Speakers test: four 2.1 sets from under £50 to £235

Edifier M3200 MARCHANDS €     Amazon.co.uk  59.99  Amazon mark...  59.99  Amazon mark...  77.95  Compare prices

Altec Lansing is getting ambitious: as well as producing good speakers, they now want them to look nice too. Edifier is a much more recent player, Chinese, less-well known, but looking to do some damage by offering nicely designed speakers at low prices.

You can see how the two manufacturers are placing themselves if you take a look at today’s four products. The Edifier M1335 comes in at just below the £50 mark – this is what you’d pay for low-end 2.0 speakers! The much more handsome M3200 are only £69.99!

The Altec Lansing expressionist PLUS (FX 3021) and expressionist ULTRA (MX 6021) cost a good deal more; between 2 and 4 times as much as the Edifiers!

Are they 2 to 4 times better?

Product survey: 2.0 / 2.1 / 3.1 speakers

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