Next, buy a soundbar that accepts auxiliary input from a 3.5mm headphone jack. With a cable that comes in the soundbar’s box, you can plug in the Echo Dot. I recommend getting one with a standalone bass, like the Vizio 2.1-Channel Soundbar System. It’s $179.
Better yet, if you decide to add other Echo units down the road, you can play the same song in multiple rooms, which you can’t do with the Apple HomePod yet. (Apple says a software update will launch later this year that enables it.) Other bonuses: It supports Bluetooth, which the HomePod does not.
All in, with the Echo Dot, you’re spending about $219. That’s $130 savings over the Apple HomePod.
