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expiredSelman posted Feb 07, 2024 10:51 PM
expiredSelman posted Feb 07, 2024 10:51 PM

Harman Kardon Citation 500 $230

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Harmon Kardon Citation 500
This is probably the best featured smart speaker available in this price range. People are still paying around this price for years old Google Home Max speakers. Used Citation 500s have been selling on eBay for more than this in the past couple years. You can Bluetooth, AirPlay, or just tell Google to stream from whatever service you want.
  • Google Assistant Enabled
  • Output Power: 200W RMS
  • 2 x 1" tweeters
  • 2 x 5" woofers with a Passive Radiator
  • Supported audio formats HE-AAC, LC-AAC, MP3, Vorbis, WAV (LPCM), FLAC, Opus


https://www.harmankardon.com/cita...BLKAM.html
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Harmon Kardon Citation 500
This is probably the best featured smart speaker available in this price range. People are still paying around this price for years old Google Home Max speakers. Used Citation 500s have been selling on eBay for more than this in the past couple years. You can Bluetooth, AirPlay, or just tell Google to stream from whatever service you want.
  • Google Assistant Enabled
  • Output Power: 200W RMS
  • 2 x 1" tweeters
  • 2 x 5" woofers with a Passive Radiator
  • Supported audio formats HE-AAC, LC-AAC, MP3, Vorbis, WAV (LPCM), FLAC, Opus


https://www.harmankardon.com/cita...BLKAM.html

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Feb 07, 2024 11:23 PM
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ScarletBelieve3817Feb 07, 2024 11:23 PM
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It's been at this price for a long time now. Just FYI.
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Feb 08, 2024 01:08 AM
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john2952Feb 08, 2024 01:08 AM
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This is a great speaker. this is an amazing price. i wish there was an amazing speaker that was comparable to this speaker and did all the amazing things this speaker does. but there is not!!
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Feb 08, 2024 01:33 AM
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CarlosSantana2022Feb 08, 2024 01:33 AM
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Quote from ccsicecoke :
No AirPlay. No deal
I think it has Airplay
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Feb 08, 2024 02:00 AM
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RocGuyFeb 08, 2024 02:00 AM
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Quote from CarlosSantana2022 :
I think it has Airplay
It does have AirPlay. I have this speaker and love it.
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Feb 08, 2024 02:57 AM
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Feb 08, 2024 02:57 AM
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Is this better than Google home max
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Feb 08, 2024 03:13 AM
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horn34Feb 08, 2024 03:13 AM
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This is not a "whole home audio system" unless your house doesn't have any interior walls...you have to buy additional speakers for each room.
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Feb 08, 2024 03:18 AM
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Feb 08, 2024 03:18 AM
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Quote from horn34 :
This is not a "whole home audio system" unless your house doesn't have any interior walls...you have to buy additional speakers for each room.
The point is that the Citation line, like Sonos products, is intended for whole home audio. No single unit is doing that. I didn't type out, "system".

This page shows other products in the line that could form a system:
https://www.harmankardon.com/citation.html#
Last edited by Selman February 7, 2024 at 08:34 PM.
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horn34Feb 08, 2024 03:27 AM
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Quote from Selman :
The point is that the Citation line, like Sonos products, is intended for whole home audio. No single unit is doing that. There is nowhere that says, "system".
Check your link.

"Smart Home Loudspeaker System"

The only reason I'm commenting is because someone sent me this link and asked if it was a good deal. I told them they'd need 4-5 units for their house. So yes, many people will think this is some cheap magical whole house system and the HK description supports that.
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Feb 08, 2024 03:30 AM
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Quote from horn34 :
Check your link.

"Smart Home Loudspeaker System"

The only reason I'm commenting is because someone sent me this link and asked if it was a good deal. I told them they'd need 4-5 units for their house. So yes, many people will think this is some cheap magical whole house system and the HK description supports that.
Nice of you to try to help them.

A single unit is certainly a "loudspeaker system" for the "home". Those words mean quite different things. I definitely didn't mean to imply it had magical powers. It's just a medium sized speaker cabinet with Google Assistant.
Last edited by Selman February 8, 2024 at 05:19 AM.
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Feb 09, 2024 12:59 PM
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ChiefAlchemistFeb 09, 2024 12:59 PM
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So this is a wifi network speaker for a wifi based system? But using what apps? The page mentions Google home.

Also, no physical way to connect?

I'm looking to set up a low-key portable lounge / cookout wifi speaker system, but need a physical into the master speaker from the mixer.

Finally, can these be mixed and matched with other brands? For example Sonos?
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GeoffreyK24Feb 13, 2024 12:50 PM
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These have been around for quite a while and I honestly thought they had been discontinued. I've wanted to play with one but this just isn't my impulse buy price. I've still yet to get my hands on the JBL Link 500 but I was assuming it was going to essentially be the same internals and sound signature of this model considering JBL and HK both had a 300 and a 500 Google Assistant enabled speakers out around the same time. I did have the JBL Link 300 and it was a really solid speaker.

I would love to get this to play with but my wife would smother me in my sleep and I like breathing
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TenseMitten8647Feb 13, 2024 06:04 PM
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Quote from horn34 :
This is not a "whole home audio system" unless your house doesn't have any interior walls...you have to buy additional speakers for each room.
Target demographic is actually first time igloo buyers
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Feb 14, 2024 08:07 PM
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Quote from GeoffreyK24 :
These have been around for quite a while and I honestly thought they had been discontinued. I've wanted to play with one but this just isn't my impulse buy price. I've still yet to get my hands on the JBL Link 500 but I was assuming it was going to essentially be the same internals and sound signature of this model considering JBL and HK both had a 300 and a 500 Google Assistant enabled speakers out around the same time. I did have the JBL Link 300 and it was a really solid speaker.

I would love to get this to play with but my wife would smother me in my sleep and I like breathing
The JBL Link 500 is a vastly inferior speaker compared to these. The Link 500 has way less bass. The Citation has dual 5" woofers. The Link 500 has dual 3.5" woofers. That means the Link 500 has less than half the surface area of bass drivers that the Citation 500 does. Weight doesn't mean much without knowing the magnet weights of the woofers, but the Link 500 is less than half the weight. The Link 500 is very similar in specs to the Citation 300.

I've got the Citation 500 in the kitchen. My wife loves it dancing to it while we work in the kitchen. I've got a Citation 200 in the kitchen and bedroom. I pair those up to throw on the deck for barbecues.
Last edited by Selman February 14, 2024 at 01:10 PM.
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