Homepod Minis As Computer Speakers

I was looking for computer speakers that could double as Bluetooth speakers for music and podcasts. I have several BT speakers and an Apple HomePod but was looking for a little more separation. While I was a bit skeptical about the size of the speakers, I am very pleased to say that the reviews were accurate. This system is phenomenal. I am shocked by the depth of sound that comes from speakers of this size, and the integration of the sub in the soundstage is excellent. This is a terrific compromise for computer/BT/bookshelf speakers.

We replaced two HomePod minis with these Gen 2 HomePods. The sound difference is amazing. The HomePods sound so much better and can go much loader. We use these with the TV and the minis were too quiet for the room we were in.

I was gifted one Homepod Mini and just purchased a second for my computer desktop set up (MacBook Pro/Apple Studio Monitor/Apple Magic Keyboard). The sound is beuatiful in stereo and gives a spacial effect. Music is balanced but punchy, very accurate, and the Minis do not artificially color the sound. Speech is clear and realistic. The Minis fit discretely under the monitor and handsomely compliment the desk top setup appearance. A couple things to note that I did not see in reviews: the Minis DO play in stereo (not mono through two speakers) with Spotify, and the HomePod Mini App has an option to slightly Reduce Bass so the top of your desk does not vibrate with bass heavy music.

I went with this over the Blackmagic Atem Minis because it doesn't need a computer to get to the menu. It's a little easier to mix audio as well. Literally press the audio button for the source you want to adjust, press vol + or vol - and it's done.

I ordered this computer to replace an older PC. We have ordered 2 other Mac Minis direct from apple and this one from BnH is the same thing. Its great to be able to save a bit of money using this site. I'm very pleased with this purchase.

Apple have done the seemingly impossible with the HomePod: They removed the room from the sound quality equation. The sound quality most reminds me of planar magnetic headphones. The clarity and separation are spectacular, and I have yet to miss the powered subwoofer that was paired to the speakers my HomePods replaced. If you already have a dedicated listening room with all the room treatments necessary to optimize sound quality from your current high-quality speakers, the HomePod is probably not for you. However, if you are the type of person who has better things to do with their money than to drop $5K-10K on room treatments, you'll be hard pressed to find similar sound quality for anywhere near the price of the HomePod. It's worth pointing out that the HomePod isn't a smart speaker in the sense that Amazon Echo or Google Home are smart speakers. The HomePod is designed to make your audio sound great, not to give you directions and traffic conditions for your weekly grocery trek. If audio quality isn't a high priority, the HomePod probably isn't for you.

We have a small TV in the kitchen with tiny speakers that never really sounded good. The HomePod made a huge difference in all of the programming from news to films. Great sound across the spectrum. It took a small learning curve to get the Apple TV to sync since it is not the newest 4K model but it eventually worked although it lists the audio out to be "temporary" and it has to be reset from time to time.

B&H discounted the HomePod by $100 before Xmas. Great speaker, outstanding sound from such a small device. Far and away the best sound of all the smart speakers. Have 6 of them in three separate rooms. Getting rid of all my old audio equipment and speakers.

This sounds about as good as any of the other smart bookshelf (Echo, Nest, Homepod, etc) speakers, but the real benefit of a Sonos is that its not married to a single music ecosystem. Echos work will with Amazon, but everything else is a challenge. Same with Homepod and Apple and Nest and Google. The Sonos works with everything and allows you to change your mind on Music Services

I got 4 of these to replace 3 Sonos speakers and one sound bar on my TV.  (1 in the kitchen, 1 in the dining room and 2 combined as a stereo pair under the television). Comparing the sound to the Sonos play:1 speakers, they are quite a bit better.  I can hear much more bass and the sound is more omnidirectional.  The integration to my Apple ecosystem is much nicer that the Sonos app as well.  I have apple music; the combo with the homepods is just super.  I basically use Siri to play or find whatever I want to listen to.  It took me some fiddling around over a couple days to completely figure out how to use airplay to play music from each particular homepod.  Now that I learned how to do it, it works very well.  Playing the TV sound through the paired speakers works out well too.  Sometimes the AppleTV sound output changes from homepod to HDMI all on its own for some reason.  When that happens I have to switch it back manually.  Probably some fine tuning by Apple needs to be done in this area.  I will probably buy more to make stereo pairs in every room as they sound even better this way.  By the way I also replaced an Amazon Echo with these in the process.  The microphones on these pick up our voice better than the echo.