Sound quality: The Edifier's S1000MKII had Excellent overall sound quality. Bass has good impact and goes deep, but is slightly prominent and boomy. Midrange is fairly even but is a touch grainy and hazy. Treble is extended and fairly detail but slightly prominent and a touch smeared. Does a good job of recovering room ambience but is slightly congested. This two speaker model comes as a stereo pair, and its sound stage width and focus depends on how it is placed. When well placed the sound field extends well above and to the sides of the speakers and have decent depth, and individual instruments and voices are identifiable and have a three dimensional quality. Provides a decent volume level in a large sized room. No significant difference between Bluetooth, optical, coax, and aux sound quality except bass is slightly less prominent with the Bluetooth input, but can be matched to the others with a slight bass adjustment. There was no difference in sound quality between this model and Edifier S1000DB it supersedes and Edifier S1000W that it precedes.
Ease of use: We found the Edifier S1000MKII ease of use to be Very Good overall. Volume controls: The control is a labeled multi-function infinite-turn knob (volume & Input selector) which has a visual indicator on front of unit when max and min volume is reached. The volume control is not obvious due to its poor placement on the rear of the speaker. Swithcing sources: The source selector control is a labeled multi-function push button-knob that is clearly labeled. The control is not prominent (rear of unit), but uses ambiguous source selection indicators on front of unit. Wired setup: Is a 5 Din Pin cable provided for left/right interconnect of speakers, simply plug in, no prep needed. Bluetooth: The unit is always in pairing mode when not already paired when the Bluetooth input is selected, it lacks a pairing mode indicator and lack an indicater when the pairing mode has occurred. Remote control: The volume controls are prominent +/- markings which lacks index markings for volume levels, but has visual indication when max volume is reached on unit. The mute control is well marked, well placed, with clear indication when it is engaged and mutes all inputs. The source selector has labeled buttons for all sources, but when selected the unit has ambiguous persistant source indicators on speaker display. The transport controls are obvious play/pause, skip only, no scan provision.
