Smart speakers

[cosmic52]

Why does radio on smart speakers lag behind a normal radio?.

 

[Grizzly]

It has to do with the analog/digital/analog conversion. A normal radio is analog. to get the sound to the speaker, it has to be converted to a digital signal in order to get it to the speaker (Bluetooth/ optical etc) . In the speaker the signal has to be reconverted into an analog signal so you can hear the sound again. All that take a little time, depending on how good your speaker is.
The same happens if you connect a surround sound system to your TV. There is always a slight delay

 

[Xploit Machine]

Try troubleshooting ..

 

[cosmic52]

This is the echo dot, it was ok a few months ago, but just of late it's about a minute behind.And it hits the news at the right time mostly.

 

[Grizzly]

Well, you did not mention that. I was assuming it is a kind of a bluetooth speaker. Echo dot gets its data from the Amazon servers which can delay the stream a little bit, depending on how busy their lines are. I would not worry about that.

 

[cosmic52]

No your right I didn't. It must be an amazon problem then.