Author: Eric Ravenscraft / Source: reviewgeek.com
The Echo Dot is Amazon’s best-selling Echo for a pretty obvious reason: it’s cheap. Of course that means Amazon makes some sacrifices to get the price down that low. If you like your Echo, but wish it had better speakers, or even want to take it with you, then the Vaux cordless speaker can beef up your Echo Dot—for a price.
The Vaux Speaker and Echo Dot Fit Perfectly Together
The Vaux speaker is a squat little gadget that retails for $50, is about two-thirds as tall as the original Echo, but is quite a bit wider. It’s got a heft to it, owing to the battery packed inside on top of the speaker array.
On the top, there’s a short, circular indention almost the exact size and shape of an Echo Dot. It doesn’t take an engineer to see how these two fit together. Drop the Dot in the top, fold out a small rubber flap in the back and plug in the small micro USB and 3.5mm headphone cables.Once installed, the Echo Dot sits just ever so slightly above the top edge of the Vaux speaker. Yet this millimeter-off design is intentional. With just the very top of the Dot sticking over the edge, the light ring remains visible from all angles. It would’ve been incredibly easy for Vaux to overlook this tiny detail, but I’m glad they didn’t.
After the Dot is plugged in and the rubber flap is folded shut, you’d be hard-pressed to tell that they’re two separate gadgets. In fact, it doesn’t look that much different than the 2nd generation full-size Echo. A little wider, perhaps, but entirely self-contained. On the back of the Vaux, there’s a 3.5mm headphone jack that you can use to play audio from external sources, and a micro USB port to charge the Vaux and keep your Dot powered.
It also features a power button which you can use cut power to the Dot. Since the Dot keeps listening even when you’re not using it, this can drain the batteries even…
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