Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It's louder with better bass response compared with the 2nd generation Dot that I also have. I listen to a lot of speech and that sounded muddy compared to 2nd gen. I learned from technical support that equalizer controls are avialable. They are accessed as follows: 1. In the Alexa App, tap on the Devices icon at the bottom-right 2.Tap on Echo & Alexa at the top-left corner 3. Down below, tap on your Echo Dot 4. Down below, tap on "Sounds" 5. Then tap on the Equalizer -- here you can adjust the Bass / Mid / Treble Turning the bass way down and boosting the midrange helped a lot. It sounds more natural and is not as tinny as the 2nd gen model. Speech quality is not great but it's OK. For the price I think the sound quality is fine. One problem I note is that the volume steps when using voice volume control ("Alexa louder," "Alexa softer") are large around my range of interest. It is either too loud or too soft. Using the controls on the Dot I get finer volume control and can get the volume just where I want. I had better voice volume control with the 2nd gen. Dot.