The Verge are positively gushing about the sound quality:
"Compared to the HomePod, the Sonos One sounds a little empty and the Google Home Max is a bass-heavy mess — even though Google also does real-time room tuning. The Echo and smaller Google Home aren’t even in the same league. The only...
Some early hands-on stuff coming out.
"Recently, though, I heard Apple’s HomePod again in a variety of scenarios and spaces. It sounded even better, especially when compared to larger Google Home Max and the aurally excellent Sonos One, the HomePod’s separation of sounds and fidelity to...
Don't underestimate the Apple fanboy market. It never ceases to amaze me when I'm in the US how many people are wearing an Apple Watch, which means they have an iPhone in their pocket.
That said, Apple have sort of boxed themselves into a corner on this. They've long made a big deal of...
There is a significant difference between the Echo and the Sonos 1 we have (which is now the £149 version I believe) in terms of audio quality. It's not even close.
Not sure an Echo is fair comparison, and I say that as someone with one in my view right now.
The more appropriate comparison would be the Sonos 1 (with Alexa) which is £199.00.
So, is the Homepod 1.5 times better than the Sonos 1? I have no idea. But even as a devout Apple man in a house full...