we have got the new home pod but is it worth 300 compared to spending 200 on
two homepod Minis and how does it sound compared to the original homepod well
today I will let you guys hear for yourselves the difference in volume and
sound quality with three different tracks using our high-end 850 dollar
microphone setup not only that but I'm gonna run a sound frequency analyzer so
you guys can visually see the difference in the base the mids and the highs along
with volume now the weird thing about the new home pod is that they removed
two of the tweeters that were there previously and the weight is also lower
as well so technically they made it lower quality it has an Apple Watch chip
in there an older one so we'll see how it sounds now on the back you guys could
see that the cable is now removable which is really nice in case it gets
messed up so they're trying to save some money but the other weird thing is that
they dropped the price by 50 bucks compared to the original while making it
less nice I guess in a way or cheaper to build but the original was also on sale
for 300 bucks all the time so you guys see at the top here now we have the
volume buttons ingrained in here and it's a little bit concave so I don't
know what other cost reductions came into play but now let's go ahead and
start listening to the differences we are going to start out with the classic
Max Tech song and we're going to cycle between all three of these multiple
times so you guys can hear the difference
[Music] let's take this
[Music] all right guys so that first one was a
loudness test and boy was there a difference the homepod minis that are
paired up reached 78 decibels the original homepod reached 84 and it's a
lot louder but the new homepod actually reached 86 consistently at the loud part
and it was the only one that gave me a loud warning on my Apple watch so
there's a big difference now I'm gonna make them all the same volume so you
guys can listen to the sound quality differences
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painkillers [Music]
foreign let me know your thoughts down in the
comment section below and with that I'm actually going to be comparing the new
homepod to the echo studio and the Google Nest their heists and one so make
sure you guys are subscribed now I think that the homepod minis were the most
balanced in terms of lows mids and highs now I do wish they had more low end base
the original home but actually had the most base it was a little bit boomy it
dug really low though whereas the new home pod the highs really stand out
they're brighter and the mids are pushed up as well so I feel like the best
balance are these but they do not have that amazing bass so now let's go ahead
and switch to our next track foreign
[Music] so for this one I have to say that I
prefer the original homepod uh this is where the minis just couldn't keep up
with their single drivers everything sounded very mushed together not bad but
the new home pod the highs really stood out into me personally a little bit too
much but now let's go ahead and listen to this Rock track that makes it much
more difficult [Music]
[Applause] [Music]
and for this one you guys let me know your thoughts but I have to say that the
original homepod sounded the best that is crazy and I don't even own this this
is vadims uh the new home pod while it does sound really good I think the highs
just stand out a little bit too much and you can EQ that in the Apple music app
but if you airPlay to it those don't come into effect now this is where the
minis uh the ones that I actually own Sound by far the worst close to an
Amazon Echo cheap speaker at least getting there because there's too many
frequencies happening now as for the frequency analysis I set all them to the
same volume here we have the homepod one the homepod 2 and the mini homepods now
I tried to layer these together in Photoshop and shift the colors a little
bit with opacity but it's not great but what you can see is that the homepod 2
has much more Bass Down Low they start to kick up at 40 Hertz but the homepod 2
is much louder in that area all the way up to around 100 where they meet now
here it's hard to tell because they flip and the colors are too similar so let me
go back to this original the homepod one at around 160 is quite a bit louder than
the homepod 2.
the same thing goes in the mids over here the homepod original
is louder and in the 500s leading up to a thousand the original homepod is
louder but when it comes to high frequencies the homepod 2 has a lot more
Sparkle it's a lot more bright as for The homepod Minis right here you guys
see how much less bass you have it doesn't really start to kick up until
around 60 70 Hertz and even then the base is so much lower than the homepod
2.
now around 160 they meet all the way up through around 400 or so and then the
minis start to dip back down lower now around a thousand to 1500 they're fairly
similar but the minis have a dip over here meet back up about two two and a
half and then in the high end the home pod 2 has a lot more Sparkle the highs
really stand out so the minis are much more flat across the board and then they
lack on a base compared to the homepod 2.
with all that said let's answer the original question should you buy the new
home pod or get two homepod Minis and is this better than the original well I
think if you can afford it go with this homepod it's way louder and lay later
down the line if you have some more cash you can add another one the minis are
nice they sound pretty decent but if you play them at loud volumes they don't get
loud and the sound quality goes down which here for this quality test I did
not Max them out they're at 90 percent um and the original homepod if you have
one of those I would say Do not upgrade if you can buy a used second one on the
market now that these new ones come down the prices will go down just buy a used
one with that setting this thing up it took a lot longer than the original one
probably because it has slower Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and I just don't know if it's
worth upgrading or buying new ones over good price you know still good quality
older one so that is my opinion you guys let me know your thoughts and make sure
you guys subscribe above to see the comparison with The Echo studio and the
Google Nest check out one of those videos right over there and I'll see you
in the next one foreign