Edifier S300 Tabletop Bluetooth Speaker (Ivory)

Edifier S300 Tabletop Bluetooth Speaker (Ivory) – Hi-Res Tabletop Wireless Speaker with AirPlay 2

The Edifier S300 is a tabletop wireless speaker built as a piece of furniture first and a gadget second. The Ivory finish, MDF cabinet and retro styling let it sit on a sideboard, console or shelf without looking like a piece of tech equipment, while inside it is a properly specified Hi-Res Audio system: dual 1.25-inch titanium dome tweeters with neodymium magnets, a 5.5-inch long-throw aluminium diaphragm mid-bass driver, and 80W of total RMS output from Class-D amplification.

Streaming is covered from both sides of the phone divide. Bluetooth 5.4 with LDAC support handles Android devices at up to 990 kbps and 24-bit/96 kHz, while dual-band Wi-Fi with Apple AirPlay 2 covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV households and allows speakers to be grouped into a multi-room system. Wired sources are equally well served, with USB-C digital input and an AUX input, both working at 24-bit/96 kHz.

Key features

• 80W total RMS output: 50W mid-bass plus 15W + 15W treble
• Dual 1.25-inch titanium dome tweeters with neodymium magnets
• 5.5-inch long-throw aluminium diaphragm mid-bass driver
• Frequency response of 48 Hz to 40 kHz, with Hi-Res Audio certification
• Bluetooth 5.4 with LDAC up to 990 kbps and multipoint connection
• Dual-band Wi-Fi with Apple AirPlay 2 and multi-room grouping
• USB-C and AUX wired inputs at 24-bit/96 kHz
• Full digital signal processing, two-way active crossover and dynamic range control
• MDF cabinet with flared bass reflex ports to reduce resonance and distortion
• Front panel controls, remote control and Edifier Home app support

Sound from a single box

Most one-box speakers ask a single full-range driver to do everything. The S300 splits the work: the two titanium dome tweeters handle the top end from either side of the cabinet, the larger aluminium mid-bass driver covers voices and low frequencies, and the active crossover keeps each driver working in the range it handles best. Dynamic range control holds the presentation together at higher volume, and the flared reflex ports let the cabinet produce useful bass without the chuffing and boom that small enclosures often add. The result is a speaker that fills a living room or bedroom evenly rather than sounding loud in one spot and thin everywhere else.

Everyday use

Day to day, the S300 is deliberately simple. Front panel buttons and a knob handle volume and source selection without reaching for a phone, the supplied remote covers sofa-distance control, and the Edifier Home app adds setup and additional functions. Multipoint Bluetooth keeps two devices connected at once, so a laptop and a phone can take turns without re-pairing. It is mains powered, with no battery to manage, which suits a speaker that lives in one place and is used daily.

Placement and who it suits

Place the S300 centrally in the room, on a stable surface against the longest wall where possible, and give the rear reflex ports some breathing room. It suits listeners who want clearly better sound than a smart speaker for music, podcasts and television audio, in a single good-looking unit, and who value AirPlay 2 or LDAC support as part of that package.

In Ivory, the S300 is the lighter, softer finish in the range, and the one that blends most easily into bright, neutral interiors while still sounding like a serious speaker.

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