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Re:Apple Cuts HomePod Orders After Sales Prove to Be Lackluster by robbyt on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:02AM (#16821634)
Stereo audio sent to a single endpoint is different than two audio streams sent to two different endpoints and then synchronized.

(I assume that's the challenge, because as little as 1ms delay can cause noticeable phasing.)

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Re:Apple Cuts HomePod Orders After Sales Prove to Be Lackluster by chmaynard on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:35AM (#16822019)
Why not build the endpoint into one HomePod (the master) and run a wire to the other (the slave)? As a user, I would be perfectly happy running a cable between two stereo speakers.
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Re:Apple Cuts HomePod Orders After Sales Prove to Be Lackluster by okket on Thursday April 12, 2018 @04:09PM (#16824493)
Why a cable? If one pod is the master and the other one a slave nearby, it should be easy to send the audio data to the slave from the master via bluetooth or similar low power, short range radio protocol.

AFAIK it is only hard to sync two boxes with sound via a 'bulky and buffery' protocol like WiFi. Also, we humans can tolerate visual artefacts easily, but async, skipping sounds are a special kind torture.

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