Review on Edifier Bookshelf Subwoofer Bluetooth Wireless Computer Accessories & Peripherals by Wiktor Janeczek ᠌

Name: Edifier Bookshelf Subwoofer Bluetooth Wireless Computer Accessories & Peripherals
Item: Edifier Bookshelf Subwoofer Bluetooth Wireless Computer Accessories & Peripherals
Rating: 5

May 03, 2023

I am amazed at how well the product is made, just magically!

I was looking for a good "near hi-end" computer audio system for listening to music / games in quality (10 square meters and a little space on the table), conditionally not limited in budget. I looked closely at s2022/3000pro, JBL, Yamaha, Focal monitors, but they turned out to be huge for my conditions + they are still for work in a studio. The choice fell on these triphonics, unique in their class. There are no analogues on the market.

I use it with the built-in sound card Creative AE-9 PE with the flagship DAC Saber ES9038 (DSD64, 32/384). Optical connection. Satellites stand 30cm from the wall. The volume level is displayed on the remote block of the sound card.

Music lover. I listen to many different styles of music. Good music. The main direction is heavy music, in particular Deathcore/Metalcore. I love Ambient/Dub techno/Deep house/Future Garage/Downtempo (all Ultimae Records in FLAC on my computer); Progressive/Uplifting/Techno/Minimal/House; from the classics Vivaldi/Chopin/Mozart/Chaikovsky;
Of the heavy officers, this is all Metallica, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Sting and many more, up to DSD256.

Many people write about the unsuccessful remote control. I don’t see where it is unsuccessful, a small round remote control with rubberized tactilely pleasant buttons. Responds instantly, does not take up space on the table. Battery included.

When buying this speaker, do not skimp on a good sound card / DAC and a library of songs, and I'm not talking about mp3. Those who don't hear the difference between mp3 and flac (not to mention 24/96+) should look at something simpler and not bother. Many will argue with me, they say, the human ear hears only "24 frames per second", and there are a lot of articles on the Internet supposedly about the meaninglessness of 24/192. Dear ones, I HEAR the difference between 24/192 and 16/48 and it's huge. Moreover, 192 kHz is not the upper limit of the audio range, but, roughly speaking, the number of "steps" of the sinusoid during its processing by the DAC, and the higher this frequency, the more steps and the smaller their size, and, therefore, the sound is closer to analog.
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Pros

- Value for money, amazing sound - General performance, solid appearance - Planar tweeters - Wireless subwoofer of impressive size - Many different connections, equipment - Little things: an interesting remote control, treble / bass / volume adjustment on the main satellite, display of the current connection // There was not enough space in the comments, I'll write here // .1 Games. This is a separate unforgettable experience. The sound is fat-fat, with amazing detail. Zvukovuha played its role, it has a special game mod for shooters (Scout mode). The sub is already synchronized from the factory, you just have to connect it to the network. 2. Comparing optics and analogue. Optics - the purest sound. The analogue is brighter / louder / louder due to the number of transformations. Use optics if you want high-quality sound. From Maxim B.'s comment below: now it works via optics and this is its best mode of operation (galvanically isolated from the source, no interference on the cable), if you use an analog connection from an external DAC, you will get an extra conversion step inside the system: external DAC->ADC acoustics->acoustics DAC->amplifier .3 I am listening to the 2022 release of Scann-Tec - Unyt. I can't find the words. This atmosphere, transparency and BASS waves take me into space. Moreover, the bass is not booming and not falling over, as on acoustics - it is sparse, clear, filled and very deep. The instruments in the composition do not merge into a heap, the mids are worked out, the highs are as they should be, the synthesizers seem not to come from the speakers, but at the same time they create an unreal atmosphere; the strings are transparent and ringing, it seems that you are at a concert, this is akin to the feeling when I first bought audiophile headphones with a good player and went nuts from the purity of the sound (at that time it was Sennheiser IE80 and Astell&Kern AK100). This is my subjective opinion. I repeat, the sound quality and audio quality play a huge role. .4 I forked out for one of the best toslinks, and as I understood, not in vain. Van den Hul Optocoupler MKII

Cons

- While listening to Aes Dana - Inks (16/44.1 flac 700kbps), the subwoofer began to rattle a little in the peaks. Compositions Alep Offset and Nuphar Log. I don’t know what it is, but I’ll write it off for overload (for those who don’t know Aes Dana, and in principle the whole Ultimae Records is electronics with an emphasis on the bottoms, not every sub is able to play normally). By the way, this does not seem to be observed on the same Scann-Tec. I don’t notice this on the psyprog either, take the same Astrix - Techno Widows / Deep Jungle Walk / Adhana (deezer hi-fi source) - even at high volume the sub plays without extraneous noise. Conclusion - on really "loaded" compositions at high volume in peaks at a certain frequency, a slight rattle of the speaker in the center can be observed. Otherwise, everything is excellent.