Wireless headphones. They’re something that I don’t get to see every day. I woke up from an afternoon nap one day and had the Edifier W800BT at my doorstep. I stared at it and thought – hey, it’s the wireless age, and battery-powered audio devices have its own benefits too. With much enthusiasm, I jumped up to my den and took it out of the box and tried. Here’s my full review of the Edifier W800BT.
By the way, thanks for the doorstep delivery! 😀
Unboxing
The packaging here is very basic. No flaps or anything to take a peek at the headset themselves, unfortunately.
Behind the packaging shows off the 3 different color options that the Edifier W800BT is offered in, and has a little indicator showing that my particular unit here is in red.
As for the specifications, you can refer them here.
The packaging is rather intriguing, as there’s a little angled box to fill in a gap between the box and the headset’s plastic holder, and serve as a shock absorber too. Brilliant design!
After digging everything out, there are quite a few things in the box, but nothing extraordinary.
I found out that Edifier included a custom color-matched 3.5mm audio jack too. It’s definitely nice to see, and this cable is made out of solid materials. It really adds icing on the cake!
However, it lacks one thing – a hard case to store the Edifier W800BT so that I can throw it in my bag and carry it around. Emphasis on the word “hard case”, as I have my reasons in the next section of this review.
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The whole Edifier W800BT itself takes on a fairly simple design with zero frills. Absolutely no fancy swivels for folding or rotating earcups at all. It might be a big deal for those who are always on-the-go, as they would want to fold the earcup and let the earpads rest on the shoulders. I mean, even I would like such a feature.
The build quality of the Edifier W800BT is… questionable. In one way, First things first – I do like the weight of it. It doesn’t feel like there’s anything on my head or ears whenever I wore it.
However, to achieve this weight, there is a price to pay. That price is its build material. The Edifier W800BT is made out of plastic only – from the headbands to the earcups.
The plastic build here isn’t particularly bad, but concerns arise when long-term durability is concerned. Seriously, I can’t carry this headset around in my bag with confidence. Firstly, it can’t fold for easier transportation. Secondly, there’s no hard shell case.
Obviously, this does affect the build quality overall. It’s going to be damaged very easily.
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Let’s start with the buttons. There are a total of 3 buttons on the Edifier W800BT All of them does do their own function, obviously. And guess what – I think Edifier did a good job with these on-earcup buttons than Logitech did for their G633 Artemis Spectrum headset that we’ve reviewed here.
There are a total of 3 buttons on this Edifier W800BT – a set of up and down buttons for volume and track seeking, and a power button for the most obvious purpose.
The buttons here are tactile yet soft, and ergonomic enough to reach and press both buttons with easy. There’s even a small little tactile bump of the “+” button too, so that you can differentiate which button will be pressed without even looking at it. Nice addition.
These buttons do have its own set of flaws too, but it’s in terms of its functionality. As many of you might have experienced before, these buttons can change tracks by holding for an amount of time. The Edifier W800BT is no different – but it requires the button to be pressed for nearly 3 seconds.
For my case, I’ve been a heavy user of Spotify for quite some time now, and Spotify replays the current track if the “previous track” button is pressed after playing for 3 seconds. So, using the Edifier W800BT’s buttons to seek to the previous track isn’t exactly the friendliest.
Beside these buttons is where the two little holes are found. These holes are for the microphone. More on this later.
Side note – the Edifier W800BT cannot be forced to enter Bluetooth pairing mode when I held the power button when it’s off. That means it’s meant for a single device only, and pairing it with another device will cause some major inconvenience.
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As I’ve mentioned before, the Edifier W800BT is really lightweight. Weighing in at only 202 grams, it really doesn’t feel anything on my head at all. However, the clamping force is too light, and thus the PU leather earcups just couldn’t make a seal around my ears.
In a way, it’s good since my ears can breathe, but the tradeoff is obviously noise isolation. More on this later.
Since the clamping force isn’t as good, most of the weight is focused around the headband area. It’s not the most comfortable feeling to have all the weight pushing down on your head, but that’s how it is.
At least the headband is nicely cushion and wrapped with PU leather.
Before I forget – the microphone on this headset is way too far from my mouth, and audio pickup is sub-par at best. In short, the microphone sucks. Don’t bother using the microphones on this pair of headset – just treat it as a pair of headphones.
Listening test
Once I paired it via Bluetooth, I started some tunes and realize that overall, it’s quite bassy. It’s also quite obvious that the vocals have been shifted towards the lower end of the frequency response too, with songs like No Mercy by The Living Tombstone has its vocals pretty much drowned in the drums.
Knowing that the Edifier W800BT is such a bass-centric piece of headset, why don’t we listen to a little bit of bassy music? I fired up Kali 47 by Savant, and it was actually very enjoyable! Obviously, it’s a song with not much emphasis on mids and highs. Adventure Time by Rogue and Delayed Friend Request by 7 Minutes Dead tells the same story too – but with a punchier beat that accentuates the strength of the Edifier W800BT.
For some mellow tones like The Very Thought Of You played by the BBC Big Band, it actually sounds more enjoyable than having sparkly highs – but that’s my own personal opinion.
Overall, all I can say is that the Edifier W800BT is a bassy pair of headset. Not really meant for those who seek to enjoy vocals or orchestral music.
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Closing words – the Edifier W800BT is a nice pair of headset. It has pretty much the the basic features of a wireless headset nailed to the point.
From what I’ve been told, the Edifier W800BT costs RM 179. It’s a tad higher than what I’d consider it to be reasonable, but hey – the Malaysian currency isn’t as strong either.
Where to buy?
Click here to head on over to Lazada and get one! For some reason, only Black is available in the market now.
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