Apple HomePod – a missed opportunity

Re:Apple HomePod – a missed opportunity by dmitriid on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:29AM (#15755781)

> I don't think it is possible to do any high quality music with it or beamforming.

Define "high quality".

Apple isn't in the audiophile market (a sham in itself), or in the professional audio market. It's in the consumer market.

And for the consumer market you need a reasonably good sounding speaker. Which is quite doable in the form factor they announced (hell, Sonos is quite capable of making nice-sounding speakers that are much smaller)

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Re:Apple HomePod – a missed opportunity by Yizahi on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:39AM (#15763757)

Easy. Quote "It directs sound to specific places in a room, creating immersive 3-D audio." end quote.

I say a) this is exactly what an audiophile would want, and b) HomePod very likely can't do it (simply because it is a physically small device).

Also please notice I didn't dispute that HomePod won't "sound nice". I dispute a) "high quality" and b) "beamforming" capabilities directly mentioned in the linked article.

And as a reminder, another direct quote from the article: "The engineers wanted a product that would pass muster with audiophiles."

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