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Originally Posted by mlewis78
The Echo 3rd gen has been on sale $60 for a few days. I was thinking of buying it. Now I have just one speaker (Show 5) that connects with my laptop and fire tv cube. The sound is inferior to my Echo gen 1. I'm listening to a podcast now with three people talking and my ears are not happy.
Anyone have an opinion about how the Echo gen 3 compares with the original Echo gen 1?
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I'm not familiar with the Echo 3, but it looks like it is basically the same design as my Echo Plus 2 but without the built-in smart home hub. My Echo Plus 2 has very good sound for a non-stereo speaker. I've owned a lot of Echos over the years, beginning with the 1st generation Echo and Dot. Every subsequent generation has had a decent boost in sound quality over the previous generation. My Echo Plus 2 is very good in sound quality whereas the Echo 1 was only so-so for speech, and not good for music. But the newer ones seem really good at music and speech. Even the Dot 3 are pretty good for such small speakers. So I would say the upgrade will sound much better. But again, it is a non-stereo speaker, so there is only so much it can do.