[Snowie]

I made a "workout room" at home with my Echelon bike. I paired my phone/tablet's Bluetooth to a good sound system in the room - however, I found the voice of the instructors as well as the workout music's sound quality to be quite lacking in fidelity (ie; sound quality).

For me, a good workout on my bike from an actual spin class comes with an energetic instructor, with good voice, great music with punchy beats. However, on the app, I can't quite get that at all. And, it has nothing to do with my phone/tablet or sound system. The source itself is lacking the sound dynamics.

Do any of you have the same observations? You can randomly find YouTube workout videos having much better sound quality.

 

[BrentD19]

The Echelon App can be buggy and its likely these sound issues are part of it.
You can try these troubleshooting steps I add to your other post:

Sound quality of Echelon Fit App videos

I feel the "on-demand" as well as "live" classes on the app are lacking in good sound quality for both instructors' voices and music. I've even connected my phone/tablet to a good quality sound system in my workout room and it still doesn't compare well to the sound quality of any random...

www.echelonforum.com

 

[Snowie]

The Echelon App can be buggy and its likely these sound issues are part of it.
You can try these troubleshooting steps I add to your other post:

Sound quality of Echelon Fit App videos

I feel the "on-demand" as well as "live" classes on the app are lacking in good sound quality for both instructors' voices and music. I've even connected my phone/tablet to a good quality sound system in my workout room and it still doesn't compare well to the sound quality of any random...

www.echelonforum.com

It's not the buggy issues, it's like they didn't spend enough effort in ensuring the original recording quality (ie; mic, mixer, soundtrack, equipment) was up to snuff. Kinda like XM radio, launching a satellite radio service that gives subpar (worse than FM) sound quality.

 

[WorkingOnIt]

I made a "workout room" at home with my Echelon bike. I paired my phone/tablet's Bluetooth to a good sound system in the room - however, I found the voice of the instructors as well as the workout music's sound quality to be quite lacking in fidelity (ie; sound quality).

For me, a good workout on my bike from an actual spin class comes with an energetic instructor, with good voice, great music with punchy beats. However, on the app, I can't quite get that at all. And, it has nothing to do with my phone/tablet or sound system. The source itself is lacking the sound dynamics.

Do any of you have the same observations? You can randomly find YouTube workout videos having much better sound quality.

You are spot on. It appears the staff at echelon are simply picking up the ambient sound in the studio and the classes are broadcast with poor acoustics (not an equipment issue). They really need to layer the instructor’s voice over a digital track, but I bet it’s a licensing issue with the music — I suspect picking up ambient with another mic is permissible without licensing fees but direct recording constitutes illegal reproduction. I get it, but at $400 and up per year, I would think they could cut a deal to license clean versions without breaking the bank. I agree it cheapens the experience.

Perhaps a partnership with Spotify could make it work

 

[Snowie]

I fully agree! So many other YouTube spin instructors list their Spotify playlists, and I bet also have licensing through Spotify - hence offering great audio quality.

 

[Snowie]

I'm guessing this is why Peloton is doing this now.

They're also now available as a 2 month free trial on my Amazon Fire TV! Peloton is now making its own music for its classes

 

[Brendan M]

Just got my bike and had a few rides. Once I saw the Peloton app it made me totally regret not buying one. The sound quality is terrible. The music should stand out but the instructors voice does. Surely they must be aware of this issue?