Edifier Wireless Speaker MS50A

£129.99

A wireless speaker does way more than simply play music, it makes washing up bearable, it livens up a party, and most importantly, it allows you to dance around the house to your favourite song. Therefore, due to the joys that can be gained from a Wireless Speaker, I was eager to put the latest Edifier gadget to the test!

Fundamentally, the Edifier Wireless Speaker is large and robust, offering great sound quality. The bass sound is also smooth and rich which I love. The wooden exterior is a particularly nice characteristic, as it gives the speaker a retro aesthetic which could easily blend in with the interiors of someone’s home.

On the more technical side, the speaker is controlled simply by touch or via the Edifier Home App, (which is really easy to use) thanks to the wireless Bluetooth connection. I prefer this over some smart speakers as I am constantly shouting at my smart speaker as it fails to understand me, so I always end up going over and controlling it by touch anyway. (The Edifier Wireless Speaker has no internal microphone for privacy settings, a big plus.) In this sense, however, it does not belong to the smart speaker family, as it needs to be connected to other smart speakers to be controlled by voice.

The Edifier Wireless Speaker does, however, have multi-room connectivity using music synchronisation with a number of huge listening sites, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal. This means that you can wander from room to room whilst still listening to your favourite songs. Additionally, the Speaker has the capability to connect to devices, such as Apple AirPlay 2 and Amazon Alexa. This allows you to group a multi-room music system so that you can command the playback using your voice. This is clever forethought, because it combines the technology of smart speakers, with the brilliant sound quality of Edifier, working as the ultimate speaker combo.

Pros:

- Cool aesthetic and a nice design.

- Smooth bass sound.

- Controlled by Edifier Home App.

- No internal microphone.

- Multi-room connectivity.

- Ability to connect to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal.

- Can connect to Amazon Alexa and Apple Airplay 2.