Amazon's high-end Echo Studio smart speaker is on sale at one of its best-ever prices
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The global leader of smart speaker sales took us all by surprise last month with the somewhat discreet announcements of a new Echo Show 5 edition and an entirely new Echo Pop device, but one member of the Alexa-powered product family that has yet to be upgraded or refreshed is the 2019-released Echo Studio.
This is (still) billed as Amazon's "best-sounding smart speaker ever", which means its direct competition is composed of the likes of Apple's full-sized HomePod and the ancient Google Home Max, both of which have been discontinued in recent years while living on in many audiophiles' hearts... and through various eBay auctions.
In other words, finding a decent alternative for the high-end Echo Studio right now might prove rather challenging, especially when taking Amazon's latest discount into consideration as well. Yes, the e-commerce giant's living room-friendly audio powerhouse is currently marked down by a very cool $40 from an already fairly reasonable $199.99 list price.
This is not a completely unprecedented deal, mind you, but it is pretty rare, and to our knowledge, it's only been eclipsed a couple of times by around 5 bucks. As such and assuming Amazon doesn't have plans to unveil a second-gen Echo Studio very soon, we can totally see this promotion return in this exact same form on Prime Day next month.
The difference is that you don't need a Prime membership or to wait any longer to shave a solid 20 percent off the regular price of the Echo Studio in Glacier and Charcoal color options. You can even add a four-month Amazon Music Unlimited subscription (for new users) or a handy Kasa Smart Plug Mini at no extra cost right now to further improve the value of your smart home purchase and save as much as 84 bucks in total.
In addition to promising an "immersive audio experience" with spatial audio processing and room adaption technologies, Amazon's premium discounted smart speaker also comes with built-in smart home hub functionality and all the usual Alexa tricks and skills. That means you don't have to lift a finger to play music from your favorite streaming service, search the web for answers to your most burning questions, get daily news briefings, check the latest weather reports, the traffic in your area, sports scores, movie showtimes, and a lot more.
Unlike the significantly more affordable Echo Dot or Echo Pop, the former of which is itself even cheaper than usual, the Echo Studio can also control various compatible accessories and companions (like that complimentary aforementioned smart plug) while offering far superior sound quality as well.
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