Comment Re:Check the THD plots (Score 1) 327
> Really? In 2004 I was well below that level [soundandvision.com], and later I took it to >100 dB SPL [data-bass.com] with single digit THD
The first link is to a much larger (physical size) product that cost $999 and that from a company that went out of business. It's hard to tell what it would cost today, plus it's not really competing in the same form factor as the category the HomePod is in. I don't think this is a reasonable comparison.
The second link talks about a product that easily costs over $2k. There's really no comparison.
That said, there's a well reasoned response from user edechamps in the reddit post that refutes the validity and interpretation of the OP measurements, and while one of the people involved answered him partially, I don't feel from reading the comment and response that his points were fully answered. So it's very possible that indeed the OP of the review was "looking through Apple-tinted glasses".