Edifier R1850DB Active Bookshelf Speakers - Bluetooth and Optical Input + Sub-out $224.99 Delivered @ Edifier Amazon AU

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Please note that Black Friday / Cyber Monday is around the corner and it may be worth waiting for a bigger discount.

Limited time deal. Down from standard price of $249.
Has been as cheap as $186 Delivered in the past.

This model rarely goes on-sale due to (IMO) being less-popular than the other models.
In a nutshell it is basically a R1700bt with optical & coax inputs + a subwoofer output, and a little bit more power.
The R1850db is therefore more suited for TV use, and according to comments on ozbargain some prefer these additional features.

Features

• DIGITAL / ANALOG INPUTS – RCA/Aux for PC, turntables, etc; Optical/Coaxial for lossless connection; Bluetooth for convenience
• BLUETOOTH V4.0 - Latest wireless technology for playing from phones, tablets or laptops
• TREBLE/BASS CONTROL, SUB-LINE OUT: Adjust bass, treble, volume and toggle inputs on rear panel. Need a little more oomph? Add a subwoofer to your 2.0 setup by simply connecting to the sub-out jack
• WIRELESS REMOTE – Handy compact remote control for input selection, volume adjustment and track control (Bluetooth).
• 1 YEAR WARRANTY - Guaranteed high quality and reliability with hassle-free parts and labor warranty for one year.

Specifications

FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 60Hz-20KHz
TOTAL POWER OUTPUT: RMS 16Wx2 + 19Wx2
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO: ⩾85dBA
THD + N: 0.5%
INPUT SENSITIVITY: PC:700±50mV | AUX: 550±50mV
TWEETER UNIT: Φ19mm silk dome, 6ohm
BASS UNIT: 4"Φ116mm 6ohm
DIMENSION: 154x254x224mm(w x h x d)
NET WEIGHT: 6.63kg

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  Ozbjd on 30/10/2019 - 20:05

  I just got the 1280… Should I have waited? Just use for PC/music

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    markathome on 30/10/2019 - 20:38

    I also bought the 1280 and I'm going to horrify a lot of audio geeks here…

    They are clearly deficient in terms of bass and treble but brilliant in the mids. My Creative Gigaworks T3 are the inverse. Terrible in the mids - brilliant in the bass and treble. So I split the audio signal and stack them one on top of one another. Works fine for me.

    A subwoofer output would have been nice. But even with the above pair you still have to buy the subwoofer…and subwoofers aren't dirt cheap. One advantage of subwoofer output is for non-analog inputs, volume changes or switching inputs the subwoofer follows the speakers.

    However there are limits here too. I believe the 1850's Bluetooth still ain't aptx - so the Bluetooth is not amazing. Furthermore, if it's like the 1280s, the optical input won't support DTS/AC3. The latter means I had to buy a separate box and the former means I never use Bluetooth.

    This is a lot of geekery that I wish I had of understood before I bought my 1280s. But long-story short, I think if you buy this in addition to your 1280s you're just going to end-up with two speakers that don't meet your requirements. You either want to buy a real 2.1 speaker system from the get go. Or you want to buy one with aptx. Or build a very high quality audio system from scratch.

    It just seems unlikely you want a good set of computer speakers along with a slightly better set of computer speakers that you now need to find a subwoofer for.

    To clarify, the audio geeks would be horrified by my pairing of different complete computer speaker systems; I think they'd readily accept the 1280 is good in the mids, not so good in the treble and bass.

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      thebadmachine on 30/10/2019 - 21:23

      Thanks for sharing your experience.

      But even with the above pair you still have to buy the subwoofer…and subwoofers aren't dirt cheap.

      The Cerwin Vega XD8s I posted in a deal awhile ago is available for around $150 once in awhile.

      Edifier actually sells a stand-alone subwoofer in other markets (Edifier T5, which looks exactly like the subwoofer from the S350db model, hopefully they will bring it over to Australia at a competitive price.

      optical input won't support DTS/AC3.

      This would only be an issue if the system had surround speakers and was 5.1 / 7.1, in my experience when you run a 5.1 / 7.1 surround signal (Dolby / DTS) through stereo 2.0 speakers you will actually get degraded sound compared to a stereo PCM signal.

      I think if you buy this in addition to your 1280s you're just going to end-up with two speakers that don't meet your requirements.

      They are separate 2.0 systems and buying both is only to have 2x separate stereo 2.0 setups, for surround-sound you will have to get a product which is designed as a surround-system to begin with (5.1 / 7.1).

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        markathome on 30/10/2019 - 23:49

        This would only be an issue if the system had surround speakers and was 5.1 / 7.1, in my experience when you run a 5.1 / 7.1 surround signal (Dolby / DTS) through stereo 2.0 speakers you will actually get degraded sound compared to a stereo PCM signal.

        In my case the issue is I have a Fetch TV. At times I have the Fetch TV play to a second screen (computer monitor) to my left while I play games (usually Civ 6) on the television screen. The Fetch TV has optical out but no 3.5mm port and will not force transcode the audio output to PCM (as far as I can tell). Thus the 1280 speakers cannot accept the audio of 7HD, 9HD and 10HD - all of which use an AC3 audio channel. The DAC on the monitor is poor quality and running an audio cable back to the speakers is annoying. The Fetch TV and 1280s both have Bluetooth but audio quality isn't great. Thus I have an AC3/DTS converter in the mail and I am hoping it handles the HD channels while also giving me better quality than the Bluetooth.

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          thebadmachine on 31/10/2019 - 00:05

          @markathome: https://yescrowd.optus.com.au/t5/TV-Entertainment/Fetch-box-…

          Check “sound settings” on your Fetch TV, there should be an option for ‘stereo‘.

          Otherwise it looks like it’s an issue with the ‘Fetch TV’, you can a change it to stereo, but it refuses to remember the setting if you use a channel / app which defaults to 5.1 (Netflix etc).
          Try updating the firmware on your Fetch TV, if there is an update available.

          Another solution would be to plug the Edifier into a TV’s optical output, and set your TV’s digital-audio output to Stereo PCM, so whatever the TV receives gets output as Stereo PCM.

          Also the last comment in the link below may help. (Comment by mikellie2)
          https://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/9cidss/netflix_con…

          The DAC on the monitor is poor quality and running an audio cable back to the speakers is annoying.

          If by this you mean you are plugging into the analog input on Edifier, yes this will cause the Edifier to convert ‘analog’ signal to ‘digital’ then back to ‘analog’ again and cause degradation to the sound.

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      diamondd on 30/10/2019 - 23:53

      all good points (you're right, running both sets of speakers like that is horrendous ;) ), but does your TV not allow you to output PCM over optical?

      I ran into the problem when I first got my DAC and it was because my TV was set to Dolby by default. Can't really think of any disadvantages of letting your TV do the decoding for you if it's only going to a 2.0 setup.

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    thebadmachine on 30/10/2019 - 21:34

    +3

    Be aware double the price usually translates to less-than-double the product.

    IMO the next value for money step up would be the S350db with subwoofer on-sale for $308 Delivered.
    And another expensive step up again would be the S2000Pro or S3000Pro, which are suitable for larger rooms.

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  thebadmachine on 02/11/2019 - 11:02

  3x Edifier S1000db available here for $318.21 Delivered on eBay. (it may be worth trying eBay codes as well).
  They were on-clearance for $342.69 @ Edifier AU and are sold out.

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  thebadmachine on 06/11/2019 - 12:47

  Deal expired but 1 available for $224 Delivered ($204 + $20 delivery) @ V-Tech Industries via Amazon AU.

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    thebadmachine on 08/11/2019 - 16:47

    1 available cheaper here on eBay @ $186 Delivered after 20 % off PSLEIGH code.