This problem ultimately prompted Smiley Poswolsky, a millennial workplace expert, to create a Women Speaker Initiative after spending three years on the speaker circuit.

Amazon's Echo devices are inexpensive and portable, but the Echo Dot and Echo Pop don't have great audio. I improved the sound on my Alexa device by connecting it to a Bluetooth speaker.

Your Amazon Echo can act as a speaker for your television, receiver, or Fire TV device. Here's how I set it up and the limitations I found after hitting play.