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by SyneRyder 3039 days ago
Some of the reviews have been mixed. The Screen Savers tried a blind sound test of several devices, and there wasn't a clear winner, everyone had different favorites (which is probably not what you'd expect from Apple's marketing, I personally had expected an obvious improvement over competitors). Jumping straight to the results in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGvmf44FEk&t=7m04s
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bitmapbrother 3039 days ago
The Screen Savers aren't the only one to have done a blind sound test where the HomePod lost to the Google Home Max. Yahoo's David Pogue[1] and the Washington Post[2] also did blind sound tests.

[1]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/head-head-apple-homepod-reall...

[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/02/09...

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