Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-04-05 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Mary, Yeah, I just checked the pricing, and it appears to run about $600. So no, not cheap. But of all the Sonos products we've purchased, it was by far the most worthwhile purchase. We purchased ours back in 2018, and have never had a minute of trouble. My only complaint about it is tha

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-04-04 Thread Karen Lewellen
hi Mary, You might be surprised what is available, and inexpensively, to insure your stereo equipment can connect to other things. Part of my professional life is as a radio producer. Often those working in broadcasting need to connect their standard equipment to these new toys, so smaller ada

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-04-04 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, Well good for you keeping those speakers. I think I’ve heard of Sonos amps, and I imagine they’re pretty pricey. I still have my old Adcom power amp and a preamp that dates from Gali sometime in the 80s maybe. A long time ago. It sounds great. But there’s no Bluetooth or anything anywh

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-31 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
What a chore. > > Mark > > > -Original Message- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 6:46 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: More on the HomePod from hell > > Hi Mary, > > I wish I kne

RE: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, I've been following this thread and I am so glad you got everything up and running. What a chore. Mark -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 6:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-30 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Karen, I *love vinyl, but boy I don’t miss storing all that. :). I had a *huge* album collection back in the day, which was later replaced by a pretty sizable CD collection. Although they’re smaller, the storage was starting to get on my nerves. I’ve kept some of my favorite cds, mostly bec

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-30 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Mary, I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I had the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old iPhone 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect to our home, but should be able to connect to our wireless netwo

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
YOu are welcome Donna, I do resonate with your feelings about apple quality control. These devices are not personally options for me just now, a secondary disability experience making them unsafe to use. Still, I have my cozy stereo near my sofa, where music is, for me a physical experience ho

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Donna, I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the Homepods provide for you. Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure everything from scratch. Downloading an older edition of the

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod.

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all toget

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna > On Mar 29, 2024,

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna G