Edifier MS50A evaluation

The Edifier MS50A is a wi-fi speaker with a traditional design and trendy options. It helps each Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity and works with Amazon Alexa. How does the $150 speaker deal with and, maybe extra importantly, sound? Learn on to search out out.

Design

The Edifier MS50A seems to be like the type of speaker you might need seen rising up within the Eighties or Nineteen Nineties. By that, I imply it employs each wooden and cloth, and doesn’t have any flashy distinguishing traits.

With a footprint that calls to thoughts a thick roll of paper towels, the speaker suits properly on a tabletop, counter, or stand. The aesthetics are such that it really works properly with just about any surroundings. It doesn’t beg for consideration however it does appear to decorate up for the celebration.

The entrance face of the speaker is all grille with a silver line that breaks throughout the center. The opposite three sides have a walnut-like wooden grain.

Options

With regards to options and features, the Edifier MS50A has considerably of a combined bag. As an example, whereas it does work with Amazon Alexa, it doesn’t have a microphone to set off the digital assistant. You’ll have to make use of the Amazon Alexa app or one other good system with that functionality. However when you try this, you possibly can have your music play on that speaker.

Equally, the cell app gives some management over the audio expertise however not as a lot as I anticipated. You should utilize it to pair one other speaker with it for stereo sound or mutli-room music; nonetheless, there is no such thing as a EQ setting.

Aside from these two gripes, there are undoubtedly some issues to understand in Edifier MS50A. Along with the Alexa tie-in, the speaker additionally works natively with Apple Airplay and Spotify.

Additional, I actually like that it really works with each Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. The previous works properly in the event you’re trying to take heed to an audiobook or your favourite music app. The latter, opens the door to whole-house linked playback. Furthermore, in the event you’re taking part in music from a telephone, you possibly can take heed to different audio in your handset. That’s to say it’s not “all or nothing” for music.

There are capacitive buttons on the highest of the speaker which provide you with management over the playback and quantity. You possibly can advance and restart tracks by tapping the appropriate and left buttons, respectively. Lengthy urgent the left will return one monitor at a time. The play and pause button on the backside is apparent.

Quantity is managed by inserting your finger on the dotted ring and dragging it in a clockwise or counter-clockwise course.

Sound

The Edifier MS50A has a reasonably loud sound for its measurement and I can think about pairing two of those collectively may actually fill a number of rooms with thumping music.

I’ve tried quite a few music genres and forms of audio together with audiobooks, podcasts, EDM, progressive rock, hip hop, and classical music. As a complete I loved the expertise.

Lows are undoubtedly represented properly and bass-heavy songs do really feel punchy. On the excessive finish you’ll discover clear and crisp punctuation. As for the center, it did a usually respectable job and just a few remoted occasions felt crowded or muddy.

In fact it comes all the way down to the music supply and sound engineering. Actually, the speaker could be higher represented by saying that it might level out poorly combined audio.