So....why did you purchase these ‘water bottles’?

Have you become more ‘indifferent’ - or was it out of pure curiousity?

You might have asked yourself these questions before.

MM

good answer. It was pure curiousity and the idea behind: simplicitiy. Soundwise the "new technology" is no comparison to the old one.

...and in the end you keep asking for the same music to play - or rely on some dumb playlist, that ‘the machine’ picks for you.

I’d rather spend my ‘curiousity’ on exploring music and artists on the web (in my case my iPad) - this intermediate step gives me inspiration to choose and listen to music in all it’s varietes.

And it has become sooo easy these days just to type your request in the search field of your prefered music streaming service ;-)

But, OK....for casual listening/background listening - if you are not as ‘demanding’ as I am, voie control and a small speaker will certainly do the job.

MM

Mrs P  loves her Google home in the kitchen,  it plays the music she asks for and also answers her questions while she is baking/cake decorating etc. without having to clean her hands or reach for her phone etc. It also doesn't use her phone battery. 

I on the otherhand can ask it to play my music on "My Hifi" (as I have called the Chromecast Audio in the back of my BM5000) - no typing required!. I defy anyone to fire up an App and select the same music any quicker! Instant access, again without any impact on my phones wellbeing. 

I find I use streaming for the sitting room (BL8000), kitchen (BL3500), garden (yamaha in the garage), study (BL2000) and it streams from my Mac to a Playmaker and internet radio. I use the remote app and it works flawlessly. When I have friends round they can stream form whatever phone they have. So it's a good solution for day to day listening.

For music evenings though I listen mainly in my study to vinyl through a valve amp and into M100-2's, I also use the USB output from the mac to a DAC and into the amp for itunes and a Revox tape recorder to record playlists!. That system completely blows away any of the others in my house, but, would look terrible in the sitting room due to the size of it all.

Recently I have found that I have bought more vinyl and discovering new music that way. But day to day is streaming.

can definitely see scenarios where it makes sense, but for some the interaction of talking to a machine, is (a) odd and a hurdle, and (b) especially when each interaction starts with a Hey Google, or Hey Siri or whatever, which makes the interaction super weird and odd, to me at least.

Maybe i'll be motivated to get over that hurdle one day, when voice control becomes better, and the connected devices get better.

Sandyb wrote:

can definitely see scenarios where it makes sense, but for some the interaction of talking to a machine, is (a) odd and a hurdle, and (b) especially when each interaction starts with a Hey Google, or Hey Siri or whatever, which makes the interaction super weird and odd, to me at least.

Maybe i'll be motivated to get over that hurdle one day, when voice control becomes better, and the connected devices get better.

 

 

Its not really the issue you think it is, in the comfort of your own home you'll not even notice you're saying it after a day or two! (and, unlike Apple, it does amazingly well, considering my NE accent - I don't have to attempt a 1930's BBC Presenter's voice in an effort to be understood)!!

Different story using voice assistant on your phone in public - I agree you will feel and look a complete tool!😂

And that may well be the case, that i'd just get used to it quickly. And one day i suspect i'll be voice activating various things, i'm just in no great hurry and i'll wait, as (hopefully) the overall capability improves in the future.

I'll amble on with my Moment for a while, or using the app, which is decent now.

And see how B&O integrate voice into their products - while its easy to cringe at this like future development, i'd be more relaxed. B&O will be using existing voice assistants, from what i understand, so having a BS2 you can talk to with a "Hey Google" etc shouldnt be a bad thing.