Features:

  • Upgrade your speakers with a built-in 60W x 2-channel amplifier, high-fidelity streaming music, and Alexa.
  • Voice control music selection and playback with your compatible Echo device or the Alexa app.
  • Connect Echo Link Amp to speakers and group with other supported Echo devices to play music throughout your home.
  • Multiple digital and analog inputs and outputs provide compatibility with your existing stereo equipment.
  • Casting to multi-room music from a line-in or Bluetooth input is not currently supported.
Great way to bring multi-room audio to existing speakers

We used this to make our hardwired outdoor patio speakers part of muti-room audio groups. For that purpose, it works great! We do not have any inputs connected, so I can't speak to that aspect.

Ties it all together

I used to have a Sonos Connect + Echo Input + Auto Source Selector (for side-input from my record player). It was a clunky and buggy setup. The Echo Link Amp replaces all of these w/ a single device that my Echo can seamlessly hand off to. It also works great in multi-room audio playback.

Works great!!

Easy hook-up and works exactly as advertised. Works well in conjunction with our Echo Dot and we thoroughly enjoy having our Bose speakers back online and filling the room with music.

In many ways better than Sonos Amp for half the price

I returned my Sonos Amp because that product is notorious for not working with 3rd party subwoofer. There are multiple threads online relating the exact same issue, Sonos unfortunately will only send a new unit but there is a big chance that it will have the same issue. I bought the Echo Amplifier as a replacement, and I'm pleasantly surprised. The system works great with my Audioengine set up (P4 speakers and S8 subwoofer), subwoofer can connect either through line in or LFE without any issues at all. The sound quality is fine. It is a bit worse than the sonos amp (judging only by the bookshelf speakers since I couldn't connect my subwoofer). It has half of the power as the Sonos amp at 65w per channel compared to the ridiculous 120w from the Sonos. Personally this is not a problem for me since at 40% I have enough power to fill the living room during a house party. More power would be nice, especially if running a 4.1 system like the Sonos support but its not a must have. Connectivity is just so much better on the Echo Amp than the Sonos. I can easily use it for multiroom audio with any echo in the house, or just add a dot to integrate dump speakers. This is huge considering the Sonos does not support Echo multiroom unless you plugin an echo device through Line In (thus defeating the purpose of having superior audio quality). Final thoughts: This is the perfect no frills amp. Easy to set up, integrates with everything, well priced, and sound quality is good enough for the price. My set up: main living room with S8 subwoofer and two P4 speakers with a turn table connected. Echo dot in the kitchen and office (connected to two A2+ speakers), and first gen Echo speaker with battery as a mobile speaker. FireTV in the TV room. Everything can cast audio, the FireTV is the only thing that doesn't support multiroom audio.

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Nice toy I enjoy.

very flexible and functional

I like the fact that when you are not playing music via Amazon Music on it, it automatically plays what is connected to the input. That is a nice feature. Also, the unit is smaller than expected and very nice looking.

Did what I expected. Solid piece of equipment.

I have a pre-existing whole home wired system with 5 sets of speakers. Previously these ran from my amp to the inputs of a non powered speaker selector box. I was able to plug the Echo Link Amp in the place of my stereo amp and it worked the same as prior. I now use Alexa on my phone for voice input from the backyard as well as my echo dot and echo spot inside the house.

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