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REVIEW<br />

muted than when it was sat on a small table in the<br />

lounge, further from a wall. In the latter location, bass<br />

was considerably louder.<br />

Regardless of position, the motor-driven woofer<br />

delivers bass frequencies which many rival smart<br />

speakers simply cannot produce. The Amazon Echo, for<br />

example, struggles with tracks such as Fractal’s Itvara<br />

and bass is largely absent.<br />

Not so on the HomePod. In our lounge, it coped<br />

effortlessly with the sub-bass with power that you’d<br />

associate with a much larger speaker.<br />

We’ve listened to just about every genre and<br />

the HomePod does a great job with all. If you want to<br />

demo the HomePod, pick a simple track with strong<br />

vocals and a deep bass line. Diana Krall’s Peel me a<br />

56 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2018<br />

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