Amazon Echo Studio with Alexa - Black

Read a lot of reviews and a lot of comparisons online but left with unsettling opinions that I felt were paid sponsors. So I bought both. Simply put this is a lot better than the sonos one. Don't believe me just buy both and return one if your in the market. What I don't know is if it will survive the test of time. like my older sonos gear. Bonus is it has all the alexa commands and not just some, which you find on sonos. These types of devices will never replace a high end stereo so don't think of it as a replacement. Think of it as a room that gets augmentation added. Even at 80 percent volume Alexa can hear a command. Unlike my google devices or sonos. Do what you will with my thoughts on this.

If you have a small room/office and you don't want to be bothered with wires, this is a great option. The sound quality is decent and the volume goes plenty loud, with reasonable bass. As with all Echo's, it's easy to pair and operate. My main issue is that I like bass.....and lots of it. The Echo Studio doesn't satisfy my personal preference at all in this respect. The other nail in the coffin is that for less money, I can get an Echo Input and a set of 2.1 Logitech THX speakers that more than fulfill my personal tastes. If you want ease and simplicity and aren't looking to shake your house, the Echo Studio will likely suffice. If you want a full spectrum music solution, this is not it in my opinion.

Very happy with this purchase, particularly when it was 80$ off list at a BestBuy 2 day popup. So we got it because of the 5 internal speakers assuming it would sound better than our Bose Sound link mini that we have had for 5 years or so. So the sound is enhanced with the new Echo Studio and fills the room. So the Bose moves to an fabric art studio .Best Buy Staff were awesome to deal with as usual.

I was in the market for a decent sounding smart speaker to upgrade from my nest mini. I like that this can go loud, has decent bass even at low volume, and the spatial audio does seem to help spread out the sound a little even for a stereo track. Unfortunately I didn’t find the sound quality from the mids and tweeters good, especially at lower volume. It has a lot of white noise / static / interference / something like that, which I found noticeable and annoying when sitting close. It’s a little better from further away or at higher volumes, but this isn’t how I wanted to use it most of the time. It would also be nice if it had smaller volume steps at the low end. Thinking it could be broken, bestbuy let me exchange it but the new one didn’t sound any better so I ended up returning it altogether.

This has a very good sound and it’s very nice to control our entire home with lights heat outside lights Price if $189.00 is top value I highly recommend this smart Alexa