Sound quality: Amazon's Echo Show had good overall sound quality. Bass has decent definition and impact but deep bass is lacking. Midrange is fairly even but is a bit hazy and a touch grainy. Treble is fairly extended but lacks treble air and is a bit smeared. Does a so-so job of recovering room ambience, is a bit congested, and lacking in detail. No significant difference between wifi and Bluetooth sound quality. Provides a decent volume level in a small to medium sized room.
Ease of use: We found the Amazon Echo Show ease of use to be good overall. The Amazon Echo Show wifi setup is fairly easy since when the unit is plugged in it provides on screen instructions for setup and requires the download the Echo App, open and sign-in to your Amazon account; if you don't have one you'll need to do that first before you proceed. The instructions are an intuitive walkthrough. However, Bluetooth setup instructions are not conveniently provided but are available buried in the Echo app or settings menu of the Echo Show and there is a verbal command method which for an important setup step it is lacking in the provided "Things to try" card. The volume controls are prominent high contrast +/- controls with on screen graphic indicators of volume level which fade away once shown and can be verbally commanded to a specific volume level between 1 through 10. Muting the speaker can be accomplished by a dedicated voice command, but the verbal command is not obvious-and is not indicated in unit "Things to try" card. When used it provides a clear indication when it is engaged. Switching between wifi audio sources is easy by verbal command or the Echo app however, switching to Bluetooth sources can't be done by the app which requires exiting the app to manually reconnect to a paired Bluetooth source nor is there direct access to local mobile device content for streaming via the Echo app. Remote app: Transport controls in the app can be found after selecting the "3-Band" EQ in the Echo App navigation bar, then controls are obvious (good contrast, most use standard symbols), play/pause, skip only but it is labeled as scan, with no scan or scrub provision.
