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For 3D-mixed music available in Amazon Music’s Ultra
HD format, the Echo Studio brings some strong clarity
and imaging. Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” in Ultra HD
is crisp, full, and layered. The guitar plucks and drums
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is prominent and stands mostly in front of the mix
without overcoming the other instruments or vocals. You
won’t mistake the Echo Studio for a sound system with a
subwoofer or rear satellites, but it manages to put out
big, nuanced sound from a small package.
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Echo Studio’s 3D sound even better. The opening of the
track’s theremin sounds properly ghostly, and the chaos
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imaging, giving the impression of galloping hooves
directly in front of you, while blasts and explosions can
be heard in the distance, to the forward-right.
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impressive stereo imaging and forward-facing verticality
that gives the impression of a pair of stereo speakers with
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guitar strums and drumrolls while letting lead singer
Matthew Bellamy’s voice come through clearly. When he
sings that no one’s going to take him alive, his voice can
be heard directly in center, while the harmonies can be
placed in the distance, to the left and right.
There are still
limits to what
a single
speaker can do,
even if it
has drivers
pumping out
sound in all
directions.