Article: Apple HomePod Review - An Audiophile Perspective

[DuckToller]

Chris,

that was fun to read .... RESPECT !

I am quite uncomfortable with voice assistant products since ... here in France even France Telecom does not accept me paying my bills for the landline over their voice system, due to my accent ;-) ... but far more because these products seem to me so much Orwellian.
 

Selling them on the audiophile bill might dazzle the I-crowds, that were waiting on such a product and on the other hand "justify" the price tag.

Thank you, Tom

 

[DuckToller]

Chris,

I just noticed the "audiophile" adjective is part of the advanced sales scheme for voice controlled products
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/15/sonos-one-review-best-smart-speaker-audiophiles-amazon-alexa
... maybe it would be better (for some appleogist audiophiles) to compare the HomePod vs the Sonos One ...

Cheers, Tom
 

[DuckToller]

3 hours ago, Spacehound said:

Try shouting at it.

When we of the UK had an empire shouting worked fine on the 'natives' 

I very much prefer not to be liaised with the small man shouting at my grandfather's generation for giving them an imperial impression. However, strangely enough, most french people assign my accent rather to your brave island than to their eastern European neighbour.

Cheers Tom