Best speaker deals in the Amazon Prime Early Access Sale

(Pocket-lint) – Amazon usually has two major shopping sales events each year. One of those – Black Friday – is a big discount event usually involving every major retailer and chain. The second, Prime Day, is a discount day (or two) reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members and is seen as both a way to help move old stock in advance of the major launches at the end of the year, and as a way for Amazon to drive Prime membership take-up. 

For 2022, however, Amazon opted for another event in October: the Prime Early Access Sale. As part of it, we’re expecting to see similar deals to what we’ve seen over Prime Day and Black Friday in recent years. 

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When is the Prime Early Access sale?

Amazon has announced that the Prime Early Access Sale this year will be a 48 hour shopping event on 11-12 October, which is when you’ll see the bulk of the best deals hitting the site. However, Amazon will be running early deals in the run up to the main event, particularly on its own devices. 

Do I need to be an Amazon Prime subscriber?

The short answer is: yes.

The Prime Early Access sale is a discount event for its Prime members. That means if you want to take advantage of the offers on that day, you’ll need to take up an Amazon Prime subscription.  If you’re not already a member, there’s a 30-day trial and – unlike in the past – you can just take up the membership on a monthly basis.

You don’t have to pay up front for a full 12 months membership anymore. Plus, it gets you additional benefits like Prime Video, free next-day delivery, Prime Music, Prime Reading on Kindle and more.  squirrel_widget_157589

Are there any genuinely good deals?

As with any sale event, you do need to shop carefully.

Often times we see products with supposed big discounts on the homepage, but then checking historic prices  reveals they’ve actually been a similar price for a while, or have been even lower in the past.  Still, while claimed discounts can sometimes be questionable, the prices are nevertheless usually very competitive. For the most part they’ll be the best prices you can find on those products anywhere.

So if you’re looking for a specific speaker, you’re unlikely to find it at a better price during this sale event. 

What devices will be discounted during the Prime Early Access sale?

When it comes to Bluetooth speakers or wireless smart speakers, there’s a semi-predictable lineup of brands available with a generous discount. Those usually include Bose, Sony, LG, JBL, Ultimate Ears and Amazon’s own Echo-branded speakers.  Of course, discounts on Amazon’s its own-branded Echo speakers have already started. Other speakers we often see discounted on Prime Day include the Ultimate Ears Megaboom, which hasn’t been at its full price on Amazon for a while now, and will likely get an even heftier discount than usual during Amazon’s sale event. 

We’ll be bringing you all the deals we find on Bluetooth and wireless speakers when the sale event starts. Below you’ll find examples and prices for the offers that went live during Prime Day earlier in the year.   Best US speaker deals | Best UK speaker deals

Best Amazon Prime Day US speaker deals

US speaker Prime Day deals


Echo Dot (4th gen) - save 60%

Echo Dot (4th gen) – save 60%

Amazon’s most recent Dot is also available at a very low price, and has been discounted from £49.99 to just £19.99. 


Echo (4th gen) - save 40%

Echo (4th gen) – save 40%

The full sized Echo has seen a tasty discount too, available in all three colours and dropping to just £59.99. 

Best Prime Day UK speaker deals

UK speaker Prime Day deals


Echo (4th gen) - save 39%

Echo (4th gen) – save 39%

As in the US, Echo (4th gen) is also discounted in the UK in all three colours, and will cost you just GBP54.99 now. 


Echo Dot (4th gen) - save 60%

Echo Dot (4th gen) – save 60%

The follow-up Dot is also available at a discount, and doesn’t cost much more than the 2018 model at all.

You can grab one for GBP19.99. 


JBL Flip 5 - save GBP45

JBL Flip 5 – save GBP45

This one often appears in savings events, and is a popular choice.

We suspect even more now that it’s just GBP74.99. 

Writing by Cam Bunton.

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