Amazon ’s Echo speakerpromises to make your life well by being a Siri for your kitchen , an always - listening assistant you could call for for help when your hand are extend in hitter . The folk at iFixit got one , and naturally started ripping it aside . Once you dive in , it bet like spare parts for the Death Star .
In the class of their teardown , iFixit rule pretty standard loudspeaker system technical school , alongside a seven microphone array for listening to your every command , and an LED controller for Echo ’s light source up cheek - type - ring - of Light Within . They also found that once you start tacking it asunder , Echo looks a liiiiiiittle bit likeSauron ’s fortress of Barad - dûr . Coincidence ? God I go for so .
In the rest of the dissection , iFixit did n’t see much else surprising , and if you happen to find yourself repairing this utterer , it should be pretty easy ; iFixit give it repairability rating of 7 out of 10 . But if you find yourself repairing a speaker you should believably reassess your life and what lead you to that point afterwards . hop-skip over to iFixitto take a look at the remainder of the pretty catgut that are hiding out in the tower of dark . Or as I am going to call it , the Ear of Bezos . [ iFixit ]
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