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  • Apple says Spatial Audio is a hit, drawing more listeners to Apple Music

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    iyfcalvin said:
    Personally, when the spatial audio songs were released, I went out of my way to sample some of the songs to experience the hype myself.  I have AirPod Pro’s on a new iPhone 13 Pro Max. My business background was 30 years in the record industry.
     I liked what I heard but found the feature only subtly unique. I was more impressed back in the 70s when the Quadrophonic Sound feature was debuted, but even then tired of it quickly.  Was the new feature a game breaker for me to listen to music?  Not at all. My preferences for music listening is recording and playback quality first.  Frankly, I actually cancelled my iTunes subscription after that. 
    With my Dolby atmos (5.2.2) setup I could really hear the difference, with my headphones I couldn’t.  I think you need discrete channels to really hear the difference. 
    Alex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Editorial: Apple isn't revamping its HomeKit team, but maybe it should

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    I used to have a bunch of issues with HomeKit — found out it was device related rather than HomeKit related.  I had about 20 Leviton Decora switches that would constantly need to be rebooted for them to respond (every other day one switch would fail).

    I soon gave up and replaced them with Lutron switches and haven’t had one issue in almost a year.  I have about 40 devices (switches, outlets, locks, hue bulbs) and don’t run into any issues anymore.  I’ve had 100% uptime for 8-9 months now.  The Leviton switches would cause mDNS issues in the network causing other branded devices to stop responding.
    StrangeDayslolliver

  • How to turn on Home Sharing in the Music and TV apps in macOS Catalina

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    Much better.  This is actually running as a service rather than having iTunes running all day.
    Rayz2016watto_cobra

  • Video: Apple HomePod vs. Google Home Max

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    cpsro said:
    HomePod produces too much very-low-frequency bass and infrasound, which is distracting and highly annoying (often bordering on painful).  Outdoor audio often contains wind buffeting noises and even in the controlled environment of a studio, buffeting sounds are produced if the speaker's mouth is too close to the mic.  This complaint of mine is tied with the HomePod being unable to play most internet radio streams.  NPR stations around the country are recognized by Siri but a lot of major stations--even ones located in Cupertino's backyard--are not. Despite my finding the HomePod to be by far the best for both voice recognition (compared to Echos) and reproduction of the spoken word (compared to the Echo, Echo Dot and Sonos Play 5), I had to return my HomePod for the above reasons, because it's not clear when these issues will be addressed.
    I bought it and returned it also.  For $350, I was expecting a better sounding speaker.  Comparing it to my Bowers and Wilkins Z2 airplay speaker that I got for $100 on Amazon, the HomePod doesn’t keep up sound wise — and that’s an entry level B&W speaker.  I’ll just wait to see what AirPlay 2 speaker B&W releases.

    I’m surprised by all the HomePod reviews that gush over how good the sound quality is.  It is a decent sounding speaker, but there are much better offerings from real speaker manufacturers in the same, or even lower, price range.
    Solimuthuk_vanalingam