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Review on Edifier Bookshelf Subwoofer Bluetooth Wireless Computer Accessories & Peripherals by Mateusz Mate ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I do not cease to rejoice at the purchase, a very good deal!

Although this and 2.1 bands are well balanced, nothing sticks out, sometimes there seems to be little bass, but this very much depends on the room and the position of the sub in it. As for the satellites, they are very demanding on the place of installation. If you have a small table, then problems may arise. Firstly, because of the phase inverter located at the back, it will be necessary to move the speakers away from the wall by at least 10 cm, and preferably more, it is also highly undesirable to direct the rear phase inverter to the corner of the room. Satellites must be placed at a distance of at least 85-90 cm from each other (from body to body), otherwise the stereo panorama is lost, the wider the set, the better (3 meters of cable included). sound is better from a distance. When choosing this system, it will not be superfluous to purchase vibration-damping stands for speakers. with particularly difficult rock/metal cuts (for example, Metallica - One, the last third), I get a hum due to the vibration of the table (the table is completely made of double 16mm chipboard) if I put the satellites on 4cm thick foam rubber, the hum disappears, the bass becomes more collected and articulate. In general, the sound can be called neutral. Best of all, the system will play modern / club music (but this is not my genre, so I judge strictly by sensations) because the subwoofer uses a long-throw speaker, its band is cut off at 150Hz. In three-way stereo systems, the bass speaker band is cut at 300-500 Hz, such are considered more suitable for rock. But in no way am I trying to scare off rock and metal lovers, they can also safely buy, the speakers pull everything fine. I repeat that I liked the sound more than on the R2800. The speakers need a little warm-up, according to my feelings, the sound became more dynamic after about 10 hours of playing my favorite records at medium volume.

Pros
  • - The playback quality is higher than on the previous Edifier top-end systems, the company improves products, it's nice - Planar tweeters, and the latest line of Edifier speakers, are hard to find in the multimedia speaker sector, hardly even possible - Decent appearance and overall quality of performance, it’s just nice to look at the speakers, the speakers and subwoofer are heavy, they didn’t save on materials and speakers - A large set of connectors for connecting to a sound source, including Bluetooth + on the remote control there are buttons for controlling playback on a device connected via Bluetooth, i. E. most likely smartphone - Convenient remote control - Active input indicator on the main satellite - Standby mode - Complete absence of noise (background) from the speakers when nothing is being played - Wireless subwoofer, which can be simply turned off if you are not going to listen to music, connects when turned on and starts playing almost instantly - High, even excessive power, taking into account the average apartments or rooms Bought the system as soon as it went on sale. Before that, I used the R1280T and R2800 models from the same Edifier. After two months of use, I can say with confidence that the sound differs for the better not only compared to the R1280T, but also the R2800. For example, I have a recording in which I used to hear some kind of wind in the background, as I thought, it turned out to be the sound of the ocean. The voice is excellent.
Cons
  • Subjectively, the disadvantages include: - Fixed power cable on the main satellite - Phase inverters on the satellites directed backwards - Lack of volume level indicator - Complete wires for connecting to a sound source could be longer - No separate volume control on the subwoofer - No USB connection - Bluetooth 4.1 but without aptX codec support, only A2DP, apparently for compatibility with a large number of devices It is not clear why Edifier did not add the ability to connect via UBS to this system, especially since such a system is present in the company's catalog, and is based on a solid XMOS. It seems to be the newest and one of the most technologically advanced systems, but no, it’s not. It's also unfortunate that the subwoofer has no volume control, which prevented it from being placed there, is decidedly incomprehensible. The problem with a USB connection can be easily solved by purchasing from the Chinese on the well-known site UBS / S-PDIF a converter or a DAC with the ability to output numbers via coax or optics, I do not recommend using the analog output of a DAC or a sound card with this system. any incoming analog signal will be converted to digital. Also, I don’t understand, well, what prevented the volume level indicator from being made, since the indicator of the active input was already displayed on the front panel of the satellite.

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