Edifier QR65 desktop speakers ZDNET's key takeaways The Edifier QR65 are available in black or white for $369.
These sleek Bluetooth speakers are easy to use, look good in the home, and sound great.
However, their all-in-one design limits them from performing well in specific use cases, like vinyl setups and Hi-Fi listening. $256.49 at Amazon $369.99 at Best Buy $499.99 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices
When I sit at my desk to work, I play music in the background to avoid getting distracted. For an immersive listening experience that encourages productivity, I typically throw on a pair of headphones, with my current rotation consisting of the Bose QuietComfort Ultra, Sony Ult Wear, and Sennheiser HD 660S2.
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I live in Georgia, so if the weather isn't sticky and humid, it's uncomfortably dry. Therefore, headphones with thick, plushy ear cups become a sauna for my ears, requiring me to interrupt my jam session to cool off. So, when Edifier sent me the QR65 desktop speakers, I thought they'd be my saving grace, helping keep my music jumping throughout the workday without breaking a sweat (literally).
The QR65 speakers sport 1.25-inch silk dome tweeters and 2.75-inch drivers with aluminum diaphragms. The tweeters reproduce high-pitched sounds, while the drivers are engineered to reproduce mid-low sounds.
To test this out, I connected the QR65 via Bluetooth to my iPhone and listened to Majid Jordan's "Gave Your Love Away." The QR65's bass-forward sound teeters between too-boomy and acceptable. Fortunately, I could still hear the musical duo's harmonies and the QR65's sound is more transparent and crisper than that of a traditional Bluetooth speaker.
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Compared to a Bluetooth speaker of similar audio quality, like the Sonos Era 300, the QR65 is less portable or convenient to take around town. The QR65 are meant to stay home, but their setup is simple enough to move them between rooms quickly.
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