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Home Assistant Voice PE speakers (feddit.nl)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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What are people hooking up to their HAVpe's for good sounding speakers? Obviously Big brands like Bose kill it, but any cheap alternatives with good sound for whole house audio?

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I have refused to purchase one, hoping a better speaker comes out as I have several rooms to replace google devices in.

I have seen cheap external computer speakers suggested several times, you can often find them dirt cheap at second hand and surplus stores.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    If you have Google Nest Minis to replace: There is a project on GitHub which plans to replace the main PCB in these devices (Gen 1 and Gen 2) and make them usable e.g. for Home Assistant.

    https://github.com/iMike78/home-mini-v1-drop-in-pcb https://github.com/iMike78/nest-mini-drop-in-pcb

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I have some gen 1 devices but at this point the hardware probably is worth replacing I think the mics are going bad on a few I have.

    There are 3rd parties that appear to be working on the LACK of music quality speaker with alternatives to the voice only PE.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Can I ask why you refuse? It's a decent quality product and supports (at least in my opinion) the efforts of an ethical company

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