Overview
- The Studio earns praise for powerful, precise, room-filling sound and responsive voice control, though its tone skews cool and peak loudness tops out around 88 dB.
- The Dot Max delivers noticeably deeper bass than earlier Dots, yet reviewers note occasional bass rumble and somewhat muddied mids despite clean vocals.
- Both models reliably pick up even whispered Alexa commands and execute requests quickly in testing.
- Physical connectivity remains sparse on both devices with no 3.5 mm aux in/out and few on-speaker controls, while Bluetooth input and output are supported.
- Spotify and Apple Music stream natively, Tidal is not supported, and Dolby Atmos or other high‑res options require Amazon’s own music service; setup runs through the Alexa app with an Amazon account, with prices tested at about €239.99 for Studio and €109.99 for Dot Max.