Edifier R1280T Powered Bookshelf Speakers, 2.0 Active Near Field Studio Monitor Speaker, Wooden Enclosure, 42W RMS Power, Black

I finally did it! After numerous false starts and some encounters with some truly awful speakers, I arrived at the Edifier R1280T powered speakers. And I'm glad I did. But I *MUST* credit the Customer Reviews - they calmed and reassured me that I was making a good purchase. Let's start at the beginning. I have a set up where the SmartTV creates the "front" sound, and powered speakers at the back. So the sound from a good Blu-ray or UHD film on Amazon Prime sounds incredible - even though it's only 2.0 through four speakers. The back ones do more than just films though. They are connected to my (recently purchased) Majority Fitzwilliam sound system, and I can mix the sound to my liking - especially when playing Fallout 4 on the PlayStation. You NEED a good soundtrack for that! I've been using a pair of Creative T40 speakers that I purchased from Amazon about fifteen years ago - and I got a good deal at the time! They performed superbly, and they owe me nothing after a decade and a half of faultless performance; but after investing my Chrimbo Amazon vouchers in the Fitz, it was time to get a set that not only were more powerful - the T40s unbelievably were a mere 20W, whilst the R1280Ts are rated 42W - but also contain modern technology, they're sleeker and look nice on a shelf, and (hopefully) would produce better quality sound. It honestly was a proper annoyance trying to find speakers that didn't have the equivalent of a bit of string connecting them together - such are the joys of the sub £200 audiophile searches! Thus I ordered the speakers and five metres of jolly good cable to connect R to L. It was worth it! I tried it out (although it was quite late at night, so the volume couldn't go very high!) with "Journey of The Sorcerer" by The Eagles via Spotify, specifically because there are high treble notes and booming bass. Incredible sound! I was immediately hit with this beautifully clean audio. There was no hiss, no distortion, no "holding back". The treble and bass don't interfere with each other, and the clarity is mind blowing. I know it's the first night and everything, but after the test, I let the SmartTV sound play, and my wife's gaming sounded better than ever. In conclusion, if you're looking for quality audio on a tight budget, then a set of Edifier R1280Ts will deliver quality sound without having to smash too many piggy banks! NB: I always think of "the supplied cables" as a "Starter Pack" - just to test the equipment. If you can, replace them with quality cabling as soon as you can. You WILL notice the difference. Check out my review of the speaker cable I used to replace the nasty one that came with the speakers, and definitely upgrade to something like that.

Very, very happy with my purchase. I've not owned a pair of speakers for many years as I mostly listen to music through my Bose QT35 headphones on the move and an old ipod dock with a Chrome Cast Audio at home. I have seriously been missing out. If these speakers are 'entry level' then I can't imagine what a pair twice or three or four times the price would sound like. For me, these hooked up to my iMac are incredible. A very balanced sound. Bass does seem to be a bit squelchy when louder but it really doesn't bother me. Also my wife just told me off because the bass could be heard the other side of the house so it was probably too high anyway ;-). I use Boom on my mac and it really helps with equalisation. I'll mostly be using these for music at my desk when working and for monitoring sound when video editing and they seem more than capable of everything I need. I've used self adhesive velcro and put the remote on my iMac at the bottom right so I can adjust the volume or mute quickly without having to adjust my main mac volume. You won't be disappointed with these as the price to quality ratio seems unbalanced. The price seems too low for this quality! They look amazing too. Lovely retro vibes. In the way of negatives (but these are really if I am to nit pick): • The power switch is on the back which is a bit annoying to have to 'reach around' :-o to turn off, not a biggie for me as I have clear space but if you plan to put in a book shelf then might be an issue. • The 3.5mm jack crackled when I knocked it putting SD cards in or inserting/removing USB cables. I resolved this by using a short, flexible extender, now it doesn't crackle at all. Overall, I'm so happy with these and I can now hear really subtle nuance in my music that I just didn't hear before. It's like night and day.

What can I say about? These little gems are super little gems, it took me days to decide what to buy to hook up to my brand new Sony TV 📺 and it was well worth the days contemplating what to buy at £100 and under? Yes well worth it because these are a perfect match with such a beautiful sound stage and overall brilliant performance with having the handy bass, treble and volume controls built into the side of the right hand speaker, this firm has thought of everything but the credit belongs to the sound that comes from these little ones. I don't want to say this but they have one little bugging problem! They have a speaker protection circuit build into the amplifier, yes they protect the drivers and tweeters from being thrashed but to me this circuit comes in a little to early! Which spoils the performance a little, especially when listening to heavy bass tracks at high volume, it tends to pull the whole sound down (like an automatic volume control) or similar to when your listening to the radio where the sound is highly compressed. It isn't a real issue to me as I've hooked these gems to my Sony TV 📺 and i don't need to power these up loudly so the protective circuit doesn't really come into effect. Anyway I'm more than happy with these beauties and for £90 they really are one of the best speaks out there! 5 stars aren't enough for these speaks so I'll give them 11 out of 10. Simply superb!!! Fr.. Joner (Ludlow Shrops) Electronics Engineer/Sound n HiFi Engineer. (Bass Reflex Patent Holder) 170919/1065.

It's not easy to describe in words how well something like a set of speakers sound especially when you have very little to compare them to. I confess my hearing isn't that great and I have to rely on hearing aids at times but these new speakers appear to be much clearer and brighter and with a better stereo image than my old 2.1 setup - even without the hearing aids. On paper the bass response doesn't look too good but in reality I find the reproduction pretty well balanced across the frequency range. I know they don't sound quite as good as some floor standing Mission speakers I've come across but then the cost difference is significant and I'm not really a hifi buff or serious listener. I just want good sound reproduction and for the price these do an excellent job. I only deducted one star because I can't notice much difference when adjusting the bass/treble controls - but then that could be just my hearing limitations. I use them on my Home Theatre System and all in all they're a good set of speakers for the money

I hummed and hawed between these and Microlab's B77 speakers because whilst the Microlabs probably shade the Edifiers on quality of sound, the Edifiers are a bit smaller and around £20 cheaper. In the end, their size won out because I have limited space. It's also nice that they allow for two inputs, which is exactly what I wanted - one from a TV and the other from my PC. You can play both sources simultaneously if you wish, not that I have any need for that. They replace a pair of bog standard rather plasticky speakers I've had for a long time, and they're MUCH better sounding. I myself don't like very heavy bass and so have set it at minimum. Even so, it's tight and punchy, more than adequate for my rather small room. I have the treble set at near maximum because that happens to suit me -- maybe because I'm no spring chicken. But the good thing is that even at maximum, the treble doesn't become at all tinny. I also like that they sound good on their side, with the tweeters on the outside left and right, as this creates more clearance above them on the shelf where I have to put them. In fact, I find they sound better that way in my set up than they do upright. There's good separation between instrumental sounds: bass, midrange and treble don't sound muddled. The bass actually plays tunes well, even when there are several going on at the same time, and I can still effortlessly pick out midrange and treble registers. These speakers certainly get your foot tapping, even though they're not strictly hi-fi. They sound amazingly good for the price and their size. I also find that the grills don't seem to alter the sound much, which is good because I'm always worried about the long-term effect of sunlight on the drivers -- with one set of hi-fi speakers I once had, after a few years the driver surrounds practically rotted away because I never used the grills. Overall, I'm very pleased with my purchase and think that these speakers provide a lot of bang for one's buck. Maybe the Microlabs would have been just that bit better, but like I said, it was all a question of size and to a somewhat lesser extent, price. There's a direct comparison of the two on YouTube if you can't decide yourself -- pretty much everyone seems to be agreed that the choice is between the two. If you have the space and the extra £20, maybe the Microlabs would suit you better, but I doubt you'd be disappointed with the Edifiers. Edit: now I've had them a bit longer, I want to say something else. I don't know why it is, but with these speakers, for the first time I'm HEARING words to songs I never really paid much attention to in the past, always having been someone attracted to tunes more than words. This has formerly been the case, even with true hi-fi speakers. But now, quite without any effort to listen, the words are registering with me, and this is significantly enhancing my audio experience. It's quite uncanny, and I have no idea why it should be so. It's as if they have a weird ability to cause me to HEAR rather than actively try to LISTEN, which I've always had to do in the past. No other speakers have ever achieved this, and it makes them, for me, all the more special.

You will be hard pressed to find a better amplified speaker at this price, and build quality; I am a retired electronics engineer having worked with audio and radio frequency equipment in commercial and broadcast companies, so I think I recognise a good product in todays world for the domestic market. The sound quality is very good with a range to cover most of the HI-Fi audio band, you have the option to adjust tonal levels as well, and get two inputs... one AUX line in & one PC computer line in; each have different level signals input, and the only thing to consider is how your going to use it ! Basically the AUX line in, is for a Line level output signal around 550mV = millivolts peak to peak just over half a volt, this means you need a pre-amp if your going to use it for a record-phono reproduction, and with the pre-amp you also need the required RIAA equalisation for records; normally in the designed for record pre-amps will have the RIAA as standard design. Okay then, other options is a mixer control, either two or more inputs as required; then the output to the amplifier AUX input... by using an amplified mixer with line inputs, your going to have a good 45dB signal increase, especially if a microphone input is on the mixer as well; of course you can just use the amplifier to plug-in your I-Pad or mobile music device ? so using the earphone output socket, you will have more than enough signal to drive the amplifier; this would be the same if you use the PC computer output, into the PC socket. So if you think about it, you have options to make that connection if you remember the amplifier needs a Line Input Signal; also bear in mind, the PC and AUX inputs are live at the same time, so you either turn off one of the two devices your using at any time, otherwise you will have two music or audio signals mixing at the same time; there is also the basic remote control, this has a very good range even when you don't point it at the master speaker... however for the quality of this speaker system and price, it's a very good compromise. One negative ? If your thinking of using it for a shortwave radio system monitor speaker, to improve the sound quality; I would warn you not too, the unfortunate fact is that this amplifier has an internal "Switched - mode - Power - Supply" my personal worst enemy when it comes to radio interference... even if you think moving it away from the receiver will resolve this issue, it will-not ! The reason is, that the switching pulses are riding on the screened audio input cables, even a ferrite core or choke will-not stop the interference… so your warned. However you can try an isolator 1 to 1 transformer, I did-not take this option; so if like myself your an electronics engineer or good hobbyist, with experience of electronics; you just remove the offending power supply and build a Linear - Transformer power supply ? you need to have a 17 Volt regulated DC at 1 Amp current capacity; each audio channel at peak max volume can top 500mA, so a 1 amp supply will cover the power required. Just in case your wondering why the power consumption is low, it's because the power amplifiers are in a bridged configuration, and provide a good audio power drive at low current... good luck and enjoy your purchase.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Build: I received these speakers and was immediately blown away by the build quality, they are made out of high quality wood, metal and plastic. Each speaker has a very good weight to it and feels solid in the hand. If you dropped a speaker by accident then i do not think it would break , they can handle a lot of wear and tear. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound: For under £100 i wasn't expecting much as far as sound goes but i was astonished at the performance, the bass was rich without drowning out the mids and the highs were perfect. compared to the other speakers I have tried nothing compares to the price to performance ratio of these speakers, they just blow the competition out of the water. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Features: When your getting speakers as good as these for this price then there has to be a trade off, and for these speakers the cut back is on the features.The speakers ship with a very basic remote that only has 2 volume buttons and a mute button, the only other features you'll find here is a volume knob and 2 tone knobs, that means no Bluetooth or WiFi capabilities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview: These speakers are some of the best that I've reviewed. If your looking for some new speakers for music production then you cant go wrong with these, the tone knobs allow for tone change on the fly for optimum music production and if you pair that with the crystal clear sound quality then these will make a pair of perfect budget speakers. I use mine daily for just music consumption and i can't be more pleased with them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conclusion: If you are looking for a pair of budget speakers under £100 then these are some of the best on the market, amazing sound quality paired with the sturdy build makes a stunning pair of speakers for any type of use.

I own a Lenco record player and it only has a dual RCA output audio cable to connect to speakers and nothing else, so I’ve been looking for speakers with a dual RCA line in port which are also fairly cheaper. I typed in “Speakers Dual RCA line in” as I honestly wasn’t completely sure what I was looking for, these Edifier Speakers were the first option that appeared and at £89.99, which compared to the price of speakers in my city’s electrical stores, was quite cheap. After looking at the mainly positive reviews I decided to get them. For what I was looking for, these speakers are great, I find the sound quality excellent and the design is also quite sleek and simple and not too complicated, the size of the speakers are fairly compact also. The remote control is fairly simple and sturdy with just a mute button and the volume control. The set up was extremely easy, i presumed that the speakers came connected already, so I panicked a little when I seen that they weren’t and I had to connect them myself with the speaker connecting cable, as I’m not the most handy person and thought this was going to be complicated but it was extremely simple and very well explained in the manual. I’m not overly sure about the durability as I’ve only had them for a couple of days, but they seem extremely solid and sturdy enough so far. Overall, if you’re looking for a decent, quite simple and minimalistic set of speakers, I’d highly recommend these.

We've got it connected to both our record player and TV and it still works beautifully. All wires are included to insure you can get up and going when you get them.

Pues sí, fantásticos altavoces! Tantas opiniones leí de que faltaba un Subwoffer, que los bajos se escuchan raro... para el uso que les doy nada de eso. Ay si los hubiera conocido antes! Mira que fui gastándome euros en altavoces de marcas de ordenador, que por 20 euros más habría tenido estos y habría ahorrado al final. Suenan muy bien, es decir para mí, que vivo en un piso no muy grande yo solo, en que tengo una mesa de trabajo con el ordenador y el 80% de vecinos son ancianos, no tiene sentido tener un Subwoffer, que está bien para una fiesta, pero que pierde la mayoría de potencia por la estructura del edificio, molestando más de lo que disfruto yo. Ya he pasado por ahí, para ciertos usos mola pero para mí ya no... Yo quería unos altavoces con los que pudiera escuchar música en mi ordenador de sobremesa, ya con cierta calidad pero sin pasar de 100€(Tengo una Soundblaster XFI 5.1 externa de hace muchos años, y son los altavoces con mejor aislamiento del ruido eléctrico que he probado, y sobretodo uso Spotify Premium que tengo mucha variedad de música, me gustan varios estilos). Pero claro no me esperaba tanta calidad. Es decir supera la prueba del cuarteto de música. Dicen que es la música más intelectual y digamos que juguetona, y tanto por bajo nivel de distorsión se sigue y distingue perfectamente cada instrumento, como por margen dinámico no me destrozó la experiencia las piezas de subida rápida con graves, esta prueba a cierto volumen no la suelen pasar los altavoces con facilidad. Para Rock suenan bien, casi mejor el Rock clásico, por esa cualidad de baja distorsión, y la caja tiene resonancia de madera, con lo que es bastante cálido, para música Pop Vocal fantástico, para jugar, a mí me van bien, ya que a bajo volumen pierde potencia de bajos, pero el resto sigue sin distorsionar, y la verdad que no quiero que llamen los vecinos a la policía por un tiroteo :D. Eso sí, si quieres disfrutar rompiendo los cristales del vecino con los bajos con música Rap, o darte un subidón Mákina Total, tampoco dan para disfrutarlo como te gustaría, aunque creo que en este caso, si te va más esa música convendría centrarte en altavoces grandotes con un megasubwoofer para darlo todo. A mí también me gusta la opción para cuando me toque Euromillones y tenga una sala aparte o mucho espacio para tener varios tipos de altavoces y no moleste a nadie. En fin, estoy describiendo unos Monitores, venidos a menos profesión, a los que le doy un uso particular. Y por esa relación calidad/precio. sólo comentar que el aspecto de los altavoces es cubierto, como el que sale a la izquierda de la foto. Y que los materiales son firmes, bien construidos, mención especial el aislamiento del cableado entre altavoces, el control pequeño de bajos y graves, que en el fondo no he usado... son muchos detalles de calidad. Otro punto que igual pueda ser negativo para algunas personas que no lleva Bluetooth, pero es que yo no lo necesitaba! Para mí, por poner un ejemplo, suenan mejor, por tener más graves, que una microcadena Pioneer. Tiene más potencia, y vibran más los bajos, los últimos amplificadores baratos de Pioneer son muy buenos en distorsión, al menos para mi oido limitado. Suerte con la elección!

I was scared to order this as another review stated that it arrived damage however it turned out perfectly fine and is one of the best speakers I've used. this seems to be an improved model from ones I've seen online as the remote has more functionality and instead of PC and AUX it's split into line 1 and line 2. Sound quality is phenomenal with bass and treble adjustment to personalize it to what you like. It can go really loud and works great with my AT-LP60X. Build quality is absolutely phenomenal as it feels premium despite it's low price. I would say this speaker is worth it.

Some of the BEST bookshelf speakers. I'm not joking, I was really bloody surprised by these babies!

Mir klappt immer noch die Kinnlade runter und nach drei Stunden puren Hörvergnügens sitze ich noch immer andächtig nickend vor meinen neuen Boxen, schmeiße einen Lieblingssong nach dem anderen an und fummel mir mit spitzen Fingern und präzisionsgeschürtzten Lippen den Equalizer ein. … Herrlich! … Nein, Wahnsinn ist das richtige Wort. Und ohne in Übertreibungen und endlos blumigen Analogien enden zu wollen, muss ich doch noch sagen, dass mir diese Lautsprecher respektvoll den Unterschied zwischen Geräusch und Klang gelehrt haben. Schon allein "Out of the Box" und ohne sie auf das persönliche Soundempfinden zu kalibrieren, merkt man sofort nach dem Einschalten einen qualitativen "Raumklang" der einen umgibt und das Gefühl vermittelt, man sei in einen Topf voll Soundsahne gesprungen und tauche wohlig umhüllt durch die fantastischsten Klangwelten. Genug der Schwärmereien. ;) Wie der geneigte Leser schwer erkennen kann, bin ich völlig fasziniert von diesen Teilen. Aber um dennoch einmal ernst zu werden und um faktisch etwas zu sagen, komme ich einmal dazu, dass ich nun schon einige "Soundsystheme" an meinem PC, TV, etc. durch habe. Und ich muss mir tatsächlich und wirklich eingestehen, dass ich vorher noch nicht wusste, was Klang wirklich ist. Diese Boxen laufen jetzt an meinen PC und ersetzen meinen zuvor genutzten "Brüllwürfel". Ich hab lange überlegt, ob bei dem Preis der Boxen zuschlage und hatte echt Angst davor, dass ich ziemlich schnell meinen 120er Bass vermissen würde. Weil dann und wann muss es bei mir schon mal drücken von dieser Stelle her und ich traute diesen Boxen nicht zu, da mithalten zu können. Aber, sie können und nicht nur das, wenn man sie richtig einstellt. Ich kann einem meiner Vorredner verstehen, der enttäuscht meinte, dass die Boxen blechern klingen würden. Ja, das liegt aber an der Feinjustierung! Die Boxen lassen sich über die eingebauten Regler schon gut einstellen, der bombastische Unterschied tritt aber erst ans Tageslicht, wenn ein Equalizer mit ins Spiel kommt. Bei mir regele ich das über die Soundkarte und erreiche damit Ergebnisse, die meine alte Anlage in einen verdammt frostigen Schatten stellen. Und, es lassen sich damit sehr unterschiedliche Klangspectren abbilden, die ich diesen Boxen auch nicht zugetraut hatte. Also ich denke, damit lassen sie sich für jeden Musikgeschmack oder auf jedes Ohrempfinden hervorragend einstellen. Ebenso kann ich keine Verzerrungen, Störgeräusche oder Überlagerungen bei der Wiedergabe in den verschiedenen Lautstärken feststellen. Klangtechnisch, muss ich sagen, hatte ich noch nie etwas besseres und gebe in diesem Punkt dafür eine volle Kaufempfehlung ab. Optisch sind sie für meinen Geschmack sehr schön anzusehen. Die Verarbeitung ist qualitativ sehr hochwertig und auch die Verpackung war sehr gut. Versand war einwandfrei … was kann man noch sagen? Viel Vergnügen und herzlichen Glückwunsch für jeden der sich für dies feine Paar Lautsprecher entscheidet.