Given how much bass the Google Max emphasizes at the expense of clean vocals and certain instrumentation, I imagine this rubber mat is to help limit vibrations the speaker may make on any hard surface due to the amount of bass it emits. ![]() ![]() The Google Max focused on bass it had a lot of bass, so much, in fact, the product ships with a rubber mat it recommends you place the speaker on. When I listened to the comparison of each speaker to the HomePod, I realized how the audio engineers at each company focused on different things. This demo included the much-praised Google Home Max and a quality new speaker from Sonos in the Alexa-enabled Play One (I own three of those). Even in that demo, which was in a highly controlled room, HomePod was head and shoulders better-sounding. At that event, the demo was HomePod, an Amazon Echo (first-gen) and a Sono Play 3. This demo was not that much different from the one I had last June at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. On top of an entertainment center that looked like a retro design out of the ’70s with silver and copper knobs, wood like old cedar and metallic grates, sat a Sonos Play One (Alexa-enabled), a Google Home Max, Apple’s HomePod and an enormous second-generation Amazon Echo. I’ll spare you the details of the entire demo, as there was one demonstration where HomePod’s value was truly made clear. ![]() Apple had invited me to see and experience HomePod in a unique home setup before taking one home to try for myself. A version of this essay was originally published at Tech.pinions, a website dedicated to informed opinions, insight and perspective on the tech industry.īefore receiving my Apple HomePod to review, I found myself in a house in Noe Valley in San Francisco.
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