Amazon Echo Studio review: Better audio, but still not audio first

New Delhi: At least one person in your vicinity will tell you that the Echo Studio doesn’t give you the audio quality Amazon promised.

There are two reasons for that. The first, that speakers like Apple’s Homepod, Sonos One etc. have raised our expectations from a smart speaker. And the second, because the person who’s telling you this is probably an audiophile, or at the very least accustomed to many audio-first speakers.

And both of those give the Echo Studio a distinct advantage in India. Apple, Sonos etc. do not sell here officially, and though the Echo Studio is meant for listeners who care about audio quality, Amazon isn’t necessarily targeting the audiophile with this one. An Echo speaker is still bought because of its smart home capabilities and not its audio prowess.