If you're finding you use Alexa with an Echo speaker then you can get much better audio quality simply by plugging your Echo to your stereo, there's a 3.5mm analogue output in the back which while it's not exactly the best quality will still be much better through your stereo.
The disadvantage of using your speaker this way is that all audio is sent via the output of it's plugged in, you'll only hear Alexa respond when the stereo is on, this is easily solved by simply adding an extra device (wait til the sales and add a cheap echo dot to your stereo) You can use your existing echo to ask for music to play on the Dot connected to the stereo, you can even set your other speaker to default music playback on the stereo Echo Dot if you wanted. You can do a similar thing in the Google infrastructure, however none of the Google speakers have a line out, if you can find a Chromecast Audio, sadly.nonlonger available new, or use a HDMI from a normal Chromecast, you can request music on the Chromecast using your voice, and again set any smart speaker to default music playback to the Chromecast Audio. Chromecasts of all types (including Google smart speakers) can all be used as extra squeezebox zones as well if you install the absolutely excellent Chromecast bridge plugin so a Chromecast audio can really give you the best of both worlds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111449 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
