The Original Apple HomePod #Helpful Post

so Apple just unveiled a brand new Siri

enabled speaker aka home pod but during

the announcement I couldn't help but

think to myself didn't they already do

this this is absolute first karate

device the iPod hi-fi announced in 2006

by Steve Jobs to hi-fi it was a speaker

system with a built-in dock designed for

iPods using what was then the

cutting-edge technology of its time

30-pin now looks like this was built to

match apple's design aesthetic which

back then was mostly gloss white now

because the hi-fi was designed for ipods

it came with every adapter you would

need to connect but on the back there

was also an aux input so just in case

you wanted to be a rebel you could also

connect your Zune what kind of made the

iPod hi-fi unique those yes you could

plug it into a wall to power it up just

like the home pod but unlike the home

pod the iPod hi-fi had built-in handles

and the reason why it had these you

could actually also power this through

the batteries so Apple at the time must

have had some crazy vision of people

rocking this outside in public

 

now when comparing the iPod hi-fi

against be now current home pod things

get a little crazy

first the announcements were scary

similar they stress the audio quality a

ported bass reflex design so you can see

the port's coming right out the front we

get great bass out of this thing and it

doesn't distort when you crank it up

that's automatic basic use a ssin and

dynamic software modeling so there's we

turn the volume up it's free from

distortion in the new classic Apple

fashion how current products aren't

meeting people need but the problem with

these products is that none of them

really offer home stereo quality others

have worked to make smart speakers that

you can talk to the downtown so great

when you listen to music where it gets

super crazy though and I kid you not the

iPod hi-fi was released at the exact

same price as the current home pod three

hundred and forty nine dollars really

more in the iPod economy space at $349

at home pod it's going to be priced for

three hundred and forty nine dollars so

it's pretty clear the iPod hi-fi in the

home pod have a ton in common and I got

me thinking could I turn the original

iPod hi-fi into a home pod now fair

warning this is in no way practical and

anyone in the right mind should not try

this but for science let's do it

so clearly hook it up some like an echo

dot an external speaker is the simplest

and most practical way to do things but

we are not looking for practical so the

goal here is to get Siri working through

the iPod hi-fi the first thing I tried

was this very cheap inexpensive

Bluetooth 30-pin adapter I thought it

would look cool I thought it would match

this and kind of keep that 30-pin vibes

going the problem is though which you

will see shortly after I connect and

listen to this beautiful beautiful

beautiful sound that's quality music

will play through the iPod hi-fi but if

you notice hey Siri tell me a joke

so the problem was not the joke it was

the fact that the audio came through the

phone and not the speaker but I have one

more back-up plan the M pal right angle

adapter I think that aux connector here

is going to help bring this home pod Oh

we'll keep that so out is this 30-pin

disaster in is the M pal hey Siri tell

me another joke it works it's kind of

loud whoops this is supposed to pop hey

Siri tell me another joke Jonathan I

don't really know any good joke

none in fact so it kind of sounded like

this punch me in the stomach but now

definitely came through this it's not

the smoothest or the easiest way but we

got hey Siri working through the iPod

hi-fi now it is time for the music test

hey Siri play everyday bro I'm kidding

No

Siri jokes are one thing but music is

another hey Siri play Whitney Mayer I'm

the one call Youm work

really allowed so that was about sixty

percent volume honestly I'm a little

scared to turn this to a hundred might

blow my ears right off it was way way

louder than I thought it would be and it

also sounded better than I assumed it

would be especially for a product that

was announced way back in 2006 and then

quickly discontinued in 2007 so is is

practical absolutely not but what do I

know maybe you happen to have one of

these iPod hi-fi laying around your

homes I am looking at you detroit borg

now all you got to do is at a very

simple inexpensive bluetooth adapter and

you can turn your iPod hi-fi into a home

pop kind