Edifier W820NB Plus Review

Welcome to my review of the Edifier W820NB Plus Bluetooth Headphones. We’ve reviewed a few different products from Edifier and the W820NB Plus is the latest to keep my ears warm. These are available in a few colours, you can buy them now in green, black, blue, ivory, and grey. So, I opted for the green, just for something different. The RRP is £79.99 but you can get them on sale at the moment for £69.99. So how do the headphones perform? Continue reading to find out. You can also check out our previous hardware reviews.

The Hardware

In the box, we have a well packed set of headphones, along with a quick start guide, and a USB-C charging cable. As always with Edifier, I was not too far into testing these headphones, and I noticed that they actually sounded very good for the cost. They also block out a lot of noise when ANC is enabled. Let’s put it this way, I was wearing them whilst out in my garden pressure washing my patio. Of course, they didn’t completely block out the noise of that, but they blocked out a lot of it for sure. Infact when my music was playing, I couldn’t even hear anything other than the music. I also don’t like having the volume up too loud on headphones to help protect my ears. So, it goes to show just how well the ANC works on these headphones. Specifications – Thanks to Edifier for the below information from their website:

The Edifier W820NB Plus look like your usual run of the mill headphones. They’re a standard over-the-ear design, but as I’ve said many times before why change something that works? We also have the Edifier logo on both sides of the headband, the green pair I have has the logo in what appears to be a dark navy-blue colour. But I could be wrong there and it could be a very dark green. It’s quite hard to tell, either way, it looks nice. All of the buttons and the USB-C charging port are located on the bottom of the right cup. We have volume up/down, power, and mode buttons. The power button is actually a multi-action button and allows you to answer/end calls, play/pause music, and enter Bluetooth Pairing mode. To do these actions you just need to press the power button once, or twice in quick succession. The mode button allows you to skip through listening modes. For example, active noise cancellation on, off, and ambient mode. There is also a mode called Transparent; this is a mode that allows Edifier hardware to help you hear more of the outside world. You can also plug these in via a USB-C to USB-C/USB-A cable and use them as a wired headset on your devices i.e. a Windows laptop/PC. Overall, the design is good, and all of the buttons are easy to feel and press when the headphones are on your head. The functionality is where it counts with headphones though, of course. I must say that I am very impressed with the Edifier W820NB Plus. They provide excellent balance on the treble and bass levels. All levels of bass sound great in my opinion. Sometimes, you would hear distortion during the higher level of bass. This is not apparent with the W820NB Plus. The levels of treble didn’t appear to hiss or distort either. This was at all levels of volume that my ears could take without being too uncomfortable for my ears. However, pushing the volume louder still provided a very clean listening experience. My only concern is they do not have any IP rating. Therefore, they are not guaranteed to be safe in the rain, at the gym etc. However, as mentioned above I did use them whilst pressure washing my patio, and they did get quite a few splashes on them. But that’s not to say they’re waterproof without a rating, that’s just to say that you might be OK with a few splashes here and there.

Connection and Software

As always with Edifier hardware, the connection is very simple. You hold the power button to turn them on and keep holding the power button for until you hear an audio cue that says “pairing”. This enables pairing mode for you to connect to your chosen device be it a phone, handheld games console, laptop, or tablet. You can also connect via a USB cable to your devices, as mentioned above. You can customise your W820NB Plus Headphones with the Android and iOS app, Edifier Connex. This means you can then customise your EQ settings, easily change game mode, ANC mode, and more.

Conclusions

The Edifier W820NB Plus is yet again a fantastic set of headphones that give a decent bang for the buck. At the time of writing, they can be purchased for £69.99 on Amazon. This is a very reasonable price for the features you get with these headphones. I score the Edifier W820NB Plus headphones a 9/10. You can watch the hardware trailer below or head on over to the official product website.