I Was WRONG About The Amazon Echo Studio... Sort Of

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The Amazon Echo Studio is capable of 3D sound and Dobly Atmos, there's just one thing they're not telling you...
If you're thinking of buying the Echo Studio then buy two; One is not enough. Don't get me wrong, this is THE BEST sounding Echo speaker that Amazon have produced, The Echo Studio sound coupled with its amazing price tag make this a real contender for the best smart home speaker for 2020, BUT I want you to buy with your eyes open as to the reality of its 3D and Dolby Atmos capabilities, and musically speaking I honestly think you need two of them. Don't fall for the marketing hype; one Echo studio speaker is great, but most people will not benefit from it's 3D sound, the Dolby Atmos or even the stereo effects and this review explains why.
If you're looking for an honest Amazon Echo Studio Review then this video compares it to my actual surround sound system and put's it's ability to recalibrate to a different room position to the test. If you want to know how to recalibrate the echo studio then I'll be covering that too. I carried out my Echo studio sound test using various inputs including pairing it to the Amazon Fire TV cube for full Dolby Atmos. Your room and the positioning of the speaker will be absolutely crucial to take advantage of those effects, the question is; is it worth it?
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@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Morning all! What do you guys reckon? Will you be buying one? Or even two?? I do love the tone of it, but whether I can bring myself to buy a 2nd one or not I'm not sure. Maybe 2 and an echo sub?! My wallet is screaming. If you're interested in the echo studio then by buying through my link I'll get commission at no cost to you: Buy The Echo Studio: UK: amzn.to/2uyin8i US: amzn.to/2FvwNZ7 Thanks, -P

@IaconDawnshire 4 года назад

Don't I need a Fire TV to use this damn thing? If so it's a skip. I'm not going to buy a whole new TV just for that

@kennymurphy4493 4 года назад

Iacon Dawnshire if you have a 4k firestick or fire cube it will work with those only

@kennymurphy4493 4 года назад

I have a single studio paired centrally placed with an echo sub and it sounds amazing

@erinescence2095 4 года назад

No. My concern was the one you outlined here--where the heck do you place it to have it work its magic? I'm not going to stick it in the middle of a room and deal with its power cable running across a room.

@Adventure_Awaitz 4 года назад

Bought 2 and the sub, amazing sound 🤩

@walione1000 Год назад

We had a 1st gen Echo in our master bathroom for listening to music in the morning ru-vid.comUgkxABghAEkaIDGZfHRBH3D3rBrlraNmnC71 and while in the shower. I didn't realize how tinny and awful the sound output on the original Echo was until we replaced it with the Studio. It was a sonic upgrade far beyond what I was expecting. Just wow. I love it because it's like having speakers IN the shower. My friend likes it because the music is so loud that she can no longer hear me singing. So that's a win-win.

@ewanmurray153 4 года назад

Well Paul, this is one of the only joys about being single, I have special tables for everything!

@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Everything?? 🤣

@ewanmurray153 4 года назад

@@paulhibbert Oh yes *everything* 😂

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

@@paulhibbert Maybe one of those special Gwyneth Paltrow candles could go on one of the tables 🤔

@ewanmurray153 4 года назад

@@jamesbyford7614 I kinda want to let peoples imaginations run away with them, let's see where it goes 😂🤣

@tripertronic6065 4 года назад

Stupid, forget your table and find a woman (or man) 🤪

@davidarchbald2206 3 года назад

This speaker is super worth it. I used it for about a year alone and every person who listened to it was blown away. It had deep bass and amazing highs. I then decided to upgrade and put it in stereo as a home theater setup. It’s comparable to a full Bose or Sony sound system. The second speaker is a must. It take the experience up about 6 levels. This thing is a joy to listen to. Ive never had speakers so good I don’t want to leave the house and stop watching movies or listening to music. Amazon did some magic. The only complaint I have is that its a tad bit closed off in terms of customization. It’s the best investment i’ve ever made.

@sam_9228 Год назад

I just bought my second one and I'm excited to see how two of them sound! Did you keep the Stereo Spatial Enhancement feature turned on with both of them?

@suzesiviter6083 4 года назад

As an ex-audio engineer...it is possible if you were to play a few tones outside the range of human hearing before the music starts, its not exactly ideal as you would need the equivalent of a gun shot which would be audible, but you could potentially do a 'cheap-ass' version with an high frequency tone to calculate the rough position.

@sam_9228 Год назад

(I'm not an audio engineer) But I'm wondering if maybe it looks at the waveform of the audio playing and compares it to the waveform from the Microphones. This is what the AirPods Pro do and I'm wondering if this also does that.

@NatashaJBella 3 года назад

Such a perfect review. Just bought one of these, the sound quality is excellent for it's price point, but it's just too big and too good to waste a corner of the room close to a wall. I'm returning it and replacing with a Echo 4th gen, which I'll just add additional speakers to when I feel the need. This video along with your review on the 4th gen echo helped me confirm my decision. Subscribed and binge-watching for a few days now. So entertaining! :)

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

We've gotta get #FantasyBollocks trending somewhere by the end of the day!!

@NicolasRaimo 4 года назад

HAHA AGREE!

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

Let's do this 👊 Https://twitter.com/hibberthometech/status/1215941000755060739?s=19

@MrDazza29 4 года назад

Your bolocs

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

@@MrDazza29 Are your fantasy?

@JasonKing247 4 года назад

I have an Amazon Echo Studio, I will say it knows where the wall is behind it. If you compare to a UE boom for example with 360 sound, it reduces the echo effect and directs sound towards my coach. But you’re right one speaker cannot do 3D sound unless centrally located

@saundra1571 9 месяцев назад

I have 16 echos, in various sizes, I think I have at least one of each, I have them all connected for surround sound throughout my house. I just got the studio, I love it, I ordered another, and plan on connecting them to the sub woofer, which I currently have paired with 2 echo plus. I cant wait to reconfigure them and hear the surround sound, I do have a somewhat large house, I love loud music, especially while cleaning. I definitely recommend this speaker.

@neorich59 Год назад

My speakers ARE brilliant, for my needs. That's 'cos I'm still using the classy Wharfedale Speakers I bought way back in the 80's and are hooked up to my Technics (remember them?) Amplifier, to which my T.V. is also linked. They built stuff to last back then. The sound is phenomenal. It always makes me laugh when someone tells me that a single speaker can even come close, better still when someone plays music through a mobile phone speaker and praises it when it sounds no better than the mono transistor radio my parents bought me for Xmas back in the 60s. That said, I've just bought a 3rd Gen Echo Dot, which sits atop one of the Wharfedales and does me fine when I'm too damned lazy to push a few buttons, which is a lot of the time, these days! But, I don't expect it'll be in good working order in another 40 years, but then, I won't be either! 😉😉

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

Clothier is a Yorkshire insult for kids who don't listen to their parents 😄

@yorkshirepud6676 3 года назад

ya Daft apath... :)

@techmed-rainer 4 года назад

Thank you very much for this video. I use two of the Echo Studio plus one Echo Sub (I already had the Sub before) at my Fire TV Cube as Home Theatre Setup, and it's incredible. Of course, this way it becomes more expensive, but it's totally worth it.

@Mike-su4ln 3 года назад

Thank you, this is what I was thinking of doing. This video kind of put me off, but your comments made me want to do it again (I already have the sub, and use 2 dots for stereo home theatre, thinking of replacing them with studio for better quality)

@mrnix1001 4 года назад

I couldn't tell if you liked it or not until the end... but, I will say that I love my Studio. It's in my office, in a corner, and I basically only listen to NPR and Pandora on it, but it sounds amazing (relatively speaking). It blows the soundbar + subwoofer I was using previously out of the water. And yeah, if you listen hard enough you can hear the "faking" of the 3d sound, but for casual listening I haven't come across anything better yet.

@electricme100 3 года назад

Hey there! I'm new to your site. I just saw this episode. It was new to me. I have been thinking about how "the Mrs. wouldn't let you put a table in the middle of the living room..." issue. Why not attach it to the ceiling? < an underutilized surface in most cases. You won't bark your shins on a table in the middle of the room. From what you've said, you can make a Flick do your button pushing for you, yes? Will it look odd? Who cares? If you get awesome sound you can ignore the theoretical eyesoreness. Extra bonus: if it's hanging out on the ceiling, you won't have to dust the top of it. In an ideal world you would be doing a giveaway for a couple of these beasts.

@michaelfern9854 4 года назад

I really like your energy and the way you produce your videos. I got a second one, and already have the echo subwoofer, was able to jerry rig a sound bar to them. I got rid of my 2500 sound system when I moved. which admittedly was better, but not 4 times better than the 600 dollars this new setup costs. Even with just two echo studios, at around a 400 dollars I doubt you’ll get a better bang for your buck when you take account alexa caballitos (if you’re into that kind of thing)

@InstruMentalCase 4 года назад

Acoustic EQ really does make a huge difference in just about any sound system, and the technology has gotten adaptive as the marketing claims. However, it is not going to make a single unit appear to have an equivalent soundstage to an actual wide stereo pair or surround system. The top-firing speaker is a plus though.

@andrewl9020 4 года назад

About 10 years ago I had a Yamaha sounder that worked in very much the same way by bouncing sound off the walls. It was not that bad, but found that after prolonged listening it started to give me a really bad headache due to the artificial nature of the sound. Not sure if this product would do the same. In the long run it can't really replace separate speakers though.

@AutomateYourLife 4 года назад

You don't have to look out the window to know it isn't raining potatoes!

@thedogecoinmultimillionair 3 года назад

Thanks for letting me know I’m not buying it now

@Robson-pf3lu Год назад

bro dosnt have a clue

@paulhibbert Год назад

217,000 people would say otherwise dingus.

@jiaminzhu406 4 года назад

Hey Paul. I really like your channel. I am searching a sound setup for my projector and currently it looks exactly as in your video. A table in the middle of the room and projector projects on the wall. This looks kind of ridiculous. Do you think two echo device would work? Should I put them on the floor? How do you do it?

@anthonycross6392 4 года назад

As always a fair and detailed review by the nutty professor...haha. Happy new year buddy, great vid thankyou.

@musha-hv8tx 3 года назад

you look and sounds like POPPYE....

@erniestammers5121 4 года назад

Hi Paul Love your out takes keep me amused while hooked up to my breathing machine.(lung disease) I bought my son one of these speakers as he used to do a lot of DJ stuff, he thinks it is the best speaker he has heard in a long time, but also says it it does have a few negative points but not so much that the untrained ear could easily pick up on. I think all your reviews on Amazon products are great, I bought myself an Amazon screen thing 10 , not that I use it to its full potential, but handy for me to turn on lights, music, etc, as I struggle to move about. I now have Amazon dot in my summerhouse connected to a sound bar, and a couple around the house but these are the first generation? Things But they do what I want them to do. Happy new year to you and yours. Ernie Essex UK

@darragh5054 3 года назад

You could have 2 on both sides of your tv

@204Dj 4 года назад

Finaly I'll keep my wire speaker lol

@Neil3D 4 года назад

I got a Lenovo P53 mobile workstation sent to me with "Dolby Atmos" printed on the chassis, I came up with all sorts of insulting words to throw at it for such nonsense claims... but #FantasyBollocks is my new favourite.

@richardh6089 4 года назад

I have just got two Echo studio’s and put them in a stereo pair they do sound great to me.

@gazmck 4 года назад

Fantasy Bollocks.....lol I sent mine back

@TheStoneWhisperer 4 года назад

I bought one just because you said not to Paul! LOL.....Kidding! But I did buy one and I love it! Now mind you, it's not in my living room replacing my surround sound system. It's in my kitchen just as a general nice sounding portable speaker for when I'm playing my Spotify on. I am considering having one in my bedroom and living room. I wonder, if I do get multiple ones, when I command music to play on one, will it turn all on and play automatically? That would be cool if it did that! :) Love your videos Paul really! The humor injected is great and just overall great advice, even if you are English...hehehehe. 😁😂👍

@alanward8923 Год назад

This speaker is amazing..

@ElliotPrudence 4 года назад

One of very few people on RU-vid who review Echo products and has any knowledge of audio/sound! Im sure the Echo Studio is great for its size/price/versatility but compared with any mid/high end set of speakers it would get absolutely smoked!

@vrtotalquest 3 года назад

Yo acabo de devolver 2 echo studio, la sincronización de Bluetooth es malisimo, y cuando estas viendo ó escuchado algo se corta el audio. Por como se escucha es una maravilla, solo se puede conectar en par a modo Bluetooth con un Fire Stick 4k, si quieres escuchar la tv solo sin el fire stick 4k, no lo vas a poder hacer, siempre que sea en par. Si solo te compras 1 no tendrás problema para conectarlo por medio de minioptico a optico al tv o a otro sistema. En la demo del altavoz se escucha muy bien, pero esa magia no se escucha igual en las peliculas.

@TacticalJackalope 4 года назад

This concept is not new. The Bose corporation have been using sound reflective technology for more than 30 years. Check out the 901 from them.

@stevepoole7057 3 года назад

I bought mine a while ago but from a 'home shopping channel' (maybe Highstreet something) for around £139 + p&p of course. Cheaper than Amazon has ever done, including their sales. I would not have bought it for the Amazon price. By far the biggest downside is the lag. I guess I'll get used to it but if you have members of your household who listens simultaneously by headphones it'll drive them nuts! (OK I admit it, it's me!!)

@thomasbroleen4241 3 года назад

I'll tell you what's brilliant, your honest and funny presentation is brilliant, never seen anything like this before. 👏👏🤣

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Thanks man 😊👍❤️

@deoxideo 3 года назад

You are correct. 3D analysis of any room uses the mic to create the sweet spot where the mic is, NOT where the listener’s ears are. …(that’s why any professional analysis involves putting a mic where the listeners ears are) It’s creating a sweet spot where it is, not where you, the listener is. Room analysis is not only frequency but speaker timing also. Your head cannot occupy the same space of the echo show without moving it.. which renders the calibration useless. At best it’s adjusting the equalization for mids highs etc.

@drfezyt 4 года назад

Put it Above the tv

@drfezyt 4 года назад

Or the celling

@Nite-owl 4 года назад

100% spot on. Neisha would certainly look better than you wearing invisible clothes 😂

@Optimus-Prime-Rib 4 года назад

Neisha is a helluva pull.

@Techlifeandmore 4 года назад

You guys are pretty crazy. $530 get you the best set up you can get for that price. The best Sonos set up out there is below. Start by getting the Sonos play bass. $700! Then get a Sonos sub. $700! Then get to Sonos play one. $300! Sonos products are so overpriced! $1700! That’s just for the five components of that system. Sonos will pull you in if you’re not careful. That’s setup is probably not even that much better than getting a $168 black web surround sound system from Walmart and connecting it to your echo studio and echo subsystem. That’s probably between $700, and $720. Let’s go with $720. Get an Amazon fire TV stick 4K, and now it’s $770.

@Bricktop101 3 года назад

Great video. Did Amazon since sort the spatial sound bug with an update?

@ruk2023-- 4 года назад

Good review. Only thing I am going to comment on is Atmos and Dolby used to mean something. Atmos is a scalable format meaning that it can go from anything from 2 to 128 discreet channels depending on the input and / or output configuration. Unfortunately this excellent technology has allowed cynical marketers to legitimately brand a phone with Dolby Atmos. Atmos no longer means a particular audio quality like 5.1, 2.1, 7.1 used to imply.

@damiantrejo8266 4 года назад

Hi Paul, thanks for the tips, I have an Echo studio (1) set as home theatre, and works well with all apps ( netflix prime video etc content, but the online that I can't get to work properly sound sync and quality is youtube, ( even the sound sounds like if one of the speakers is broken or something ) I tried setting as well with the bouncing ball but i can't get to work properly, any advice? thank you

@FactsDominate 4 года назад

You have instantly become my favorite go to for reviews. Thanks for taking the "BORING" out of tech reviews. With all due respect your wife is hot. I own a Studio and love it.

@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Haha, thanks man!

@guillermomartin8248 4 года назад

I put two of these in my 10x10 room and it definitely fills the room with sound, all around me. However, I feel it gets muffled when there is a lot going on in a movie, dialogue, action scenes, music etc. Some services sound better than others, specifially Netflix with Atmos sound best in my opinion but I have some movies on iTunes/MoviesAnywhere and they sounded pretty bad in comparison. I mean what do you want for a

@mydogskips2 4 года назад

Yes, but the most, most important thing you need to consider, I think most people would rather have just one speaker positioned someone in their room as opposed to five or six spread all around the room. Of course one single speaker isn't going to be as good as having five or six in a true surround sound setup, but if it gets 80% of the way there, saves a bit of money and space, and most importantly, eye clutter, a lot of people will find it appealing.

@miltonbrown7479 4 года назад

Well I bought the Echo Studio about two and half weeks ago and use playing music unlimited through Amazon. Seriously but although it sounds good I can hardly tell the difference between playing Michael Jackson's Thriller from Amazon HD MUSIC and mine own Michael Jackson. Album including Thriller ripped MP3 from my laptop. Then played using Bluetooth from any of my devices to the Echo Studio. And also using the 3D demonstration I'm not blown away at all.And as for hearing sounds behind me no way whatsoever..Yes the music is more Dynamic possibly and maybe more clarity and bass but it's not 4 or 5 more better than MP3 mode.The 3D is good but compared to seeing a film in a cinema visually in 3D there's a big difference.

@HartWilke 4 года назад

I think you're missing the point with the Echo Studio. It will function as a speaker, that is true. But, that's like saying a Swiss Army Knife will cut twine, without considering any of the other blades. An Echo Studio is a streaming speaker. It is the 21st Century replacement for a stereo system. I can stream radio broadcasts. I can stream both free and subscription streaming services. I can use it as a speaker for a television set, via Bluetooth, an optical cable or audio cable.) I can even use it as a speaker for my smartphone. It has remarkable bass response, a powerful amp, and it works with Alexa. When configured with a Fire TV Stick, you gain voice control over the Fire TV Stick, and volume and playback control over the Echo Studio with the Fire TV remote. The competition for this thing would be a SONOS One speaker, but the SONOS One isn't as versatile. (AirPlay2, but no Bluetooth, no audio input, and a sub-set of Alexa features.) Music that has been re-mastered for the Echo Studio is incredible, and you should really give that a listen. I have ordered a second Echo Studio, and I will be creating a stereo pair. An Echo Sub should be arriving in mid-November.

@HarleyAssi 3 года назад

Best review I have ever encountered!!!! You are so funny dude, thank you for making my day

@nadirali1518 4 года назад

dont you thinks its unethical of them to change the policy where you are no longer able to play different music on different devices in the same house, as used to be the case when we got these devices? NOW, they are charging for it!! its absurd! Yes, you can play from different sources (amazon music on one and iheart etc. on the other) but what a drag!! I find it EXTREMELY unfair, we didnt pay for this

@RealWizardry 4 года назад

I did wonder about the studio. Thanks for the review. Glad I didn’t get one now. I’m interested in what you do with the two dots though. I tried it with my fire tv but they kept dropping out and needed to be linked again. Then we had the problem of one or other of them being superfluous when I called Alexa but both going off when I made an announcement but wasn’t using the tv. Then I had the echo flex and echo show in the same room and when I saw something on the show, I’d say “Alexa tell me more” and the show wouldn’t understand me because the flex’s speaker was set up to play through the show but the microphone picked it up but didn’t know what story I wanted to play. It was just a bit hot mess. Anyway, that’s more of a rant than anything.

@quickie2012 4 года назад

Please can you tell me why the firestick (not 4k) does not bluetooth pair with echo dot as a speaker anymore? Bluetooth no longer working and not compatible with home theater 😖🤬🤯. Could be me being thick (hope not)

@Panama714 4 года назад

Really enjoy your videos. Based on your experience could this be mounted in the center of the room - on the ceiling? (upside down) Would it do it's magical bollocks? (Hope that the proper use of the word - Damn Americans)

@wmontoyav 4 года назад

You are funny pal, well while what you say is true I think you miss a point and that is Why the calibrations happen only 1 time . While your statement about "all rooms are different" is true there one detail that all rooms have in common (actually 99%) and is the ceiling, yes 99% of the ceilings are flat no obstacles and white, so why there is a speaker pointing to the top? yes that is the 3d sound and that does not change too much even if you move your speaker, think you can move to a different table but that will be 5-6 inches max of differences compared to the height of the ceiling that is nothing. You are using Other speaker logic and not Atmos logic and Atmos uses the ceiling.

@samueljbooth9124 3 года назад

Paul please help. I got my mum Amazon ECCO view 5 for her bedroom so she can lison to radio 4 in the morning. She has stuck it in the living room using it as a hifi . Can you please do a review of sound quality over all Amazon products with a screen as mum says she likes to see what's playing . Note she will never use this for TV as it's to small. Ps this is all new to here . The old dot 1st gen she hated and never got on with .

@randyXLT 4 года назад

I don't think the echo studio was designed to replace your surround sound, just good music for a small area.

@hybridangel3403 3 года назад

No simoly because I am not going to use it to its full. I am happy with the 4th and the plus. I have a Dz260. For ny ho.e theartre and my echo 4th is for when I am cleaning my home. It's enough. I could just aux it to my hifi or home theartre system but I feel its enough. However a better idea would have been better to have made a proper sound bar

@Whatsitallabaaat 4 года назад

Anyone whose mrs objects to putting a speaker in a central space needs to grow a pair of balls. If she doesn't like it, show her the front door. She can take the kids with her too, they probably aren't yours anyway. Once she's out, change the locks and get a restraining order against her. Now sit back and enjoy your speaker and try to land a new wife from somewhere sensible like Korea, Japan or Thailand.

@greg99ism Год назад

I really like your channel your very informative, but i would really appreciate if you would broaden your audiance to the blind, and show how smart home devices could be used for the blind or visually impaired.

@Cornwall1888 4 года назад

I’ll stick to my Samsung ms750 Soundbar with Alexa, probably sounds better and is more versatile, echo with sub only plays amazon stuff through tv Doesn’t have Dolby at is but I can add speakers if I wish

@certifiedbiker580 2 года назад

You should stop taking mouthfuls of Helium before doing your reviews, " Oh sorry is that your real voice"

@alexnorth3393 4 года назад

Atmos on headphones sounds good tbh. The atmos for headphones is not real atmos of course but a great surround sound emulation even better than Windows Sonic. The software emulation is good. Actual atmos from phone speakers is bullshit though!

@iamhossmw 4 года назад

You mentioned that you have two echo dots paired for room sound. Do you have a video on this?

@barnes128 4 года назад

why do I always sit here and cry from laughing? You are so funny, and yes totally agree with this video.

@ctb1690 4 года назад

If you hook your set top box or sat box via toslink optical that’s your movie sound ... and music either from your mobile of amazon music which is in a digital sound

@stevennewman 4 года назад

So i usually hate video's like this where people say they was wrong and i really wanted to hate it, but i found myself watching the whole thing and i'm glad i did, i love this guys vibe... Now that being said, if you buy this thing to replace your existing 5.1 set up AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA But if like me you just want it to sit on the kitchen side to play a bit of music whilst your cooking, then i think it's going to be ideal which is why i am going to get it. Nice video, you have earned yourself a sub.

@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Thanks dude! :D

@chrismorgan9002 3 года назад

Just got one today but cannot for the life of me connect it to our 65 inch Samsung smart tv! The tv says it's connected to the Echo Studio but the Echo Studio doesn't seem to know that! Pleeease educate me in how to do this! Thanks very much!

@paultfoy 4 года назад

A wiser man then I said " If you want hear sound behind you, around you, or from above you then put a speaker there"

@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Very wise indeed!

@paul8926 4 года назад

Well said!

@murph8411 4 года назад

Bigstogger and if you want to hear decent sound above, beside or behind you be willing to spend a lot more than £300 for a complete system. I have thought about buying a pair of these studios but have no idea how decent they will sound so am holding off for the moment. Granted I can get a pair for less than £300 but are they really going to sound half decent with music and as an alternative to a sound bar under a tv?

@mathewgennard7224 4 года назад

Hi Paul. Loved your review and you convinced me to get one. I have been using it as a replacement soundbar on my TV but can't get it to lip sync which is weird for a aux input. However do you have the bug that when you say stop to Alexa when she is playing the aux in that you can't get it back on? I'd be interested in hearing if it's an issue with yours too. Thanks, Mat

@samwrai 2 года назад

3:23 Oh man, how to say to him there is a specific furniture there goes bellow televisions to compliment the design of the room and can also serves to put things on top of it... But yeah, there is no magical as their tried to... sounded.

@blazer666del Год назад

The same people that claim their 100 quid hdmi lead provides a better image or 50 quid per meter speaker wire provides better sound. 🤔

@DaKillmonger 4 года назад

Why are grown men that make the money, protect the house,and lead always talk about what their wife won’t let them do. Marriage must suck.

@charmanr 4 года назад

Am I the only one who thought of Lord Buckethead when I saw that speaker?

@leopold7562 4 года назад

charmanr I wasn’t, but I am now

@charmanr 4 года назад

@@leopold7562 :-D

@cesar68033 Год назад

I can’t get mine to consistently play music I have 2 and the additional sub what a waste of money

@davidbrown8303 4 года назад

I have a cheap sound bar and do not really care about surround sound. To me the most important thing is Base. Base is everything when I lesson to music.

@TheMemcon 4 года назад

I'm not buying this speaker but this video is gold!!

@valentinegs 2 года назад

Nothing like reviving an old thread: how does one or two studios compare with the sound of the sky glass built in speakers?

@TheRemyRomano 4 года назад

They want you to have two of them. I have only one and I have not recalibrated it after moving it and it does not sound great by any means. It doesn’t even have much volume to it. So I guess I’ll buy another one.

@paulwayne6325 4 года назад

hiya buddy i absolutely cracked up at this video i had to subscribe instantly your one funny fucker 😂😂😂

@BrentFranker 4 года назад

I've heard the Studio is similar to the 3rd Gen Echo in that you can configure it so it plays a different audio source via a cable (not Bluetooth). On the Echo you can configure the output to be an input. Can you (or anybody for that matter!) tell me that if I use the 3.5mm jack on the 3rd gen Echo and configure it as an INPUT, can I get the sound to play on more Echo devices than just the one it is connected to??? I want to be able to distribute the sound from my TV (not FireTV, just analog output using the 3.5mm jack) to my Alexa devices throughout the house. If you can't do this with a new Echo, is there a gizmo device out there that allows me to take an audio signal of my OWN (not Spotify, Pandora, etc) and hear it on multiple Alexa devices??? Thanks!

@paulhibbert 4 года назад

Hey dude. The socket on the echo studio is an optical input, so only suitable for taking signal from devices intending to send a digital signal, typically for surround sound. But, you could send a stereo signal from any device to it using one of these... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MB8VCWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_64.kEbR6Y5ZFX And because Amazon decided to use some bizarre socket instead of the usual optical socket you'll also need a cable with both types of ends. Here ... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DTKWLDS/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_o7.kEbKG6FB1F Hope that helps!

@dohpredator 4 года назад

well again your wrong about where your wife will let you put it. i have 13 speakers in my living room for dolby atmos.

@MAMDAVEM 4 года назад

Watching your vid reminded me of my first "5.1" sound bar (Yamaha ysp-1) which I bought over 15 years ago when my other half complained about the amount of speakers and wiring I had in our livingroom for our brand new and extraordinarily expensive 42 inch plasma TV. Setting up the Ysp-1 was manual, you had to sit on the sofa in front of the TV and adjust the Left back and Right back "speakers" until you hear the tone coming from behind you and then adjust the volume to account for the nature of the walls/windows. With your eyes closed you could hear the tone track along the walls and end up behind you. I was amazed. Being used to proper 5.1. systems I was very sceptical about the soundbar, but I was proved wrong. Admitedly it is not as strong as a proper 5.1. system but it was a fantastic solution when you don't want of can't have the speakers and wiring. The main limitations were as you say placement. it worked I think becasue we had a symetrical rectangular room where there was sufficient space behing the seating position for the back wall reflected sound to get to your ears. Yamaha and others have I believe perfected these and made the setup automatic. For those who say you can't get a 5.1. like performance out of a soundbar, so long as you have a sepearate sub woofer and the right setup I say WRONG. For those who say but they are not as good as a sperarate 5.1 set up I would say probably right.

@andrewl9020 4 года назад

I think I had the updated version of the YSP-1. It was good but fatiguing after a long while.

@jupamoers 4 года назад

I use the Fire TV Stick connected to two Echo Dot Gen. 3 and that works as it is supposed to

@garethjones5068 4 года назад

If it rains potatoes, do you need to wear a jacket......

@N03ntry 4 года назад

You should get your coat after that pun. 😉

@vasileiosmitrousis 3 года назад

thumbs up if you beatboxed against your wall watching this video.

@EgonSpengler1977 3 года назад

I have one hooked up to my PS4 pro sounds amazing 👍🏻 got it on sale £149

@andrewroberts6575 Год назад

I bought the full studio set. I've added 2 dots to fill in the surround. Sounds fantastic for the price. YOU NEED THE SET. THEN JUDGE. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@l2azor07 4 года назад

the argument with acoustic foam vs bouncing music off the walls... instant fuck you to amazon

@lukaszbukanski4812 Год назад

A very nice video... as usual - would you be able to test and review these speakers: "sony ht a9"

@timleaning6695 4 года назад

2 of them paired? If you haven't tried 2 of them paired we don't believe you. If you try with 2 of them I still won't believe you until you send them to me. :)

@cbcdesign001 3 года назад

This device and soundbars that rely on reflection are all aimed at men who dont care about surround or whose wives wont let them have a proper surround sound setup in their living rooms.

@unasistent Год назад

seen on firestick devices after update you have an option homr cinema.i use a soundbar at the moment and i am thinking is that new feature will give me the iption to use 2 dots as rear speakers in the same time with the soundbar?

@rodrigochaves5185 2 года назад

What smart speaker sounds the best? Harman Kardon, Sonos, Bose or Echo Studio?

@MrJudgi 2 года назад

8:30 I think I get one, because currently I use the speakers if my tv and they aren’t great (or even good)

@100ccKartingVideos 4 года назад

I bought one and installed it today. I think its fantastic. The fact it discovered all my Hive gear before the engineer has even been to install the hub was amazing. I bought the kitsound speaker too as for £40 cant go wrong, but the Studio is just light years away.

@LikelyLagging 3 года назад

I must say, having two studios sound fantastic in my opinion. I only got them originally because they were on sale for 129$ but now that I’ve listened to them for a few months I absofuckinglutely want 2 more

@kingkobra1956 Год назад

I have the complete Studio set up and I like it a lot. I have had it since it was released and I haven't had any issues at all with it. There isn't anything negative that can be said about it unless you want to nit pick.

@LikelyLagging Год назад

@@kingkobra1956 agreed, next step is to get a echo sub or another comparable woofer. But as it stands 2 echo 4th gens and 2 echo studios are fantastic sound quality

@kingkobra1956 Год назад

@@LikelyLagging I have 2 Echo Studios and the sub since they were released years ago.

@LikelyLagging Год назад

@@kingkobra1956 does the sub actually make a big difference? I’ve been holding out because a lot of reviews says is doesn’t really add that much bass.

@LikelyLagging Год назад

@@kingkobra1956 also by chance have you ever looked into hooking them all up to apple air play so you could use Apple Music with them all easier? Since you can only blue tooth to a single speaker

@dominicdymond 4 года назад

Correction add a sub woofer and to studio speakers as well as a fire stick 4K or a fire cube and you've got yourself a full atmos system For around $650