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Re:Apple HomePod by lower on Saturday January 27, 2018 @04:44AM (#16245553)
> Create stereo sound with a second HomePod.

That seems really lazy [edit: making you buy a whole second thing instead of just a speaker]. What will they do next? Sell iMacs instead of external monitors?

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Re:Apple HomePod by thomassnielsen on Saturday January 27, 2018 @02:04PM (#16247523)
The HomePod does channel differentiation with one device, but for true wide stereo you need two.
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Re:Apple HomePod by fastball on Saturday January 27, 2018 @04:48AM (#16245564)
Sound is literally not stereo unless there are two or more speakers...
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Re:Apple HomePod by lower on Saturday January 27, 2018 @04:50AM (#16245570)
Yes, so maybe they could have offered a slave speaker instead of letting you buy the whole thing again?
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Re:Apple HomePod by fastball on Saturday January 27, 2018 @08:49AM (#16246200)
The other smart speakers didn't even have multi-speaker support from the outset, much less slaves.

Plus slaves in the same room don't really make much sense. I want my sound to be balanced. It's not really going to balance well if I have a tiny speaker on one side of the room and a big one on the other.

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Re:Apple HomePod by tga on Saturday January 27, 2018 @09:04AM (#16246240)
The HomePod already has eight speakers inside.
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