Those gold contact points would be the diagnostic contact points that they would use to determine issues with the HomePod, just like the Apple Watch series 7 and 8. Also, amazing video
Ah, good to know! Also easy access for techs to connect to. Thanks, I'm trying to up my YT game. Just got a new mic and tring to figure out the focusing/white balence.
These are probably also used to load the software onto these units. If you look at Demo Apple watches, they also have a set of these inside the wrist band holder piece. I'm guessing there is some device that essential is like a lightning connection or USB of some sort to load the software into these so they don't have to go through a wireless setup/connection.
Agreed. We had an old HomePod that died on its own, and the Apple Store said tough luck because they had no way to diagnose the issue non-invasively. Should be a solved problem now, barring stupidity!
I believe these are just the plastic housings for the 5 compression drivers. It looks like the drivers fire downward into a waveguide that it part of the base of the unit. The housing probably shields the opposite side of the driver to prevent acoustic leakage and allow for more directional audio.
Yes, and then add two layers of fabric over those small holes. It being Apple, I am surprised they went with a Ferrite magnet on the woofer rather than a neo. Curious how this sounds.
@@Anonyme09865that doesn’t even make sense. A neodymium magnet is more efficient and smaller for a comparable strength magnet, but also more expensive. Ferrite magnets maintain their magnetization better at higher temperatures. I believe from a frequency response graph I’ve seen, this new HomePod has more bass, though I don’t have distortion measurements.
Well done, sir! You did an excellent job tearing down the new HomePod. I don’t believe I would have the guts to do this, haha. Very clean video, sound and a great explanation of your descent all the way through till the bottom.
Fantastic tear down!! The tweeters at the bottom must be part of a system of waveguides that disperses and spreads the sound waves from each of the modules out of the base of the HomePod. Would love to see one of the tweeter modules taken apart to see how they’ve designed it.
Didn't expect, when you removed the mesh, for the HomePod to look like that... I thought the mesh was covering the holes of the speaker on the outside of the HomePod... But yeah, satisfying vid, got yourself a new sub 👍🏻
The tweeter component looks like it could be a tweeter + exciter combo. An exciter is a transducer device that attach to surface and vibrate the surface mechanically that translate into auditory information. I think this because of how the housing is shaped to follow the contour of the base, maximizing contact with the base panel for the vibration to be transfered over. Clever!
Surface speakers are using metal contact or hard material for the surface. If this speaker would be here, the bottom rubber feet would kill all the vibrations.
Very nice job with the disassembly and the educated guesswork thank you ! I was looking for a video like that - interesting how they made it more repairable. Impressed also by the quantity of screws inside that thing.
omg I thought the speakers must be put around the home pod in mesh!!! I was really shocked they are put only top and bottom. Thank you for this video!!
It would be great to get a comparison between the woofer and tweeters components of the second generation vs the first generation. Are they the same? Are they better quality components than before although there may be less of them now? Etc.
The programing header on the bottom caught my eye right at the start, definitely used in production for testing and firmware installation etc... They would need that for profiling the speakers. Its likely a JTAG or SPI interface of some sort.
I wonder what is written on the amp chip that was under that heat sink! Mine REFUSED to come off on our stream, I gave up in fear it would rip the chip off. Maybe snap a photo of the area cleaned up? Would love to know so we can compare it to the powlraudio 98-0431 used in the gen1 Edit: I took mine apart again and got a look at what's under the shields on the logic board, and the amp heatsink
Great video, clear and sophisticated explanation. Love the additional tips/heads up. Such a shame there’s so much adhesive and the drawstrings - this thing is definitely not right to repair friendly.
At the last stage of production, they travel on a conveyor belt connected to the diagnostic connector at the bottom. This allows you to upload the system and calibrate the speakers in the chamber.
Saw use of Japanese Rubycon capacitors, they are premium components. Applies to computer power supplies too, premium capacitors tend to make for a good power supply.
Die small circular panel with the 8 or so metallic parts ist the diganostic port that Apple can use to Update the software if it fails to Update or bricks in any other way.
3:04. The drill sounds so weak that I feel like I can stop it and even spin it in the opposite direction with my bare hands. Obviously it will probably literally die trying to fight a DeWalt spinning clockwise and the little screwdriver spinning counterclockwise.
There is no glue here. It looks like Apple realised the way the first one was designed (which would have ensured it never rattled or fell apart lol - hence the glue) was a bit of an overkill and resulted in a device that had to be destroyed in order to be disassembled. The huge number of screws used for each session in the 2nd gen enables them to distribute the pressure more evenly to ensure a consistent seal across the device. I can’t help but feel that this HomePod was significantly cheaper to make compared to the original.. given how simple the construction of it actually is!
@@djijspeakerguy4628 I sew it back together with no problems. Definelly need to use thicker thread though. It also does not look original so yeah Apple would probably know.
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Does anybody need info how many different kind of screws are in each place if they watch you undoing them a moment later anyway?
8:34 I would be much more careful with the PSU next time you do something like this. The caps (especially the big one) can still hold charge and give you a good shock.
@@Alejandrolanza yeah bad design choice, economically speaking it’s the better choice to manufacture one base colour. But for looks it’s makes it look dirty not having a white base to match the mesh
@@brunosco Two-way loudspeakers are quite common, especially in smaller stand-mount and bookshelf designs. In a two-way loudspeaker, the woofers and tweeters both extend somewhat into the midrange, allowing for full coverage of the entire audio spectrum.