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Old 03-29-2016, 11:13 AM   #451
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Last night I had Alexa play some sleepy time music for me, and she played for a while then said "I'm having trouble playing your music." and quit. I was nearly asleep, so I didn't try again.


She was just being polite. She really doesn't like your taste in music.
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Old 03-29-2016, 11:20 AM   #452
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I was trying to get Alexa to go to chapter 5 of a book I was reading and she went to chapter 4. Thinking she'd misunderstood me, I said again, "Alexa, go to chapter 5." She said, "This IS chapter 5. Would you like to rewind to the beginning of the chapter?" Then, realizing she was probably counting the book's rather lengthy introduction as the first chapter, I said, "Alexa, go to chapter 6," at which point the reading began with, "Chapter 5...."
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Old 03-29-2016, 12:32 PM   #453
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She was just being polite. She really doesn't like your taste in music.
Yes, I've noticed that she's very polite, except when she's ignoring me.
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Old 03-30-2016, 09:19 PM   #454
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I love using my Echo to play OTR (old time radio) shows. I'm currently listening to 20th Century Radio via TuneIn Radio.

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Old 03-31-2016, 12:40 PM   #455
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I just got an email from Amazon saying that my Dot has shipped and will be delivered tomorrow.

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Old 03-31-2016, 01:09 PM   #456
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I just got an email from Amazon saying that my Dot has shipped and will be delivered tomorrow.

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Cool, let us know about the sound volume and quality from its built-in speaker. I'm curious to see if it can be used as an audiobook player without adding a speaker to it.
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Cool, let us know about the sound volume and quality from its built-in speaker. I'm curious to see if it can be used as an audiobook player without adding a speaker to it.
I'm not sure if I'll do that in depth, I ordered a 25 watt speaker system at the same time I ordered the Dot for a total price of about $50 USD less than a stand alone Echo.

The speakers arrived a few days ago so when the Dot arrives tomorrow I'll be ready to replace the living room Echo with a more robust system freeing the Echo for a more intimate location (man cave?).

I'll do a cursory check of the built in speaker and let you know though.
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I'm not sure if I'll do that in depth, I ordered a 25 watt speaker system at the same time I ordered the Dot for a total price of about $50 USD less than a stand alone Echo.

The speakers arrived a few days ago so when the Dot arrives tomorrow I'll be ready to replace the living room Echo with a more robust system freeing the Echo for a more intimate location (man cave?).

I'll do a cursory check of the built in speaker and let you know though.
Thanks. Listening to a news report with the built-in speaker should be more than sufficient to let me know if it's loud enough for audiobook playback.
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Old 03-31-2016, 04:28 PM   #459
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You may be able to get a rough idea of sound volume and quality from this side-by-side Echo vs. Dot comparison video:

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That guy in the vid has a table and chair just like mine. But I'm almost certain that it's not me.
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Fold the fingers in your left hand and compare it with the left hand in the video. Then you'll know if it's you or not.
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Thanks. It sounds loud enough for audiobooks.
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It was easy to set up to our home theater. Just has a 3.5MM headphone jack. I replaced it with a 3.5MM to RCA cord I had (actually, it was a video cord, but I just used the red and white outputs). I plan to use it for working out-I have all my playlists in the Amazon Cloud, and they even have some Prime workout playlists. I can blast it!!
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I am torn about the Tap. I put it in the kitchen, as I hated the cord of the original. But of course, the sound isn't as rich as the original Echo. But I really like the cordless look.

For now the original is in the bedroom. I have 30 days to decide about the Tap.

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