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Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

Last updated: May 14, 2021 3:28 pm UTC
By Guido Gabriele
Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

Earlier this year, we tried Edifier’s S880DB active speakers. Though we loved their look and versatility, we couldn’t ignore the fact that a slightly bigger midrange driver would have helped their limited bass extension. As if in direct response, Edifier next sent us another set of powered speakers that seemed likely to scratch that low-end itch — the higher-end S2000 Pro. For $100 more than their compact siblings, the S2000 Pro offers significantly improved sound over the S880DB, with just one significant compromise.

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Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

The S2000 Pro are significantly larger than the S880DB, at 8” x 13.5” x 10.5” each. They’re also much heavier, and their cabinets feel more solid and feature large rear ports — all good signs. We love how the S2000 Pro mates the old-school look of birchwood paneled cabinets with a unique, futuristic, floating, see-through grille design.

Like the SD880B, the S2000 Pro also features a small, unobtrusive display on the active speaker to indicate the selected input and receive commands from the included full-function remote control. On the back of the active speaker we find RCA and XLR analog inputs, optical and coaxial digital inputs, and three knobs to control bass, treble, and volume/input selection.

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Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

Analog and optical cables are included in the box. Bluetooth input is also available, with aptX (but not AAC) supported. The speakers are connected with a thick, heavy, long (16-foot) cable terminated in Edifier’s included proprietary five-pin connector. Digital to analog conversion is handled by a Burr-Brown PCM1802 DAC capable of decoding 24bit/192kHz audio; Edifier says that DSP is being applied as well. This is where we encounter the S2000 Pro’s biggest compromise: no USB input.

The choice to include balanced analog inputs instead of USB seems to target the S2000 Pro at a certain kind of customer — pros and enthusiasts who own balanced DACs, as opposed to normal people who would play audio through their phones or laptops. Still, the inclusion of decent Bluetooth support made it easy to integrate the S2000 Pro into even the most basic setup, and its upward-facing drivers are ideal for a desktop use.

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Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

Each S2000 Pro speaker features a planar diaphragm tweeter with an external phase plug and a 5.5-inch aluminum-cone woofer. Paired with its internal amplifier, Edifier claims that the S2000 Pro is capable of 12 watts per channel to the tweeters and 50 watts per channel to the woofers, with a frequency response of 48 Hz to 20 Khz and signal-to-noise ratio of 94 dB. To cut to the chase, we were very impressed by the S2000 Pro’s sound. Their imaging and detail reproduction is excellent and, like the S880DB, its hardware tone controls are complemented by four EQ settings — Vocal, Monitor, Dynamic, and Classic. Though we usually prefer to evaluate audio gear in its most neutral settings, we found ourselves tweaking the S2000 Pro’s sound from track to track, never finding a song that they couldn’t handle.

Review: Edifier S2000 Pro Bookshelf Speakers

Across all those settings, however, one aspect of the S2000 Pro stood out — the quantity and quality of its low-end response.

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