Hello Everyone, Okay, this is difficult to admit, especially on-list, but, I returned my Echo Plus.
Why? Because I couldn't stand the sound quality. Now I must tell you that I have some hearing loss, especially in the upper frequencies. In fact, only in the upper frequencies. As a result, I prefer speakers that either boost the upper frequencies or that are not heavy on the bass. Well, when I purchased the Echo Plus, I thought Alexa had an onboard equalizer. In fact, there are several articles and a YouTube video, made by Amazon, demonstrating this feature. However, I discovered that recent updates to the software have, for now at least, removed this feature. Without an equalizer, to me, audio from the Plus sounded as though it was being emitted from a trash bin; this is to say, muffled. Again, this is just my opinion. Remember, I purchased Echo for audio game play and fun, not music. As I listened to Echo Plus, I found myself straining or, having to turn up the volume to a level that I found unreasonably high. So, I took it back and purchased a cute little Echo Dot, black-onblack-on-black, of course. The Echo Dot is sometimes referred to as being the top part of the Echo Plus, only. This is to say, it does not have a bass or mid-range speaker but only the tweeter. This is just perfect for my purposes. I can now comfortably understand Alexa at very low volume. I'll tell you one thing, my experience with the Echo Plus audio has made me appreciate the elegance of the HomePod sound quality, even more. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
