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A Beloved Affordable Hi-Fi Brand Just Released a Standout Desktop Stereo System

The brand has been making fan-favorite bookshelf speakers for nearly three decades.

Pair of black rectangular speakers with rounded edges and visible tweeters and woofers.Edifier
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Edifier has been making some of the best affordable speakers, both passive and powered, for the past three decades. It sells a wide variety of bookshelf speakers for between $150 and $300.

Earlier this year at CES 2026, Edifier revealed the M90, the brand’s first compact active speaker with HDMI eARC. According to the company, it’s designed “to bridge desktop and TV-based setups.”

Fast forward to today, and the Edifier M90 is finally available.

Bridging the gap

Pair of white Edifier bookshelf speakers with black drivers and tweeters.
After being announced at CES 2026, the Edifier M90 is finally available.
Edifier

The Edifier M90 represents a first for the brand, but the category of compact active speaker systems that “bridge the gap” between desktop hi-fi and the home theater is booming. Onkyo, Audioengine, Kanto Audio, Klipsch and KEF are just a few of the hi-fi manufacturers that have similar bookshelf-sized systems.

Like their competitors, the Edifier M90 has an extensive collection of inputs, including line-in, optical, USB-C, and HDMI eARC, so you can easily hook the system to your desktop, TV, or other music players.

Wooden desk with black metal legs holding a monitor, white speakers, and a MIDI keyboard, next to a brown office chair.
The Edifier M90 can hook up to your desktop via USB-C or auxiliary connections.
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Modern living room with a flat-screen TV on a light wood cabinet, gaming console, speakers, and a person holding a game controller.
The Edifier M90 is the company’s first active speaker system to support HDMI eARC.
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2-way design, 100-watt power

Additionally, the M90 can be used as a standalone streaming system. It has built-in Bluetooth and supports LDAC, promising higher-resolution streaming than most Bluetooth speakers. (Assuming that the streaming source also supports LDAC.)

As for the speakers, each has a two-way design with a 4-inch long-throw mid-low driver and 1-inch silk-dome tweeter. The 100-watt system has a bi-amp setup, so each speaker delivers 35 watts and 15 watts to the woofer and tweeter, respectively.

White and black PlayStation 5 console, white Edifier speaker, and white DualSense controller on a light wood cabinet.
The Edifier M90 speakers in white.
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Back view of two black Edifier M90 multimedia speakers showing volume knob, various input/output ports, and speaker connection.
The powered speaker system houses all its connections in the primary speaker.
Edifier

In short, this little speaker system promises to sound way bigger than it is. There’s also a subwoofer output, in case you decide you want to add more bass (maybe Edifier’s T5 powered subwoofer?) to the system down the road.

As the photos suggest, the Edifier M90 compact active speaker system comes in two different finishes: black or white.

Flat-screen TV on a light wood media console with black and wood floor-standing speakers on each side.
When connected via HDMI eARC, HDMI CEC allows you to control the M90 speakers with a compatible TV remote.
Edifier
Pair of black Edifier bookshelf speakers with visible woofer cones.
The Edifier 90 speakers have a classic two-way design powered by dual high-efficiency Class-D amplifiers.
Edifier

Availability and pricing

After being announced this past January, the Edifier M90 compact active speaker system is available now from the company’s website as well as authorized third-party retailers (including Amazon).

A system costs $370. Black and white models are available.

About the Author: Tucker Bowe has been on Gear Patrol’s editorial team since 2014. With a passion for consumer tech and hi-fi, he tracks everything from headphones and turntables to smartphones and wearables. If it lights up or makes noise, he probably covers it.

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