Budget around 200-350 for active studio speakers (with knobs for controlling volume, treble and bass).
Currently one of my passive speaker loses sound, so looking for a brand new one.

If there are better ones which just needs to increase my budget slightly, please share.
I find it strange there are little brands locally, mostly Edifier.
Are there other brands bought locally? (e.g. polk audio,klipsch)

This post has been edited by asunakirito: Aug 25 2014, 12:50 AM

Sonic Gear Evo 9 , Have a remote control(very cool for this price of speaker) , nice Bass (i mean like seriously!) , 2 mic jack (lol i know right) , USB and Memory card reader(well its a plus for me) , radio , 3.5mm jack (input) , and lastly BLUETOOTH!! (somehow works well with my hand phone but not my pc dont know why) . Go check it out .

Edifier produces very affordable HiFi quality studio monitors. For around that budget range, try looking at Edifier R1600T III. And if you want to up a notch and increasing budget to around RM500 to RM600 range, then I would highly recommend Edifier Studio 7 (a.k.a Edifier R2700)...

What was the speaker brand and model? And what was the brand and model of the amplifier used to drive those speakers? Have you checked properly the whether the source of the problem stems from the passive speaker or the amplifier itself?

Those brands are available locally, but they are usually out of your budget range (mostly in the 4-digit range)...

I wonder if you ever noticed that there are hardly any Sonic Gear recommendations here. Here is one of the reasons: Special Interest -> Home Entertainment -> Audiophiles -> Speaker Discovery Channel, Speaker brand giving fake spec. Sonic Gear does not really manufacture speakers but takes them from OEMs (most of them hardly known or very obscure), thus the quality is all over the place depending on the model...

This post has been edited by lex: Aug 25 2014, 04:03 AM

Thanks lex for your recommendation.
Do you know where I could audition these Edifier speakers? (The R1600T III and Edifier Studio 7)

This post has been edited by asunakirito: Aug 25 2014, 07:33 AM

Got Edifier previously but sold off. The bass is too strong for my liking (Growing older so didn't enjoy bass now). Good for gaming cause of the boom boom effect, room mirror also can shake if turn on the volume to 40% but bad for some jazz music.

I think another concern you need to raise is what is the speaker purpose? Is it for gaming? Or acoustic music?

Which Edifier model speaker you sold off? Is it Edifier R2700 or Edifier R1600T III?


I'm not a bass-head person, so same boat as you
Mine is more for listening to music, watching video/movie and for video editing (mixing music)

This post has been edited by asunakirito: Aug 25 2014, 07:49 PM

I think Edifier himself already mentioned it earlier, at Viewnet and Sri Computer in Low Yat Plaza KL.

If not mistaken, this one: Trade Zone -> Garage Sales -> Entertainment Garage Sales -> Music Players and Audio Accessories -> <WTS> Edifier 3500 [SOLD], 5.1 speaker (PC Speakers)...

Those speakers should be fine, and are very well suited for music editing and mixing (primary purpose of studio monitors)...

Got the same feel as you, not that not enjoy it but rather worry about most bass resonance issue in small room near field listening...

Opps.. Sorry that I missed your reply.. Previously was using C3.. Not those that you mention.. So I can't really give comment

But for staging and acoustic, I've tried HMK at my friend's house, really nothing beats it.. but the bass is almost to deaf.. Now using a bar speaker due to space constraint..

not sure about those mahal2 high end model of edifier

Edifier is more like making large amount model and quantity to fill up the market only

i never seen Edifier as a pro audio brand. it just not my taste

I'm not sure about the brand, the only label it has is "Amplified Multi-media Speaker System". I opened it up inside once to clean the internals, and didn't find any brand label.

It has a 4 inch woofer + 1 inch tweeter
Basically a 2.0 speakers W x H x D = 130 x 240 x 170 mm, cost around RM300 about +10 years ago.
At 50% volume, it basically fill up the entire room similar to Clem review on the Edifier R1600Tiii.
Usually play at 40% volume since its just sitting close on my desk.


Really? I could get them below the 4-digit range via Newegg.com including shipping and tax.
There are some promotion for those speakers where they slash the price by 50%.
However, I'm looking for active speakers (active speaker for control + passive speaker connected to the active)

Thanks for the note! Will be watching out for those

There are expensive high end Edifier speakers, such as the S2000 model (also a studio monitor). And not everyone has deep pockets. Thus there is where Edifier fills in the gap, to provide quality speakers at affordable prices. Besides Edifier, there are also other top tier speaker specific manufacturers such as HiVi and MicroLab, etc. Of course there are also lower tiers such as Sonic Gear, Salpido, Vinnfier, etc. For example: iXBT Labs > Кристальный звук: Сравнительное тестирование стереоколонок Edifier R2700 и Microlab Solo 9C / апрель-2014 head-to-head the Edifier still won in terms of sound quality.

Sounds like a small room. Also seems like an OEM speaker since there is no brand name printed on it. Some pictures of that speaker may shed some light as well...

If you buy them from official dealers here then usually around the 4-digit level. Those speakers are usually the passive type, and requires an audio power amplifier to drive them which is extra cost also (to buy the audio power amplifier itself). There are also other top tier active speaker systems (e.g. KRK, ESI, Behringer, Acoustic Energy, etc) though not easy to find here (nor widely available in the shops/stores)...

Some of their models are OK (not fake specifications), but still can't tell unless look inside first (in other words disassemble it). If you ever look at their Blue Thunder series, then you will notice they look eerily similar to Divoom speakers (who is probably one of their OEMs)....

This post has been edited by lex: Aug 26 2014, 10:13 PM

anyone has experience with thonet and vander ?
looking at their gut speaker
im also on the market for a 2.0 speaker around rm400 ish

lex Do you know if the studio speakers such as R2700 can be connected to a TV? Also, I see my motherboard has SPDIF port, how it could be used for high end speakers like Edifier studio speakers?

Yes, can be use the SPDIF connection for your TV and/or computer. The optical cable is included with the speaker package as well. Just connect them and enable SPDIF output on your computer...

How about the heat/temperature when leaving the speakers on idle? Does it feel warm or hot?

I have read power911 review on R2800, and he mention about the heat which interested me.
Does it feel warm or hot when the R2700 speakers is left idle?
How about the temperature when its playing music continuously for more than 5 minutes?
With a bigger speakers such as the Edifier Studio R2700/R2800, wouldn't that heat up much faster and much more than R1600Tiii / R1800Tiii / R1900Tiii ?
My current active speakers feel warm 34-35 degrees when playing music constantly (5min ~ 1 hour+).

Of course since Edifier R2700 is a big speaker, it does feel quite warm since it uses a linear power supply. And Edifier R1900TIII should be much more warmer since it uses linear power supply plus Class AB amplifier (the reason it has that big heatsink in the back). However Edifier R1600TIII and Edifier R1800TIII should be much cooler (still a little warm of course, as with all active amplified speakers) since it uses switching power supply plus Class D amplifier.

This post has been edited by lex: Aug 28 2014, 12:30 AM

I heard Edifier 1900 they're good sounding to my ears, for that price lah.

Which area you audition those speakers?
I'm planning to visit MVP Store at Subang or Viewnet at Lowyat to test them out.

What makes you choose R2700 over the R2800 (which has same class AB amplifier, but bigger speakers) and
R2700 over the R1800Tiii (class D amplifier = saves electricity, less heat, higher efficiency)


If you were given another chance to purchase again, which would you go for?

This post has been edited by asunakirito: Aug 28 2014, 08:09 AM

It belongs to a friend, in his 120 sqft air conditioned room.