▲ The left is the 4th generation Echo dot, the right is the 4th generation Echo
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4th generation Echo dot (Amazon)
4th generation Echo (Amazon)
After that, we will deliver a review by Nobuyoshi Kodera that was released earlier.
At the time of his debut, he asked for weather forecasts and news, and it was a smart speaker that attracted attention in the role of AI assistant in life, but since around 2019, it seems that the role as a music playback device has changed rapidly. To do.
The reason why the wind direction has changed is probably from the release of the Amazon Music HD service in the Amazon Music HD service, and the release of Amazon Echo Studio, which can enjoy the sound quality equivalent to high -resolution in streaming.The author is not a Bluetooth speaker as a smartphone peripheral device, but a smart speaker that moves with standalone may have slipped into the position of home multifunctional music speakers such as the former "radiobox" and "mini -component".It is the appearance of.
Amazon Echo, who was a leading player in such a "music shift", has renewed "Echo" and "Echo Dot", which can be said to be the main product in November last year.Many people know that the body has also been changed from a conventional cylindrical form to a sphere.This time, I will listen to the sounds of these two models.
Echo dot seems to be the most selling model in the Echo series, but until the third generation, it was a flat disk type.Certainly, I thought that the loud volume would not come out in small size, but it was a model that did not ride on the evaluation axis for music playback.
In the meantime, the fourth generation Echo dot has not changed its built -in speaker size, but it can be said that the reproducibility of the low range has been greatly improved and tuned for music playback.
▲ Size in size
The playback is monaural, but the mounting angle has turned forward.Until the third generation, there was no "orientation" as a speaker, but it is the best listening point in the fourth generation.
▲ The small full range speaker is set upwards forward
In terms of sound quality, the 1.6 -inch (about 4cm) monaural full range is pushed out to the entire surface, and the vocal and acoustic guitar are worth notable.You can say that music with a lot of gaps, such as jazz and bossa nova.Conversely, it can be said that a high -density band sound like a stadium lock is not very good.
Some people may feel that the midrange is too much and the habit is strong.In that case, you can use 3 bands of equalizer with the Alexa app on the smartphone, so please adjust by lowering the midrange slightly.
▲ 3 Band EQ can adjust the sound quality
Healing ambient and smooth jazz sound thinly during work, and goes well with scenes like.It is also nice that the body is small and not to be aware of where the music is ringing.In addition, the compatibility with audio content like a radio is outstanding.
▲ Even if you put it on it, it blends in
The fourth generation Echo has achieved great evolution in sound quality.Until the third generation, it was monaural, but it became a stereo speaker from this time.A 3.0 -inch (about 7.6cm) woofer is attached inside, and a 0.8 -inch (about 2cm) tweeter is located below it.
▲ Handball -sized Echo
▲ The contents are subwoofa+stereo tweeter specification
Compared to the third generation, the stereo feeling and the goodness of the bass are greatly improved.One of the points is that there is no good use of music genres because of the lack of habit overall.
However, it is also a speaker that tends to change the sound quality depending on the installation location.Until the third generation, it was a cylindrical monaural, so it seemed that I could listen to it anywhere, but this time only the stereo speaker sounds the most well -balanced.
In addition, since the woofer is upward, if you put it on a high place such as on the shelf, there is a lack of low frequency.If you put it on the floor, the angle of the subwoofer is just right, but since it is a body sphere, there is a drawback that it will roll if you inadvertently stumble.
▲ Good sound when placed on the floor
The tweeter is small, but it seems that the high range is tuned so that it does not become noisy.According to Amazon, the standard listening point of Echo is about 3m, but when the distance is far, the low frequency is rapidly reduced, so it is good to lift it with equalizer.Personally, I think it's ant to put it on a desk and listen to it in a near field of less than 1m.
One of the features of Echo is that the analog audio terminal on the back can be switched to both input and output.Since the small Echo dot was output, the large Echo Studio was only input, so the echo in the middle would end up with both applications.
▲ AUX audio can be switched to input and output
Compared to the third generation, I think the fourth generation Echo has become an Echo Studio mini standing position in the sound quality.In the meantime, the fourth generation Echo dot is the 3rd generation Echo position, and it is an impression that the overall step -up.
If you are currently an old Echo and only use it for a ramen timer, why not consider a new music playback device?Life in Nanige changes.
4th generation Echo dot (Amazon)
4th generation Echo (Amazon)
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