Features:

  • Echo Sub delivers down-firing, 100W deep bass sound through a 6" woofer.
  • Pair with one Echo or Echo Plus (sold separately) to enjoy dynamic music that fills the room.
  • Pair with two of the same Echo devices for rich left/right stereo sound.
  • Simple to set up and use—just plug in, open the Alexa app, and wirelessly connect to your Echo device(s) to control music with your voice.
Terrific!

This thing is terrific. I have the very first Echo that came out, and adding this sub to it has given it a new life. I listen to classical music, and I can now hear the double basses and tympani clearly! UPDATE: I’ve had time to actually get the sub completely integrated into my multi-room setup, so if you’re interested in the ins and outs of how to get it working, read on. I read a few of the reviews while I was waiting for this device and on the basis of these reviews I did these things: - Updated my Alexa app on my iPhone, iPad and Kindle Fire. The Fire was the most difficult to do. I had to google how to do it and, after a few tries and reboots, got it done. - Removed all Bluetooth devices from every Alexa speaker I own - Decided which speaker I would pair with the sub. I picked my original Echo 1 because it needed more bass than my only other available device, a 2nd Gen. Echo Show - Removed the Echo 1 from every multi-Room group so it stood alone. When the sub arrived, I plugged it in right next to the Echo 1 I was going to join it to. It took several tries between my Kindle Fire, iPad Pro and iPhone X to get it on my WiFi network, but finally it made it online. Then, it took several more tries to get it joined to my Echo 1. But, finally, after an hour, they were a “Sub Pair” and showed up as such in the “Speaker Groups” section in the “Devices” screen of the Alexa app. I was then able to add this pair back into my various multi-room groups, like Everywhere, Upstairs, Living Space, etc. Now the real fun started. My Echo 1 is in the Kitchen. My Echo Show 2nd Gen. is in the Living Room. The Family Room is in between. I was able to put the sub in the Family Room so when I play music Everywhere, Upstairs or in the Living Space, the Kitchen and Living Room are playing with the sub between them in a completely different room!!! Bazinga! The Echo 1 is easily 20 feet from the sub, and when I’m in the kitchen, it sounds just fine. And when both the Kitchen and Living Room are playing with the Sub in the middle in the Family Room, it all sounds just awesome. This sub provides all the low notes that have been missing for a while. So, get it. Once you get it all set up, it works great. And even though I have two pretty decent sound systems set up, one upstairs and one down, it’s so much simpler to just get Alexa to play something. She’s always on, always listening, and responds with music from a bunch of services.

Huge sound improvement to your echo's!

After reading a lot of reviews about this sub, (Good and not so good) i decided to gave it a try. For my surprise This sub is a huge sound improvement for my pair of echo's (2nd gen) when you add this speaker (pair/sub speaker configuration) the system made a few adjustments so your echo's are adjusted for treble and mid range and the sub for your bass and the result is a huge sound improvement. For the people complaining about too much bass, low treble, etc, just open the equalizer settings in your Alexa app and adjust it, remeber any speaker system sound is going to be different depending on your room size,etc. So just open the equalizer and adjust it to your taste! For the others that are comparing this setup with a pair of Sonos one (Wich cost more than this set up) Sorry but I prefer this setup! Why? 1- smaller speakers , I can put my echo's whatever I want to! Plus the sound in this configuration is really good!!! 2- The sub produce good bass. (A lot,lot more than any pair of Sonos one even more than the Sonos 3) And is a huge advantage that you can put it anywhere in the room. If you want your sofa rattling with your music just put the echo sub close to it. 3- you can add the echo sub to a speaker group. So you can play music everywhere in your home and just put the sub where you want the extra punch! 4-The echo's voice assistant (Alexa) still working good no matter if I playing loud music!!

Great Addition - Fills out the low end

I have multiple echo devices and decided to pair this with my 1st generation echo in my living room. I have used this echo device almost daily since I purchased my echo when they were released a few years ago. I was excited to see that I could pair the new sub to an older echo device. Good job Amazon on supporting older products. As a note, this is not a stereo pair as this device does not support stereo pairs. I removed the device from the well packed boxed. The size of the sub is perfect. Love the small size. Fits perfect. Opened the Alexa app. Apparently, you add the sub first and then add the sub to a speaker. I tried to do this out of order and it did not work. I added the sub and then added it to the echo. After that, the pair started working together without problem. The sound quality is great for what it is...a casual listening device. The size and power of the sub is well matched to the capabilities of the echo device. A larger sub would overpower the echo. I can control the bass level either through the app or by asking Alexa to turn the bass up or down. I have higher end audio equipment that I never use because it is installed in its own theater room. The echo blends beautifully into my living room without wires. Bottom line... I use my echos because they are in the rooms I typically live in. I never have to turn on equipment or mess with settings. I have always wanted more low end on my echo devices and this sub adds a lot more depth and dimension to the audio. In hindsight, I wish I would have purchased the stereo pair set with the sub. Excellent value for the money.

CAN (Can’t) be used in Multi-Room Setup - Confirmed

The sound quality is very good. The major flaw is that once the subwoofer is paired to form a speaker set.... that speaker set cannot be part of a multi room music system.... so it effectively makes the speaker set ( speaker and subwoofer) a one room system. That totally defeats the purpose of having music in the whole house....and defeats the option to add the much needed bass to the Echo speakers. I understand the reasoning... but it hampers the expansive sound quality. Hope the developers address this shortcoming. Update: I have contacted echo customer service numerous times and they have confirmed my suspicions.... the sub cannot be part of a group. They have agreed this is not possible... if you see in the photo.... it is unreachable. Customer service confirmed it and for the time being it can only be paired in a 2:1 or 1:1 system..... NOT in a whole home everywhere group. The biggest audio drawback to the Echo’s is lack of bass response.... so I have a to make a choice ..... whole home music (Yes) or bass in only one room (No) ..... really believe this is a very serious drawback. In a perfect world I live in a three story home..... would love to have the bass element on every floor..... if the sub could be part of a group I would have to buy TWO MORE..... Amazon could sell TWO MORE!!! GO FIGURE!!!..... Please fix this severe drawback!! Update to the Update! I completely gave up thinking I could get the sub to connect to my existing everywhere group.... Prayers Answered!! I checked this morning and the sub proudly displayed itself as available. I selected it and it gladly joined the group!! Sounds fantastic. I am one Happy Camper!! Way to go Amazon!! Thank you for being so responsive..... perhaps when you do a backdoor fix..... don’t be so quiet about it!! I am very pleased!! Changed my original rating for the great customer service and additional features!!!

Echo Sub Is A-OK with me! Pair your Echo device or devices at the same time as you do your sub.

Finally got mine paired with my speakers. I have been listening to music for about an hour. There is definitely a big change in the music sound Quality!! It sounds better!!!! One important thing to know, If you got your two Echo devices before you got the Echo Sub, and had them paired ahead of time, be sure and unpair them before trying to hook up your Echo sub. The echo devices must be paired at the same time as your sub.

Outstanding 2:1 Setup

Let me explain what this is NOT. You cannot use this sub with multi-room setup on amazon devices. To my knowledge it only works as a speaker pair with one or two echos. If you have a speaker in a multi-room setup, you need to delete that pairing if you want to use that speaker with the sub. You can't use this for bluetooth connection to a TV or stereo. You can't play music that is not supported by the Alexa app so it really only works for streaming music from Amazon, Spotify etc. Having siad that the setup is straightforward if you don't have multi room setup and use the correct echo devices although I agree that the instruction pamphlet is awful. I purchased this subwoofer to pair with 2 Echo speakers in my family room. The setup was unbelievably easy with the program just wanting to know which speaker to be the right and which to be the left speaker. Once that was done, the three speakers were set up as a 2:1 unit. From then on controls worked for the group and not for the individual speaker. The 2:1 setup is as good as a Sonos or Bose speaker setup which we have. The bass is quite good especially with the volume increased. At low volume it is not quite as good. The midrange and treble although able to be controlled are not quite as good as the Sonos speaker. Overall though this substantially enhances the musical experience with the Amazon Echo speaker.

Perfect for me

After a few years with just Alexa for music, I was missing having a true stereo system sound. Voila! I ordered the package of two speakers and the Echo Sub and I can again feel the rattle in my bones. The setup was very easy, though I was annoyed that one of the speakers needed an upgrade before I could pair it. You would think since I bought it as a package that would have already been done. Doesn't matter, it is done now. It is perfect for me as all my music is on Amazon, but for those with Itunes or other digital music that requires bluetooth connection, the sub isn't going to work. I trust Amazon to continue to expand its use, especially with Amazon products, so it can be used with TV and whole house sound. For now, I am just happy to have thump back in my life.

Echo Sub Added a Whole New Level of Dynamics

I recieved my Sub today, I was so happy. My expectations were high. It came on time, packaged very well as usual - no damage. It was smaller than expected but it was fairly heavy. The instructions were minimal as with all of the Amazon speakers/Alexa sound systems. So I checked the Alexa app for help, the new update was there. Setup was very very easy, as usual...I give Amazon 10 thumb-ups for a job well done. I was able to set up the 3 stereo system (2 Echos and Sub) in 20 mins total with minimal intervention. Once blue tooth setup finished it was ready. I Connected to Amazon and Spotify music and what a great sound! The added Sub increased the dynamic level of music that was missing. Simply fantastic, thus raises the bar for Amazon’s Echo and Sub combo to be a great stereo system for the home. The sound is perfect, clean, great smooth bass, mids and highs perfect and very nice at low / mid / high volume levels...very very little harmonic distortion at loud volume levels. And, the price for the 3 speaker system will not kill your budget but provide you with a system which wiuld cost many $$s more. Thanks Amazon

All awsome now....

I'm so disappointed!! As an avid Echo user of 19 devices (love the music Everywhere feature) that I bought the new Show (gen2), addl echo 2's and a Sub. The idea of pairing 2 x Echos to a sub sounded great and then adding to the Everywhere group worked as I had hoped and I ordered another sub to create another pair in another room. Well, seems once I added this to the everywhere group the entire Everywhere group failed. Only 1 song at best would play before it failed. I had to unlink this 2nd stereo sub group from the Everywhere group for all groups to work. So, 3 devices operate by themself for the greater good. The thot of a sub in every room has been tossed out. I have reached out to Amazon via feedback with no response. Before I'm asked, I have +300mbps (+20mpbs upload) speed with an awesome Velop mesh system. If an update is forthcoming, I wish Amazon would indicate it. I have spent way too much money on Echo devices to allow the Subs to ruin them Ok, I'm updating this. Because of a previous rating of 2 stars; Amazon reached out to me via phone. I was on the phone with a customer service rep and an engineer and they helped to get to the bottom of issues where info wasn't previously posted. * keep number of alexa devices below 12 in any group. *you can now create sub groups and link devices to different groups at the same time. Dianne and Paula were so helpful I even ordered a 3rd sub pair (22 devices now... lol) tonight. I only wish I could provide positive feedback to their bosses as well since they took a bad experience and turned it completely around. The conference call I hope provided feedback to the engineering department in suggestions (ie custom names for sub/stereo groups, a system reset, online faq to provide help and system limitations. Thank you Dianne and Paula; you define customer service and show you care about your job!!

Can't set it up without smart phone, excellent Amazon customer support

Original: All my other Echo devices have been set up using my PC and the web-based version of the Alexa management system. When I tried to set this up, it says "Please use the Alexa mobile app to set up your Echo Sub". Nowhere in the description does it say it has this limitation. I am not going to buy a smart phone for the sole purpose of setting up an Alexa device. If the PC-based page is updated later to allow setting up the Echo Sub, I'll modify my review. Updated: I got a call from Amazon customer service, and they set up my speakers for me (required temporarily giving them access). Since the speakers and sub were already on my network, it only took a minute for the tech to pair the speakers. I now have stereo echo plus 2nd gen speakers with a sub woofer. It works, and it is what I expected: much improved sound. Once the speakers are paired, any adjustments you might want to make (up or down treble, mid-range, bass) can be done with voice commands. These take up minimal space in my modest size room, and work well for the purpose. And, of course, they are still Alexa, which I use for a lot more than listening to music.

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