I used the Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio to create an Alexa Home Theater — here's how it sounds

Two Echo Dot Maxes and echo studios in front of a tv.

One of the features announced when the Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio launched was the ability to use multiple smart speakers to create a surround-sound setup with your Fire TV device. While this concept isn’t new — you could do something similar with older Echo devices, as well as other some of the best smart speakers, like the Apple HomePod — I was curious to see how it would work with Amazon’s newest devices.

So when Amazon sent me four Echo Dot Maxes, four Echo Studios and a Fire TV Stick 4X Max, to try it out, I wanted to see how it might stack up against the best soundbars. Here’s how it went.