Like-New Amazon Echo Studio (newest model), Our best-sounding Alexa speaker, Perfect for living rooms, family rooms, and other large spaces, Glacier White

The media could not be loaded. I'm stupid for music and have as hard a time deciding on my setup as I do choosing medicare plans. Yeah I'm old.There's plenty of videos out there discussing the virtues of all devices and you would do well to watch first.11/16/2024 update. I've reached the end of my rope with these. I have 2 studios connected with a subwoofer and when it works, it's awesome. Way too many times though they are off line and have to be rebooted or one decides to connect to a different network and I have to go in the app and change it up.Don't even think about connecting to a firestick. The experience is abysmal. I've got a 5.1 Vizio sound bar too and can just stream via Bluetooth to it, no fuss no muss. While you can stream via Bluetooth to studios, it won't do it in paired stereo, only one.Amazon is cutting staff and resources to the Alexa ecosystem and I have to wonder if it's time to cut bait and learn how to manually turn on light switches.For the price of these things you'd be better off going with a 5.1.4 sound bar.So...I have a M series Vizio 5.1 sound bar, subwoofer and satellites in the house. It sounds great. If I was smart I'd just stick with it.Outside there's a V series Vizio and it also sounds good but it a bit dated. Still the sound is adequate, but I'm looking for more and not ready to spend $700.00 for a new 5.1.2. Maybe someday.I have 2 echos 4th gen with a subwoofer and set them up outside in the perfect spots and was pretty impressed. If you're not a weirdo like me this will be fine. If you want to be minimalist 1 would be fine. Not a lot of room, echo 4th would be fine. 2 together with subwoofer is far better.So now I have a refurbished studio that I've been staring at for a year in the Amazon app. One day it went on sale so I got it for a price that wouldn't hurt my feelings if it didn't turn out ok.Setup was generally without issue. There was a small problem pairing with subwoofer, but that was eventually resolved by making sure both were on 2.4 network and resetting the sub.First go I listened to smooth jazz, yacht rock, classical and there was something missing. Asked it to play spacial playlist and Ed Sheeran came out Chrystal clear. Very nice, but not really my genre.This morning I started out with BBC News and NPR and was not impressed. Same with smooth jazz. So I went into setting and tweaked the equalizer and turned off spacial, which is set to on default out of box. The difference is significant and there are YouTube experts that tell you to do this.Another thing. I set the studio up on a higher shelf and found when I spoke, it didn't hear me but the echo 4th gen in the house did. I pulled the studio down to a table and the microphones pick up everything fine.Spacial is a limited catalogue in Amazon and you can tell Studio to play that genre, but for me, not to interested. You can listen to Dolby Atmos etc without spacial.So keep in mind this is not stereo system for audiophiles. It's a Bluetooth/streaming device and it works great for that. In most circumstances this is all normal people would need. I see myself getting another when the price comes back down, maybe black Friday. I expect to change this to 5 stars when I have 2 paired with a sub.In the past I've tried pairing with Firestick and the results were nowhere as good as 5.1 and had issues. These are great devices for specific things and a good choice for most circumstances.My friend was just here and blown away, but he's not a weirdo like me.December 3 2023 updateI took the punge and purchased another refurbed unit at black friday sales price I couldn't pass up. Pairing the new one with the existing studio and sub was not seamless, but took about 15 minutes. JI like it a great deal. The volume is far more than I can do without annoying the neighborhood. The music is clear and there are no connectivity issues. As always certified by Amazon products are just fine and at $60.00 savings I can't go wrong.As a test I streamed music from Amazon music app on firestick 4k on Vizio 5.1 V series on the patio that is about 400 square feet. Sounds good. Then I streamed from the studios and sounded great. I had my neighbor come over to get his opinion and he liked studio sound better than Vizio. No doubt there are differences in what the stick can do that the studio can do better. A comparable sound bar setup would cost between $500-$1000. I'm just not willing to do that yet.In the house I have a vizio 5.1 M series and I like it a lot. Echo show 10 for casual listening.The thing that would make the studio amazing is surround speakers, still as it is I'm pretty happy. Changing 5 stars.

Absolutely impressed with this Amazon Echo Studio! Even though I purchased the "Like-New" version, it arrived in pristine condition - literally indistinguishable from a brand new unit, with perfect packaging and zero signs of previous use.The sound quality is what truly sets this speaker apart. The room-filling 3D audio is remarkable, creating an immersive listening experience that outperforms speakers twice its price. Bass response is deep and rich without being overwhelming, and the clarity across all frequencies is exceptional. I've been rediscovering details in my favorite music that I never noticed before.Setup couldn't have been easier - it connected to my home network almost instantly, and the Alexa app walked me through optimization for my specific room acoustics. The spatial audio calibration makes a noticeable difference in sound quality depending on placement.Voice recognition is impressively accurate even from across the room or when music is playing. I can control my smart home devices, stream music, get information, and set reminders with consistent reliability. The integration with my existing Echo devices was seamless, creating a whole-home audio system.The build quality feels substantial and premium - this is clearly a high-end device built to last. If you're looking to upgrade your smart speaker setup with genuinely impressive sound quality, the Echo Studio is absolutely worth the investment. Getting it "Like-New" makes it an even better value without any compromise in quality or performance.

This definitely is quality and worth every penny.Its big,heavy,and twice as loud as any other Alexa speaker on the market.

I've had a Sonos system for years, so I'm very familiar with the sound quality and the value they offer.When it came time to add a high quality speaker to our second house, I was torn about whether to go with Sonos, or something else.I still recommend Sonos for those who want multi-room sound in a number of rooms. But the Alexa integration can be finicky. And Sonos is expensive if you want their models that are stereo (the least expensive ones are mono-only).So, for this other house, I decided to try going the Echo route. The biggest plus for the Echo Studio is the faultless Alexa integration. It works perfectly and hears our commands without issue 99% of the time (the only issue is when the volume is cranked up). This speaker can go very loud by the way (but of course Alexa won't hear you when it's cranked).We also like that the Echo Studio is reasonably sized (similar in size to Sonos Era 100, but bigger than a Sonos One), and importantly has stereo sound in one box. (Era 100 is stereo, but the One is mono, which I consider a big negative.)While the Studio is stereo, the stereo effect is limited based on distance from the speaker. From 6 feet away, you can hear stereo ambience very nicely. But from 12 or more feet away, the stereo effects decays quickly. But I still think it provides enough improvement over mono to be worth the money.Amazon includes a sound ambience improvement effect that utilizes the top speaker. This improvement is subtle but noticeable and very worthwhile. But I think the top speaker should actually be even louder.As I've said the Echo is "stereo" but it doesn't have stereo tweeters (there's just one tweeter on the front). In my opinion, the Studio is lacking treble. I have set the bass and treble to -1 and +1 respectively and I think the speaker sounds way better this way.The bass is definitely not bass that you feel, but it provides a nice bottom end that no other Echo device has. If you're a bass head and have the budget, you can add an Echo Sub.Bottom line: We are keeping the Echo Studio for our second home and not going with Sonos.