im nowhere near the audio specialist as you are, Jason, but from what I can hear in the video, i think i disagree with your audio analysis of these. I thought the homepod to sound the worst, with a my v shape sound with boosted lows and highs to the point it almost sounded tin-y. The Sonos One seemed the most balanced to me and through my headphones I can hear all the instruments with ease. The Era 100 sounded similar but with just a tad more sparkle. I agree they all sounded good, but I would not choose the homepod out of this lineup for best sounding. idk price so that’s a different convo
The sound from each speaker does not seem to back your conclusion. Both Sonos are brighter and peek w/o distorsion. HomePod seems more mixed and focus on low frequencies.
Wow! Was that an error in judgement? The Sonos sounded way better and you can build upon it by adding whatever you want, subs, soundbar, bigger speakers, smaller ones, etc. But it did get me to click on the video so I guess that's mission accomplished. But man, the Sonos won by a long shot, it wasn't even close.
My Sonos One SLs are part of a Beam and Gen 3 Sub home theater set-up. I've noticed each individual Sonos speaker gets noticeably better as you add more pieces like a stereo pairs, sub, and/or soundbar for movies and music.
While they have similar use-cases and the price point isn't far off, the Era 100 isn't fundamentally similar to the HomePod. The Homepod will win because of Dolby Atmos sound, more drivers, etc. The Sonos Era 300 on the other hand is meant to compete with the HomePod, it's just at a higher price point because Sonos is pricey.
I definitely prefer the Homepod 2. Both Sonos’ sounded like it’s firing sound directly in front of it while the Homepod 2 sounded like the music is floating around you (if that kind of made sense). I can imagine the Sonos’ sounding at its best when you’re positioned right in front of it while the Homepod 2 would probably sound as good no matter where you are located in a room.
@@thejasontlewis Yes, I can hear your voice in demo. Nice! BTW, all those speakers sounds bad to my ear. I only use a pair of HomePod as TV speaker. For serious music listening, I use studio monitors (Mackie) with Audio interface (Motu).
The Era 100 sounded more deep, more quality in the sound. Made the others sound kinda cheap compared to it. That last song Jason...Great use of your voice. Could hear the feelings even without listening to the lyrics, and that's what a great vocalist is to me no matter what genre.
None of them sounded that great to me, if I'm honest. The sound was a little too "processed". It could be RU-vid compression of course, but I wouldn't buy any of them, lol. My 90s Sony hi-fi sounded better. ☺️
You have to take into account that hearing them this way is not at all like hearing them in the room. They all sound pretty darn good in the room, but there's no way to accurately translate that through RU-vid. You just kind of have to compare them to each other based on what you hear, understanding that it's not a full representation.
