The Sonnet Echo 21 Thunderbolt 5 SuperDock is a fantastic port and storage expansion for new Mac users, and isn't pinched for bandwidth.

We get a lot of docks in for review. A lot.

In many cases, we see docks with a lot of ports, but they connect over 10 gigabit per second USB-C. Worse, downstream ports are listed as providing that same 10 Gbit/sec.

That will never work. You can't expect two USB-C devices using 10 Gbps connections to run at full speed when the connection to the host is also just 10Gbps.

Even with Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4, the bandwidth of 40Gbps to the host is a lot, but that too can be saturated with enough high-bandwidth peripherals.

Add storage, and it gets even sketchier.

Long time dock maker Sonnet has has delivered the second dock in its Thunderbolt 5 catalog with the Echo 21 Thunderbolt 5 SuperDock .…