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@johlag @andrumarino Yeah I mean the speakers that actually won the comparo were the Klipschs first designed in the… https://t.co/6wjna1ecG2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@HedonistCouture You can set the Apple TV to AirPlay to it, but you have to set it every single time you watch some… https://t.co/8LNInZMZnU — PolitiTweet.org

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@johlag @andrumarino And I asked about how they do it without a test tone and it basically comes down to comparing waveforms — PolitiTweet.org

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@johlag @andrumarino I poked at that and I don’t think it’s the case, since the processing works when you AirPlay f… https://t.co/W3Ckfjf4Ip — PolitiTweet.org

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@LaurenGoode Verge Cats Test Speakers is an idea whose time has come. — PolitiTweet.org

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@johlag @andrumarino What’s interesting is that Apple was insistent that they were tuning to neutral room and close… https://t.co/2XXOkctrvu — PolitiTweet.org

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@johlag @andrumarino I dunno, there’s definitely a school of audiophiles that wants everything actively tuned. I th… https://t.co/wDalj5upT3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Hey, look at that timing: Circuit Breaker Live is on YouTube at 4PM ET today, and we’ll have the HomePod! Ask us qs… https://t.co/MTmB23mZ96 — PolitiTweet.org

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@iLiamPatterson nope — PolitiTweet.org

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@johlag I am very curious for you to hear this thing. @andrumarino loved it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mcwm I gave the first Apple Watch a 7 :) — PolitiTweet.org

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One note that didn’t make it into the HomePod review: I asked Apple if anyone from Beats worked on it, and they sai… https://t.co/tXI4YVfjUV — PolitiTweet.org

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@bryanjforde Not yet but Apple says it’s coming and demoed it for me. Sounded great. — PolitiTweet.org

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Siri tho https://t.co/nuUdYx7SgL — PolitiTweet.org

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@manishgant It’s just incredibly subjective. In an A/B test, the HomePod handily wins. In practical experience, the… https://t.co/CqlGFRlSTO — PolitiTweet.org

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@gurnam It is... fine? When works it’s fun, like audio Wikipedia. But it didn’t know Ringo played the drums in the… https://t.co/3qjwwklWA7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@abdophoto That is our house! — PolitiTweet.org

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@waltmossberg @JoannaStern Joanna I’m just going to buy your dad a new TV — PolitiTweet.org

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@pukawaka Um yes :) — PolitiTweet.org

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@NickH80567787 It just figures it out. It’s cool. Haven’t had a problem yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stevekovach @jyarow Elon’s out there landing rockets, I just want it to play Spotify — PolitiTweet.org

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@jyarow Yeah, these are all software issues. Simple ones, too. — PolitiTweet.org

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@fqure It... shouldn’t matter. That’s what all the processing is for. But I suspect Apple optimized it to be next to a wall. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfortt Heh, thanks Jon! — PolitiTweet.org

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@khullen_ I mean they could, but the goal of a music service isn’t to tune to a single speaker, it’s to preserve the sound artists deliver. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cargath I didn’t say the others sounded meh! Sonos One sounds great, just not as full as the HomePod. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Kyle_Meadows Not over Bluetooth. If they have an iPhone they could use AirPlay, though. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is 100 percent true https://t.co/ktN31sx3IJ — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikkelWinther Cornwall IIIs! I love them, more than anything. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is my 3,000-word HomePod review. It is a major achievement in speaker technology. It also has Siri.… https://t.co/099VxOgwYQ — PolitiTweet.org