hawaiianshirtguy

BarryMarshall said:

Are these Apple events worth even watching anymore? No really since Apple hasn't brought out anything new that will start another revolution in the hardware department and that every company will try to mimic. No time to tell Apple that these prestations are passe.

We likely won't see anything like that again from any manufacturer for at least another decade. The ipod/iphone/ipad was a unique convergence of vision, and the ability of hardware to deliver on that vision for the first time. I think we're stuck with a steady evolution rather than revolution for quite some time. This isn't a failing of Apple or anyone else. It's just that it requires unique circumstances to create such ground breaking products, and unique circumstances are by definition rather rare. 

randominternetperson said:

Nice video.  However it should be a punishable offense to have a pair of HomePods with mismatched colors.  Unless you're Melanie Martinez I suppose.

I suspect the point was to be able to easily distinguish between them for the purposes of testing and demonstrating. 

darkvader said:

So does it add any features that are actually useful?

I don't have and will not buy one of those ridiculously overpriced speakers, let alone two of them.

I think most people would argue that the multi-room feature is useful. As is the ability to do the stereo pair. The multi-room feature (or lack thereof before today) is what kept me from getting a second one. I'm definitely getting a second one, now that I've seen what airplay2 can do.

Hopefully you'll find a product that meets your needs. 

metrix said:

The concept of the Apple store is still quite the same. Cook better get things going it seems like there is no "one more thing for years

Why does it need to change? The apple stores earn more per square foot than any other company, including Tiffany. 

As for nothing new, we've seen complete new product lines (watch, homepod) that has earned Apple billions of dollars, as well as fairly significant changes to many of their other products. 

If you're expecting to see another runaway success story like the iPod, iPad, and iPhone, that's likely not going to happen again no matter who is running Apple. It's hard to fault Tim Cook for not being able to top those products. 

robbyx said:

If you think HomePod compares to Sonance, I’d say you’re the one who has no idea how good speakers sound.  As for Sonos, sure, they’re not high end and I haven’t compared HomePod to anything but my Play5, but to my ears Play5 produces a much more pleasant and balanced sound than the thump thump thump of HomePod with vocals floating so far above the mix that they sound disembodied.  I was interested in the convenience/simplicity of HomePod too but the sound quality just isn’t up to snuff. 

I never said they compared equally to Sonance, I merely implied that Sonance isn't particularly high end in the audio world. Sure, the Sonance are almost certainly going to sound better to most people, but they also cost more. No surprise there at all, they are a very different type of product.