Sound quality: Edifier's MP700 had good overall sound quality. Bass has good impact but is a bit boomy and doesn't go deep. Midrange is fairly even but soft sounding and a bit muffled. Treble is extended but is a bit smeared, sizzly and lacks treble air. Does a mediocre job of recovering room ambience and sounds somewhat congested and lacks detail. No significant difference between Bluetooth and wired sound quality. Provides a decent volume level in a medium- to a large-sized room.
Ease of use: We found the Edifier MP700 ease of use to be good overall. Connecting to Bluetooth is very easy. The unit is always in pairing mode when not already paired, shows a pairing mode indicator and indicates when pairing mode has occurred and never times out. Unit also has NFC. The console controls are very large and in a prominent place, but are very low contrast (black on black), and there’s nothing to indicate that it is a volume control, except + and - symbols. The +/- are also unlabeled multifunction controls, for skipping and pausing content. Source selection is somewhat ambiguous due to button labeling of the power button, which has only an LED indicator: red is aux; blue is Bluetooth. It’s ambiguous because you could misinterpret red as off. Aux jack has a low contrast label.
