We have a stereo pair and they do sound great ... but I often find the bass is excessive, their only real audio failing in my eyes. The bass extension is amazing for the size though. If Apple never change the firmware it would be nice if they would provide an app or something to allow the frequencies to be tweaked as you can on the Mac but one that would “stick” with the HomePod.
We use them with an Apple TV and the sound, for films and the rest is excellent. As suggested earlier, an input socket would have been very handy and increased their utility no end. Stephen You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:17, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I gather the original Homepods are being withdrawn (they're marked as 'while > available') so I thought I'd share my experience of them. > > I got a stereo pair last summer (one at a time) and I think they're > absolutely superb sound. One is good but two is much better. If you've > thought about getting them for a stereo pair, I would say you won't regret it. > > We have a mini for the tv and I think the sound is disappointing. I wouldn't > buy a mini again (maybe they're better in stereo...) but I would buy a pair > of the full, and expensive, Homepods again. > > However: they're not good for computer sound. You can only output to one of > them as a speaker from the Mac (unless it's iTunes/Quicktime) and the wifi > lagng means they're no good for eg meetings. > > They're not brilliant for playing specific music via Siri. I frequently get > told it can't find something that I know I have. I've even said 'hey siri > what's playing now?' and it says Song X by Band Y from the album Z. If I stop > it then say 'hey siri play Song X by Band Y from the album Z' Siri then > reports it can't find it. This is apparently a bug if you don't subscribe to > Apple Music (grr..I have iTunes Match but not Apple Music). If you want to > just play a band, it's great, just don't expect to get a particular song > reliably! > > It's absurd how well it picks up your voice even with music playing loudly. I > arrange all my calendar stuff via Siri on Homepod now as it's much less > fiddly than doing it manually. > > Ok, hasty review over. If you've been tempted, and want it for use with > AppleTV/Music, go for it while you can;) > > Cheers, > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/44C0E449-8F71-4B11-929B-201104B37066%40me.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/2D9175CF-D6AE-4630-9857-849E93767585%40icloud.com.
