Edifier WiFi Smart Speaker Without Microphone, Works with Alexa, Supports AirPlay 2, Spotify,Tidal Connect, 40W RMS One-Piece Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Sound System, No Mic, MS50A

Bought one 3 years ago and still going strong! I actually haven't used the app and literally just use it through Spotify and it works flawlessly. Writing this review now cause considering getting another 2 or 3 for other rooms, which I would have to use their app for. Haven't used it but I imagine it's mediocre.The sound is good. Great if you have untrained ears. It has that BEATS sound profile with heavy bass but in bigger rooms I think it works out cause it helps fill. It gets plenty loud, distortion is noticeable to a trained ear at 85% volume but you will rarely be listening that loud.4 stores audio wise, 5 just cause of what you get for the price.

The sound is good, but over time the connection has become so unreliable as to be useless. At this point it can manage about 20 seconds before it loses connection.

I am overall impressed with the construction, ergonomics, appearance, and price point when on sale ($80 on Black Friday 2023) of this speaker. I bought it because I was looking for a bathroom speaker for music, podcasts, and news when showering, and it fits well on my toilet reservoir cover. You can use the foam from the packaging to make a nice isolating pad. The lack of an internal battery is a bonus for me -- a speaker this large would require a big, heavy lithium ion battery to power, adding to cost.This speaker easily gets loud, and I usually run it at <50% of peak volume to stay safely under 80 dBA. The frequency response curve is a bit on the bassy side, which tends to drown out spoken word, especially when passing through a glass shower door. However you can remove the speaker cover to expose the front bass port and stuff a small piece of cloth or foam into the front, which nicely tames the bass. If this speaker had an equalizer built in, it would be perfect.I like that you can set it up as a Spotify connected device (or Amazon Music, whatever) or use Bluetooth. The Edifier Home app worked well for setup and was promptly deleted without issue. I didn't have to sign into any other service or create an account to do this. The lack of a microphone is very considerate and helps me trust the product, as I value my privacy.It sounds good enough, and it's many times cheaper than Sonos, who have burned me with anti-consumer software-based planned obsolescence and privacy violating end user license agreements. For me, it's a hit.

If you consider yourself an Audiophile, and in the market for a pair of small wireless speakers, drop 2 Edifer MS50A's in your shopping cart and enjoy.Let me repeat two words ... Tidal Connect!Perform a 5 minute "Stereo WiFi" setup with the Edifer app, open Tidal Music, select MS50A... press play.Thats it folks, no drama, no jumping through hoops, no enlisting your kids for help.Seriously I've been looking for true wireless speakers my entire life, "Stereo" wireless speakers are ultra rare, go ahead and search. The problem is getting the left/right speakers to start at the same nano-second without wires, get this timing wrong and you get mid-fi sound. (The big 3 have plenty of these toy cloth lined speakers for sale on this website.) If you dig dig deep you can find a handful of other more expensive options but they all have their drawbacks, besides the cost. Even Edifer offer's only 1 additional wireless set, the S1000W's, but alas you need to hook wires to the passive speaker. La de da ditty da.While the MS50A's now live on my office desk as Nearfield Monitors, I tested them in my main 30X40' listening space. They create a huge stereo soundstage that dances and flows like real Hifi, even moving a little air, I measured -9db at 50hz. Outstanding!Not found in any other review, I discovered these speakers now show up inside the WiiM app, this brings an entire palate of musical choices. (See WiiM for all the playback options.) Wait it gets better, I unplugged my WiiM Pro and the MS50's continue to play. This means the MS50's are supported natively, no need for a WiiM device in your house. Like a poor mans Roon Remote, the free WiiM app gives you total control from any device in your house, including MacOS. You can even group WiiM's and MS50's together for a whole house party mode. Within the WiiM app you can touch the speaker icon and make it L, R or LR stereo. This allows you to separate them and place one on the front porch and one in the garage. I take mine out on the lanai when I BBQ, or drag one down to the gazebo. In LR mode you can even select entirely different music for that zone and control the volume ... and the hits just keep on coming with WiiM!The Edifer's are not Roon Ready but they do show up as Airplay devices on Roon. No Chromecast as yet, but they do offer full Amazon functionality. For high quality music streaming you have Qobuz/Tidal/Amazon Unlimited via the WiiM app. While Tidal Connect unfolds MQA(MAX) it tops out at 48/16 (High) when steaming HiRes Flac for now. No matter, all sound outstanding to me.Honestly I don't think there's any other WiFi Stereo speakers on the planet with this much flexibility, functionality, and stereo sound quality.Definitely not at this price!

After reading the mixed reviews, I rolled the dice and purchased one of these. I planned on giving one a try and seeing if it was worth buying multiple to place throughout the house. The first unit worked ok, for the most part. It sounded good, looked nice. It would drop out periodically, but didnt seem like a big deal. I went ahead and bought a second to make a group and I've had nothing but issues. I've removed them and re-paired them, unplugged them for an extended period and they still drop the sound. Sometimes one craps out and the second keeps going. Sometimes they both stop. I would save your money for another product.

Speaker is, OK. Sound is decent. Compared to other competing wifi speakers, sound is average. I've compared to Sonos (Play 1, One SL, Move), Audio Pro A10, Denon Home 150...they're all better. Maybe due in part because they all have EQ adjustment (the Edifier does not). Size wise, the Edifier is also larger than the others, closer to the size of a Sonos Move (shorter but wider). The app is very basic (pretty much just to get it paired and basic controls), but the other odd thing is the app for this speaker is Edifier Home while the app for the D32 is Edifier Connex. Oh, and try not to be confused by the other Edifier app called Edifier Connect, which is for the Q Series, M Series, and R Series of Edifier speakers. Power cord doesn't stay plugged into the speaker well.