Review on Edifier R1280T Active Bookshelf Speakers - 2.0 Stereo Near Field Monitors - Wooden Enclosure - 42 Watts RMS - Ideal for Studio Monitoring by Virot Rongrot ᠌

If you are a fan of bass, not so that the windows ring, and not so that it thumps, namely, normal, deep, clear bass, without thumping and without panes flying out of the windows - you need to look for another speaker system. I chose between the Edifier 1290 and 1700, but since the woofers are the same size there, I took a slightly cheaper version to check, because I could not believe in the bass (as some colorfully describe it here). In fact, it was not there, and therefore it is unlikely to be in the Edifier 1700 - nevertheless, the size of the speaker plays an important role here. Bottom line - if you just need small speakers for your TV and computer, without pretensions to deep bass - they will do it quite well. If clear and deep low frequencies are important, you need to look for other speakers. Or buy a separate subwoofer for them.