INTRODUCTION

    Portable wireless speakers have become the default soundtrack machines of everyday life, slipping into bags, backpacks, and workspaces without demanding attention. They’ve evolved from simple Bluetooth bricks into compact audio hubs that balance power, clarity, and battery endurance. With so many brands chasing the same formula, the real differentiators now come down to tuning, build quality, and how well a speaker adapts to real‑world use. In that crowded field, Edifier steps forward with something new, it's called the ES300.

    Edifier specializes in premium sound systems that showcase technological innovation and design elegance, delivering outstanding audio experiences through a wide range of headphones, speakers, and music systems, for personal entertainment and professional excellence. Established in May 1996 in Beijing, Edifier is the brainchild of a small group of enterprising music lovers. Over the past 25 years, Edifier has been guided by the “passion for sound” principle, which helped the brand emerge as a world-class designer and manufacturer of award-winning sound systems. Today, Edifier serves audio lovers worldwide through its distributors in over 70 countries, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.

    The Edifier ES300 is a tabletop wireless speaker delivering 60W RMS through a 4" (116mm - 30W) long‑throw mid‑bass driver and dual 1.25" (33mm - 15W each) silk‑dome tweeters (56Hz-40kHz frequency response), all powered by full digital signal processing (DSP), a two‑way active crossover, and DRC for controlled dynamics. It supports Hi‑Res Audio and Hi‑Res Audio Wireless (codec support for SBC, LDAC, and ALAC in AirPlay mode), with connectivity options including AirPlay 2 (2.4/5 GHz dual-band Wi‑Fi), Bluetooth v5.4 (multi-point), USB, and 3.5mm AUX. The enclosure uses a 15mm thick MDF cabinet (available in black and white colors) with MazeTube bass‑reflex channels and TurbMuff air‑noise suppression to reinforce low‑frequency performance. A built‑in lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack provides up to 12 hours of playtime, while the subtle underside light bar with its multiple ambient lighting effects (not RGB) and a sleek metallic control panel complete the retro‑modern design.

SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

PACKAGING AND CONTENTS

The ES300 gets shipped inside a white box that has a product picture at the front.

Both the features and specifications of the ES300 are printed on the left side in 8 languages.

Edifier points out the main product features on the right side of the box just over contact information and numerous certifications.

The rear of the box is also taken by a large product picture, this time of the white model.

Two pieces of cardboard and a synthetic wrap are used to keep the ES300 safe during shipping.

Along with the ES300 inside the box you'll also find its power/charge cord, USB-A cable, 3.5mm cable, statement of compliance paper, safety instructions paper and the quick start guide.

THE ES300

The 3.7Kg heavy ES300 measures 277mm in length, 165mm in width and 165mm in height.

Edifier has covered the MDF enclosure with what seems to be real leather and not faux one (regardless, it feels and looks nice).

All three drivers (mid-bass and tweeters) are unfortunately not visible from the front due to a soft synthetic material cover.

At the top of the speaker, we find the touch controls (light bar intensity, previous track, play/pause, next track, audio volume control), on/off/input power button with activity LED and 5 battery charge indicator LEDs.

The controls are illuminated so you can easily access them even without having any lights on.

Turning the ES300 around we see the two bass reflex ports, power port, USB-A port and the 3.5mm aux port.

Moving at the base of the speaker here we find two long rubber feet and a LED bar that covers the front and both sides (can only produce white and yellow colors).

At night the ES300 looks great (wouldn't say no to RGB lighting, but this is a retro model so it would probably look a bit off).

HOME APP

Initially I started by using the Edifier ConneX app but the ES300 is not supported.

Instead, the ES300 is supported by their Home App as seen above.

From the app you can check battery life, what the ES300 is currently playing (from your smartphone), select input, select between stereo and mono modes and use one of the 4 available EQ modes.

You can also adjust the ambient light bar as seen above (brightness, effect, and color).

From the settings tab you can adjust the backlight (fixed or lit by hand), set the Bluetooth name (will need to switch to Bluetooth for related settings to be accessible), set the LDAC sampling rate (by default it's up to 48kHz), and enable the multi-point feature.

CONCLUSION

    Almost every single speaker I’ve received from Edifier has delivered on everything I was hoping it would and the ES300 is no exception. It produces very good audio accuracy (bass could be richer however) which at times seems to be coming not from a single location but two separate ones. The ideal scenario of course would be using two ES300 speakers placed a few meters from each other resulting in a wider soundstage but clearly that’s not something most people will opt to do. Moving to battery life things here are quite good and although I didn’t quite make it to 12 hours while testing the ES300 I did record over 10 hours at around 80% volume and with the LED bar at 100% brightness. Build quality is very good if not excellent and as for the touch controls aside being illuminated they are also very responsive (clockwise movement to increase brightness/volume and counterclockwise to decrease). As for the LED bar thanks to the fact that it only has white and yellow as available colors it fits well with the entire retro concept.

    Just days before the Christmas holidays the ES300 tabletop wireless speaker by Edifier retails for USD349.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 199.99Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) so at least over here, it’s priced properly. Overall, the ES300 may not be the perfect wireless speaker but it does deliver as advertised and that’s why it gets the Golden Award.

PROS

- Near Excellent Build Quality
- Bluetooth v5.4, 2.4/5GHz WiFi, USB & 3.5mm Aux
- Very Good Audio Quality
- Illuminated Touch Buttons
- Base LED Bar
- Battery Life (Up To 12 Hours)
- Edifier Home App
- Stereo Pairing (2xES300)
- Available In Black & White Colors
- EU Price (For Some)

CONS

- USA Pricing (For Some)
- Bass (Could Be Better)