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Originally Posted by Alohamora
Hey you! Flip flop much?
I wrote the above post back in September and have changed my mind. I'll be moving in a couple of weeks, so I decided to go for smart lighting in the new place. I'll have a shorter commute so doing anything more complicated for in-car audio is less compelling.
I bought a couple of 3rd gen dots and smart switches on BF. I tested the new dot and while music sounds fine, the voice is muddy. I asked Alexa for jokes and mostly couldn't understand the punch lines due to muffled sound.
Dot 2 was still at the sale price at that point, so I got a couple of those with cheap smart bulb kits. Much better clarity, but also far weaker music. So I'll keep both generations of Dots. I've got a placement strategy in mind that may work out.
What's very interesting is Alexa's TTS reading of Kindle books seems to be pretty good. Is anyone using it regularly? I keep dabbling with TTS hoping to find something workable.
Alexa herself seems much more capable, less "I'm not sure", than when I experimented with the app on a Fire tablet in the past.
I wonder how long Amazon will go on producing Dot gen 2s? There certainly seemed to be a plentiful supply of them at Black Friday pricing.
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You can adjust the Equalizer settings on each of your Dots to get closer to the sound you want.
To Adjust the Equalizer for an Alexa Device using the App
In the Alexa app click the
Menu icon -->
Device Settings --> select [your Dot] to open the Device Settings for a Dot.
In Device Settings select
Sounds -->
Equalizer --> then make adjustments to taste for Bass, Mid, and Treble.
To Adjust the Equalizer for an Alexa Device using Voice
You can also ask Alexa to make these adjustments. Personally it is easier for me to use the app since I get a visual of what has changed and by how much. However, it is VERY easy to just say something like, "Alexa, increase Base," or "Alexa, set mid to maximum," or "Alexa, set the treble to minus three."
Note: These adjustments are applied only to the Echo device on which you give the voice command, so you can set each device in a unique manner.