petieg

I have about 8 'wireless' speakers in my house. By far the best for connectivity and sound is my old Bose SoundDock (w/ iPod connector!) audio-out connected to an Airport Express. Not only is the sound the best out of any speaker I have, but it's connectivity has been flawless. I'm hoping AE's get an update to be AirPlay2 compatible. My most recent purchase is a Libretone Zipp Mini -- probably the best portable  speaker we have in regards to audio (will get an AirPlay2 firmware update too!). The two XtremeMac TangoAir's have decent sound but horrible connectivity (discontinued, but hell, closeout for $30/ea) -- I've resorted to only using Lightening to connect to them for the most part (great mid-day charge of iPhone too). Bluetooth is bluetooth. Have small Logitech UE mini boom, Jawbone Jambox all sufficient, but not the best sound -- they're too small to have great audio but the Jambox is still incredible for it's size notwithstanding.  The rest are smaller devices usually attached to AE's. I welcome the superior quality sound (supposedly) of the HomePod. Does the 'Siri' portion of it matter much? Not really, but will be nice to control some HomeKit product w/out busting out my phone. If the wireless connectivity is solid and the audio quality is amaze-balls (as the kids say)... I'll be a satisfied customer. Bose cost $369, Zipp Mini $200 -- so I'm thinking this may turn out to be a fairly reasonable price for a connected speaker.