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So more expensive than Homepod and Sonos speaker, similar if not identical features, from the one company that has shitty customer service? No thanks.
by alttab 9y ago
So more expensive than Homepod and Sonos speaker, similar if not identical features, from the one company that has shitty customer service? No thanks.
- xocyabencl 9y agoThe basic Chromecast audio is $35 and has audio and optical out. That's a much better value than Sonos or the other competition. I already have those in multiple rooms, so this is attractive if I want to buy an integrated unit for an additional room that can also respond to audio commands. It fills a gap in the product line.
- xocyabencl 9y agoExpanding on that a bit - IMO a remaining gap is a Chromecast audio-like product with a microphone, that can take commands as well as play content through audio out. But I understand the market for that may be limited to people with expensive home audio setups.
- Wehrdo 9y agoReally, that would just be a Home Mini with audio output, and I suspect the Home and Home Mini don't have a separate audio output in an effort to make you upgrade to the "Max". Because frankly, you would be so much better off buying a regular Home and a $300 speaker setup than buying the Max.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoI'm a Sonos user and love it, but Sonos doesn't have any assistant capability at all, so saying "similar if not identical features" seems like quite the stretch.
- jonah 9y agoSonos just released a new speaker that works with Alexa (and I think others coming?). https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/one.html https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/one.html