by the traditional hifi industry.
What happens when you put them on some furniture the way normal people do? It's hard to believe that isn't factored into how they were designed.
Yeah so locked in whilst able to send tidal, quboz, Deezer, Amazon etc to them
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I really like the idea of these, but I'm having a hard time imagining a use scenario even though we are full in on the google ecosystem. Our living room has 'real' hifi, but does have a google home mini but just to yell instructions to it for smart home stuff, etc. So this is a non-upgrade since we don't use the living room google speaker to play music. In the dining/kitchen I need something that can mount on/in wall and look nice or even just disappear, the wall wart kills this for me. I'm also kicking around getting some speakers for the garage to upgrade over a small Bluetooth speaker. These would work there but I feel for a little more $ I can get something like the JBL 305P and have a ton more SPL/low freq capability due to much larger driver. On the other hand that doesn't have the smarts/streaming capability. Maybe that's OK but it would be really nice to tell it to skip a song or go to different playlist without having to touch my phone with grease and oil covered hands. Something like the 305P is also much bulkier and not as inside of the home friendly.
As someone else said if they put a little bigger driver or added a 'sub' this would be an amazing proposition. But then they are probably not targeting that much SPL/low freq extension, form factor/size was more important. I guess many of us are in the same basic boat, but we are probably not typical users. It's great that this is $100, has streaming, looks good, is small enough to make most people happy with putting it anywhere in their home, and has well thought out audio to boot.
As someone else said if they put a little bigger driver or added a 'sub' this would be an amazing proposition. But then they are probably not targeting that much SPL/low freq extension, form factor/size was more important. I guess many of us are in the same basic boat, but we are probably not typical users. It's great that this is $100, has streaming, looks good, is small enough to make most people happy with putting it anywhere in their home, and has well thought out audio to boot.
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Can anyone find any info on the external power supply, the physical size specifically?
If I can mount a recessed outlet up on the wall, put the power supply in there and mount the speaker in front of it this could be a great option for the dining room audio.
If I can mount a recessed outlet up on the wall, put the power supply in there and mount the speaker in front of it this could be a great option for the dining room audio.
First thing I noticed was the microphone/stand. Sure isn't a reflection-free setup. I find that incredibly interesting.
@napilopez great review, as always.
Again a major consumer brand schools the boutique cottage industry with their massive economies of scale in manufacturing and R&D, creating an unreasonably good speaker for the form factor and price. This is getting tiring, to see the kind of performance in compromised packaging, and seeing the backwards state of the broader industry despite less compromises being required in packaging.
Oh... cool! Thanks!
DSP, and a well chosen driver.
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A Genelec for $99? good.
A Genelec for $99? good.
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Very nice review. Impressive performance.
Anyone seen measurements for the Google home max, I tried searching for some but found only it's physical dimensions and links to this review.
If it wasn't made in similar way to this I wonder if the next version will be, seems potential for something pretty impressive in a Google nest audio max.
I haven't seen any for the Home Max unfortunately. It has two tweeters, so I don't know if there'd be any issues with lobing. I really enjoyed the sound of it last time I heard it, but that doesn't mean much for anyone else.
Dimensions for the power supply chunky bit, sans the prongs, are roughly 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 inches.
I've just realised that I might need one of these, didn't expect that to happen. I've been looking for something for the kitchen for a while, and as this has chrome cast built in it should work with Roon, which is good for me, the other cast options and Bluetooth make it wife friendly, and the auto vol when kitchen noise goes up will hopefully work well. More investigation required.
>Product Manager Chris Chan
That's not a good name to have on some parts of the interweb.
Anyway, thanks for the review, it's incredible what economy of scale, massive R&D and judicious corner cutting can do. It could maybe have challenged the 8010A if costing the double.
That's not a good name to have on some parts of the interweb.
Anyway, thanks for the review, it's incredible what economy of scale, massive R&D and judicious corner cutting can do. It could maybe have challenged the 8010A if costing the double.
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Thanks for measuring it!
I assumed it wouldn't be small, hence my worry about where to put it. I assume that is HxWxD if you were looking at it as it while plugged into the wall?
I've got a few of these around the house, but they are buried behind appliances. From what I can gather about generic dimensions online it is probably too small to fit that power supply. I was imagining this in the wall wherever you wanted the Nest Audio, hide the power supply in it, then it gets covered up by the Nest Audio which would be mounted to the wall somehow.
https://www.legrand.us/wiring-devic...d-tamper-resistant-duplex-outlet/p/r885trwcc6
But anything larger is typically 2 gang or 1 + some low voltage stuff and much larger; too big to hid behind the Nest Audio.
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