HomePod and 'Sonos' in stereo?

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mac98aop

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Oct 7, 2019, 9:18:11 AM10/7/19
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Afternoon everyone

We're absolutely love our HomePod and now wondering about the benefits of two, to get stereo sound.

Rather than a second HomePod, is there a cheaper way of achieving stereo sound with an alternative speaker? (I know with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit you can have multiple brands on same network, but I'm interested in stereo setup in same room).

Anybody successfully tried it?

Thanks

Adam

Phil Ward

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Oct 7, 2019, 9:31:16 AM10/7/19
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Stereo requires a close frequency and time response pair match between the left and right speakers Adam, so no, I’m afraid you won’t get decent results from two different speakers.

Regards
Phil


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mac98aop

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Oct 7, 2019, 10:06:46 AM10/7/19
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Thanks, Phil

I 'feared' as much.

Will keep scouring eBay and Gumtree for a Homepod.

The sound is wonderful and for us, Siri works just fine for what we need - but the thought of that quality (ok, so no it's not vinyl!) but in stereo has got us keen to consider it!

Thanks again


On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 2:31:16 PM UTC+1, Phil Ward wrote:
Stereo requires a close frequency and time response pair match between the left and right speakers Adam, so no, I’m afraid you won’t get decent results from two different speakers.

Regards
Phil


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• Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine.
On 7 Oct 2019, at 14:18, mac98aop <adamp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Afternoon everyone

We're absolutely love our HomePod and now wondering about the benefits of two, to get stereo sound.

Rather than a second HomePod, is there a cheaper way of achieving stereo sound with an alternative speaker? (I know with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit you can have multiple brands on same network, but I'm interested in stereo setup in same room).

Anybody successfully tried it?

Thanks

Adam

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