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Edifier has always made some of the best quality stuff at an affordable pricepoint. Can't get much better price to quality, Other than making it yourself of course.
The other great thing about Edifier is you can actually order it hassle-free in many countries. Und like Swan that I'd need to order from aliexpress and pay 200-400 € shipping.
@@Hirnlego999 yeah.. that goes for anything cheaper.. of course if you want things to go LOUD. (90db and above) you're gonna need some decent gear and clean amps
I'm a big fan of Edifier. Their quality/Sound to price ratio is generally pretty awesome. I bought their S350DB set from watching your review Zeos, and then upgraded to the S3000 Pro. Been very happy with them!
@@thanos1000000fc I loved them. They never had any problems or issues and sounded so good for their footprint and price point. I heartily recommend them.
@@thanos1000000fc When I originally bought them, they were connected to my PC's sound card. At that point, I didn't know much at all about dacs/amps. When I started to learn more about that stuff, I bought the iFi Zen Dac v2 and had them hooked up to that. There was a pretty significant improvement over the sound card.
i bought these as a no nonsense pair of pc speakers that take standard analogue and was blown away by these, expectations have been exceeded nicely with these especially for the price
With some slight eq tweaks these are a great budget option. You are correct about the bass, but they do better than most at their budget - they only go down to about 70hz. I would say at the $500 mark you could go to genelec 8010a which are small and sound great. You should review more genelec speakers.
I have had these for a month now, agreed that with a flat EQ they are ok but very minimal tweaks makes them sound so great. As for the low end, the curve drops off a step at 75hz then drops off fast below 60hz however if you push the eq you can hear them putting out a hint of sub-bass down to about 25hz (they want to but just can't since there is nothing there to hit), also the dsp really reaches to output anything that low so I just put a high-pass filter around 25hz to save them the effort.
Please make more Edifier reviews since that's pretty much the only brand that's available here in the Philippines, and thanks to your review I got the S350DB (about the most I'll spend on speakers) a while ago and I'm still happy with it!
This is such a great/hilarious review and damn glad I found it! I was this close 👌🏼to pulling the trigger on a pair of Presonus Eris e4.5s based on sound comparison alone, but after some digging I found out many Presonus models have a humming/noise problem, including the e4.5s and that was a dealbreaker for me. I can't find any dirt on these whatsoever, like NADA. Nothing but stellar comments and reviews across the board, and they're a fraction of the price! Thanks again, this was super helpful.
Bought one recently at $80. Best fucking audio related purchase ever and I'm saying as someone who owns Ascend Acoustic Sierra Towers and a full STAX setup.
Edifier does have some magic with their DSP and stuff. I own their Noise Cancelling in ear headphones called the Neobuds Pro. You should try it out, it is amazing, it has parametric eq and a preset tuning called Dynamic mode, which sounds amazing with most tracks. Actually just today, as I am searching for some good speakers I realized I want a speaker with the same sound signature like the Neobuds Pro. This MR4 seems to have the same "edifier magic". I can also have for the same price a used Elac Debut 4. (would need some good cheap amp for that). Hard decision, I cannot try the Elac before buying it though. I guess I can still send back the Edifier if I don't like it.....I can also get a Elac Debut 6 for good price or a new Elac Debut 5.2 for a bit more new..... Hard decisions.
These are great. I got a pair of black ones in a trade ad they are great for my work desk - even in a cube since they are so near field. I have JBL LSR305s on my desk at home - these have a great soundstage too. Thank you for the demo!
I got these today for $109 AUD $73 USD or something RB42S are like $330 free shipping AUD and need an amp They're still like $300 if I get them from Amazon US with international shipping So very happy with these for the price
Testing right now MR4s + PreSonus Eris Sub8. I'm in heaven. Plus, I feel like the smartest audiophile/music lover/amateur musician ever :) Got the sub as used item in Amazon. It didn't work at first. Turned out the guy how returned it doesn't know what a fuse is!. And I don't blame him, I was confused also the first time one of my old Tascam monitors stopped working. Thanks much Z for helping me to decide to give the MR4s a shot before spending a lot more money. They'r awesome and the sub just gives them that low end which was the only thing I was missing. My settings right now are perfectly obvious and they work amazingly well. Sound card to sub in, sub out to the Edifier input (via RCA, turns out my Behringer UMC doesn't give enough power with balanced cables...doesn't matter much, no weird noises at all). Sub gain is like at 25%,, highpass filter is on, lowpass is set to 60 Hz -the lowest the MR4s go according to specs. Bass on the MR4s is low in volume but so tight, I don't think I want to take it away!.
These are the perfect computer speakers for me (well, almost perfect, could have usb in and built-in dac but that's not a dealbreaker for me as I just have these coming from my audio interface anyways). I don't need them to be loud or powerful just clean and clear, which they are.
I like most of all Edifier stuff from the tinnyest bt speaker, monitors, soundbars, the stax spirit 3, all sounds like music, its like you only need a good dac aand music, and you are very near to a end game for the cheap
My super old Thunderbolt audio converter TAC-2 (the Zoom brand of the original UAD Thunderbolt interfaces) is also "clicky clicky" on the main volume knob, and that is great for mastering to me because your master file needs to compare to other master files at the exact same volume knob setting. You're making these sound like mini mastering-room mids Lol ...These might sit on my desk stands between my KRKs on floor stands in the near future. Thanks, Z. These really may complete my fantasy Holy Trinity of crazy cheap Music Creation for poor people kit from over the years with my SHP-9500 for editing that i got for $60 a week after you made that video as the third. You really do cover the whole field of audio and are quite generous with your knowlegde and i genuinly appreciatte that! I even have the KZ IEMs you said were good for the price and they sure the fuck are Lol. Thanks again, Z 🙏
I love my Edifier R1850db 's -- which have a remote, a subwoofer output, and a much nicer speaker cable with what appear to be DIN connectors. They could be a *little* more audiophile quality, and as such this R4 model seems really interesting, but with all of that functionality missing. So my question is, do you think the R4 is enough of a sonic upgrade to justify the loss in flexibility?
Worth mentioning that I have my R1600 hooked up Aune X1S. I know someone who does have the entire R-line and he thinks that with my amp they R1600 sound as good as the R1850. I have bought and returned the Airpulse A100 because I was disappointed that they only sounded 15% better (smoother, and silkier) than the R1600. In fact without the A1S amp the A100's sound kinda the same as the R1600 with the amp. I have noticed that the difference in sound is almost non-existing when listened in a bedroom, at normal volume levels... Things might change if the comparison test took place in a smaller living room and higher volumes. ... Curious what Z's thought's are on this one ...
Looking at this kind of thing for my mums tv, the only place she will tolerate them is in the tv cabinate below the tv, so enclosed boxes with no door, being ported at the back is it going to mess with the sound to much?
Hey, I just bought the argon audio forte a4, those are quite epic bookshelf speakers, active and bluetooth aptx only. For chromecast, airplay and spotify connect, they have the agron audio solo, a streaming hub, 250$ tho. I’ll probably use toslink from the tv and my k9pro with rca out to the set. And now forget all of the above, I just wanna make you aware of the danish brand argon audio, they make epic budget friendly hifi.
@@ZReviews Thanks Zeos, This is like sophie's choice to me. I love both companies and the fact that they're both compact and also comes in white color. But I think I'd get the Edifier as well. 🙌🏻
I would be curious to have 2 pairs of them & take the passive ones to see how they would do on something like a SMSL AO200, or Lajoxie A30 & then use the 2 powered ones as a stereo pair with a balanced DAC.
Planning on doing something similar with my SMSL DO100. I have the HO100 with it for headphones and it still pushes audio through the 1/4” even when it’s using XLR, so I can hotswap between RCA out from the DAC for these and XLR out to the HO100 even with my headphones that don’t have the option for balanced.
could u review the kanto yu2? its a tiny speaker like the iloud and the vanatoo. I feel like for small desktop speakers the iloud and the vanatoo are outside of a lot of people's price range while the yu2 can be found around $180
Hmmm... I think i'll stick with the Vanatoo T1 Encore. on a desk. ... yes i'm crazy. What are you saying you can't put T1 Encores on a desk?? They came in cherry! My desk is made out of Cherry wood! Don't look at me like that, I had to do it!
just got them, and im loving them, definetly an upgrade from what I had, and for whenever I dont want to use my headphones (summer).. voice are clear , warm vibe on them . I would love to see a match up against D100 from swan. excellent choice for a desk or small room.
@@akizilkaya it has like 12 or 13 levels, I use em at 7 and I hear them while bathing.... so for a bedroom or a small space yes... they definetly have way more volume and punch that I expected against their apperaranc (size)... also I dont listen to a bunch of hiphop or reggeatton, for me the bass these bring is enough. I used to have logitech z313, the edifiers are better by miles.....
Can you please do a review of the Mackie CR3-XBT studio monitors? I recently got a pair that I am using for rear speakers in my surround sound. I think they sound amazing considering they only cost $130 for the pair.
I really would like to say fuck the algorithm and stick with the long form videos. Those are the ones I like the best but it’s probably not best for you. Sucks. Does anyone know what would happen if you did just a bunch of short like sub-30 second “previews” and then continue with the regular 30 - 40 min vids for the actual review? Would that bump you up?
When I play a 50 - 120Hz tone the speaker with the amplifier in it doesn't produce a pure tone but the other does, they sound different at those frequencys. One sounds distorted. Does your's not do that? I mean, the music sounds good to me so maybe its not a big deal.
.Im having a Class D vs Class AB power section questioning issue. I believe and ran the Mackie CrX3's. The Mackies produced a much larger "sub 2 room" (Sometimes way annoying bottom response uncontrollable output, unless APO'd" experience, which does add another variable to the Reference accuracy of them. The definition all of the lowend depended upon distance behind the speakers themselves, added material. Tube and Port adjustment became noxiously difficult. These included neutrik balanced inputs TRS plus XLR as part of the equation. Just to add that. thanks again! Would you and your opinion, advise these having treble and bass attenuator, vs the Mackie CR-X 3's LTD? Any advice seeing that you monitor comparisons give your view on how that should be considered. thank you!
Hey Z, how do these compare to Vanatoo Transparent Zero? I know it's a different price category, but I would like to know how big is the difference if there is any.
I had these for a short time and even though they sounded great, at lower volumes they kind of miss more detail than other speakers and since I also watch videos a lot with lower volumes, it is getting hard understanding speech.
What did you go for instead? I think I'll still buy those, I need lower volume at night but now crazy low so I wonder if it will keep enough details in my use case.
@@TomatePasFraiche I am kind of on a journey still. Most other options I tried where more expensive though. Anyways my impression on the ones I had is as follows: MR4: My favourite for music at higher volumes. Sounds very natural and balanced. Just lacks detail at lower volumes (the sound will get diffused more) iloud micros: Sounded great, good detail, good bass (I suggest using the LF -3db switch), just sound a bit plasticy, acoustic instruments don't shine on them. Still great for movies and electronic music. Audioengine A2+: Good detail, great for music, sound almost natural. Sadly they have a very slow bass driver and you can hear that, also lack bass. Genelec 8010: Best for detail, don't have lots of bass and sound kind of 2D. Instruments feel a bit metallic in a sense, like the driver is too fast for certain instruments. I currently own the AudioEngine A2+ but probably not for much longer. From the ones I tried I think the ilouds where the best in all honesty.
@@pasi123567 I think there is no way around it, we'll need a subwoofer to complement any of those speakers. For this reason you might still enjoy your A2+ in the future potentially? I feel that, because of my price point and since I'm not going to mix or do any work with those, I might as well go for the MR4 since you confirmed that they are very musical and this is all that I need from them. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 👌
@@TomatePasFraiche Yeah a subwoofer is something thats needed sooner or later on any of them, but both the MR4 and iloud micro do have much better bass extension than both the Genelec and A2+. And even with that the A2+ actually has just a tad more bass than the Genelec but the bass still sounds much slower, sloppy in a sense which is something I really dislike. For music the MR4 is definitely the best choice.
Do you hear his sound from these? I would use them as pc speakers, but if they are making sound all the time and especially when nothing is playing (or breaks during speech) that is a total dealbreaker for me.
Only time I disagreed with Zeos... I own the Edifier BT1700 and those are miles ahead of the MR4s which I ended up returning. They sounded empty and hollow and were really disappointing (what you could expect at that price range) I'd really stay away from these and just save up for better speakers/monitors.
