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Re:Amazon Echo by dandroid1 on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:07PM (#8568572)
Worst case, it's a music streaming speaker that doesn't require you to stream via bluetooth. I wonder how the audio stacks up against something like the Bose SoundLink.
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Re:Amazon Echo by jewel on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:45PM (#8568850)
I've been using a chromecast + an HDMI audio splitter as a cheap way to stream. It works really well for apps that support chromecast, such as pandora.
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Re:Amazon Echo by dewang on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:56PM (#8568916)
Can you tell me exactly which HDMI audio splutter you use? I want to try something similar.
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Re:Amazon Echo by jewel on Thursday November 06, 2014 @05:50PM (#8570314)
http://amzn.com/B00G9FDJNA
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Re:Amazon Echo by captn3m0 on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:28PM (#8568729)
>Echo is Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream your favorite music services like Spotify, iTunes, and Pandora from your phone or tablet.

Seems like it needs Bluetooth to stream music.

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Re:Amazon Echo by loganu on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:42PM (#8568832)
Remember that Amazon has its new music service for Prime customers. If they didn't integrate that into this somehow, it would be quite confusing.
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Re:Amazon Echo by Fuzzwah on Thursday November 06, 2014 @01:44PM (#8568847)
Echo is always on and connected to Wi-Fi so it's ready to respond instantly.

Music: Listen to your Amazon Music Library, Prime Music, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio.

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