Apple HomePod 2 Teardown / Disassembly (New Inside) 

Yeah, Jerryrigeverything is an animal

dan is ok,ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sTyOtjJyjsg.html

That’s only because the OG homepod was glued together. Seems like this is more likely easily serviceable by any tech guy.

@@notchristopherabc I couldn’t watch, just too painful to see him purposely destroying this nice piece of gear.

A real HomePod 1 tear down. I hope mine never gives out…. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ArH41WyUt28.html

*pare

*tair

Agreed; Probably JTAG

Or maybe it is flood sensor?

@@amentma1778 Definitely not. It would not be covered by rubber for starters.

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.

@@brandon20904 here a question can you combined new HomePod 2 with HomePod 1 and see if the parts are interchangeable between the two

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!

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.

Lol it's pretty neat. I purchased it randomly one day, and was like I gotta show it off. Haha

what screwdriver is it?

Yeah, also want to know the model of screwdriver and where did you bought it. It’s super cool!

He should be a dentist. Great video!

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.

Me too. I actually didn’t see the holes you are referring to?

This was also my first thought. Really strange.

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.

@@off2geo the first gen has neo. That’s why the first gen has better excursions resulting in deeper bass

@@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.

interesting thought but not really the case here - you can see the tweeters are completely within in their own sub-enclosures

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.

Thanks!

I was surprised at that, also.

The woofer on the first gen is better with neo magnets.

This. Also, do you think they calibrate every speaker? Or only some of them?

Thank you. Fortunately yes 😂 it took some time and I had to rewatch my video lol

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!

It took a while and I had to refer back to the teardown haha. I've now done it twice and can do it without the video

Doe the mesh grill fit back into the bottom well? It seems like Apple has put a warranty void seal in the mesh, with the drawstring.

@@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.

These tweeters should go up to around 400hz!

ROFL!

:/

Great tip!

Woofer for bass, tweeters for highs… what about the middle frequencies?

@Phillip Banes Thank you for clarifying. I’m eager to test it myself!

@@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.

@Phillip Banes The new one sounds better, though.

As new maybe not. But I did get it all back togeter with no parts missing :)

He never said torque, he said "Torx screw", because that's what they are.

I’d never purchase a white HomePod. You can’t easily clean the mesh.

@Phillip Banes point is, it’s not dirty. It looks as if it was because of the black underneath. This is how they look new

@@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

@@n123896 watching the tear apart video, a pull type draw string would be nice for this… maybe a third party could make one.