We have four original HomePods here - two are still working as-new, but the other two will only work for a short period of time before they stop playing, or think they're playing but no sound comes out etc. I'll try mailing that guy in the UK unless anyone can suggest an alternative? I really don't want to admit defeat and just bin them, I think its also a bit poor of Apple to just wipe their hands of these given there seems to be a known issue with them.