Hi Chris
This sounds really wonderful. There is a local hifi store near my place. I
think I’ll ask if they have the echo show and maybe I can check it out there.
Otherwise I’ll get it online.
Thanks so much for recommending it.
Ben
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Hi Ben,
Much depends on the music source, if it’s being streamed from Amazon music,
then you can simply say Alexa what’s this song and it will announce the answer.
If the music is coming from a radio stream, then I’m not sure if touching the
screen will work unless the station is putting out that info, I’ve never tried
to be honest 😊
With the stereo sound, you can certainly link multiple echo devices together
for multi room music, whether it’s true stereo is debatable, you can
alternatively pair the Echo with a Bluetooth speaker, so if your speakers have
Bluetooth, or you perhaps pick up a Bluetooth receiver and plug it into an
auxilary input, then you can output your Echo/Alexa sound to that, or even
Bluetooth headphones if you prefer.
HTH
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Hi Chris and Adrian
I listened to some demos on youtube and it sounds really promising. On the echo
show, can one touch the screen and hear the name of a playing song? If yes,
this would be an advantage of having the touch screen. Or can you get this
information as well with an echo dot? Also, could I pair two echo devices to
have a good stereo image while laying in my bed? Right now I have two genelec
8040 studio monitors on each side connected with a monitor controller to my
orion webbox. Just because I had these monitors anyway. The sound is great, but
I often fall asleep and have to turn off the monitors somewhere when I wake up
a bit. So, I hope I’ll be able to get rid of that issue as well.
Ben
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yep, I agree with chris here. the echo dots may be the way to go. The alexa ap
is very accessible on the I-phone and android phones. Any of those echo dots
or amazon products always be on sale throughout the year. I have the echo
dot gen3 versions everywhere in my place. very easy to use. I liked the gen 3
echo dots because there like the size of a hocky puck. the echo gen 4 and 5’s,
they changed the shape into almost like a tennis ball shape. When I’m
listening to music or podcast, or setting alarm and timers and checking the
weather and stuff, I just use my ehco dot’s, if I don’t have my cell phone nere
me. if I’m watching/ listening to a movie using the streaming aps like
netflix, prime video, disney plus, max, I just usually play those on my roku
or fire tv sticks with the audio description turned on. yep.
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Hi Ben,
Yes, I’ve certainly been able to set mine up without assistance, a further
thought if you do not want a screen, then you could just opt for a Echo Dot Gen
5, it’s a spherical shaped device with a textile feel casing, about the size of
a ttypical alarm clock.
Without the screen you would sacrifice the ability to have Netflix and Amazon
Prime video content some of which has audio description, but if audio media is
your primary requirement then it might be a consideration.
They often have sales and you may pick one up for under $30
Chris
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Hi chris
Have many thanks for your suggestion. I’ve never heard about the amazon echo
show, had to look it up. I admit, I got a bit behind these years because I had
my focus on other things.
So, from what I understand this device has a touchscreen? Not exactly what I
was hoping for, because I’d like to use as bedside thing. But maybe this is a
sacrifize I’d had to make. It’s for sure a new world to me and I’ll gladly
check it out. There seem to be accessability options like a screen reader? So
hope, an echo show can be setup without sighted help.
Thanks again
Ben
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Hi Ben,
What about an amazon Echo Show?, there are skills for listening to internet
radio, podcasts, and lots of other audio content including audible, you can
link Netflix, amazon Prime, Spotify and Amazon music, so plenty of media
options.
It is configurable through the Alexa app, is voice controlled, has a front
camera which also has a show and tell feature, there is also voice view the
built in screen reader.
I get that many are not Amazon fans, but out of the box and at a very
inexpensive price, it’s an option that could be a consideration.
I confess I have many alexa devices around the home and they have transformed
my life for the better.
Chris
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Hi all
I have an orion webbox which was decent and even great about ten years ago.
Today most of its functions have been stripped off and have to be paid for. So
I’d like to get something new which gives me back the ability to subscribe and
listen to podcasts, internet radio, maybe even video content if possible. I
don’t want to be forced to pay for a plan just for doing things others can have
for free.
But it should be a device which can operate over wired LAN and doesn’t need
WLAN regularly because I have turned it off over night. It should be
accessible, at least when configuring over the computer or iphone app. But I
hope there is something out there which doesn’t need to be operated by an
iphone all the time. I prefer real physical buttons over touch screen. I really
don’t want to have my mobile phone in my bedroom for listening music because I
get a headache when I’m too close to it. Maybe some optional speech assistant
would be nice so I could ask what the title of a current playing song is. Is
there a product which could do all these things?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ben
