In recent years, the advancement of imaging technology has allowed us to improve our visual experience by several steps, and 4K resolution, OLED panel, HDR technology, etc. continue to meet our retina. The visual enjoyment is close to the extreme, but the auditory experience is still far behind. While satisfying the visual enjoyment, hearing, as an equally important sensory element, naturally cannot lag behind, and because of this, the pursuit of better sound quality has now become the demand of many people.
Whether it's watching a movie or listening to music, a good stereo can bring us a different feeling. In order to meet the needs of more and more players who pursue high-quality sound, Huiwei, a leading brand in domestic audio manufacturers, often develops and releases many new products, including the protagonist of this article----- Huiwei M5A three-way high-fidelity active bookshelf speaker (hereinafter referred to as M5A).
The Huiwei brand believes that users who have slightly understood the sound are not strangers, especially for pc players who were keen on DIY in the early years, many people spent their college years listening to Huiwei audio on the computer. Today, Huiwei has been established for 29 years, and in these years, it has launched many familiar classic products, which are widely circulated by players, such as M3, M200, T200, M50W and so on. This flagship M5A can be regarded as an upgraded version of the classic model M3/M3A in the minds of players. Of course, the M5A, the representative of the new generation of three-way frequencies, is more powerful in sound quality and more attractive in appearance.
As a high-end product in The Huiwei Home Theater product line, M5A must spend a lot of thought on the appearance design. The overall design continues the classic design of the previous generation, and the material of solid wood with a black panel is still full of classical taste, very traditional HiFi speaker taste.
The real wooden box looks very delicate, and the angle treatment outlines the overall shape of the sound with a sense of line. The edge of the wooden box is curved to protect the box without affecting unnecessary collisions when moving the behemoth.
The M5A's grille features a black translucent fine grained mesh design, which of course is removable. It protects the diaphragm, prevents dust, and even prevents the wanton destruction of pets or bear children in the family to a certain extent. Of course, such a valuable sound is still placed in a relatively safe place, and it is really embarrassing to be broken.
The front design of the speaker is extremely simple, and there is no button or knob left, and all the backs are rich enough to meet the requirements of users with a high sense of professionalism. Since there is no volume control knob on the front, all included remote controls need to be used to meet the user's multi-frequency remote control operation.
M5A supports Wi-Fi /WLAN/Bluetooth/Fiber/Coaxial/Line/Balanced Input and other input modes, and still retains the traditional analog input port, a variety of playback devices can be easily switched, worried about not being compatible with old equipment friends can start with peace of mind.
Huiwei materials have always been very thick, and all interfaces are exceptionally solid. The main and auxiliary box connection wire adopts a coaxial 6-core high-quality wire, the aviation plug is exquisitely made, the line is very thick, not easy to break, and the length is enough to ensure the use in the living room. At present, the TV I use is 55 inches, you can look at the proportion of my physical drawing, feel the overall size of The Huiwei M5A, the net weight of the main and sub speakers adds up to 41.3kg, so the volume and weight may not be very friendly for thin TV cabinets, so there are conditions to consider adding a set of brackets.
75mm aluminum magnesium alloy midrange
Let's talk about the details, starting with the M5A IF unit in charge. The professional metal midrange unit with a size of 75mm adopts a lightweight and hard aluminum-magnesium alloy diaphragm, with a concave fatigue-resistant folding ring, a large voice coil of aluminum skeleton, a copper-clad aluminum voice coil wire and a magnet magnet with NdFeB internal magnet, and the entire drive system has excellent resolution of audio signals and rapid transient reactions, ensuring the clarity and accuracy of vocal and musical detail reproduction.
8 inch large aperture woofer
In addition, the biggest highlight of this audio is the 8-inch woofer, and the sound on the bookshelf at such a size is basically the limit, which makes its sinking effect in the bass more shocking than the opponent. M5A's woofer adopts a high-strength Polypropylene composite material made of diaphragm unit and fatigue-resistant natural rubber folding ring, while the built-in TI chip, as well as a high-power Class D digital power amplifier chip, channel power up to 180W, bass performance far exceeds the traditional analog power amplifier, the sound quality is more delicate and smooth, the voice is light and powerful when playing human voices.
Isomagnetic band tweeter
Isomagnetic belt tweeters are generally only used on High-end models of Huiwei. M5A adopts a new generation of isomagnetic field belt speakers, with a thin Kaptton material composite metal copper foil diaphragm, so that the quality of the treble vibration system is lighter (only 1/10 of the ordinary tweeter diaphragm quality), and at the same time has the characteristics of high resolution, clear and natural timbre, so euphemistic high pitch is the biggest difference from the general 2.0 audio.
As a multi-input multimedia active audio, M5A adds the Huiwei LOGO indicator between the main audio low units, which will light up after booting, and different colors correspond to different signal input modes (sky blue AUX input, green WiFi input, blue Bluetooth input, etc.). Such a design can more intuitively display the audio input mode of the current speaker, beautiful and practical good design.
Next, let's talk about the use of the experience, 8-inch woofer, coupled with a special chip driver, this speaker can not only meet the needs of daily music, when playing movies, the sound effect is also very shocking, at home you can enjoy the cinema-like sound quality experience. I chose a few Hollywood blockbusters with excellent sound effects to watch, and in the fight, every sound went straight to the bottom of the heart, as if you were in the scene.
Since this speaker is the main bass, the playback effect at the direct test at the low frequency is the most reflective. The test player chose SONY's HAP-S1, with several classic auditions to audition. The first song is the classic California Hotel, the opening two-and-a-half minute prelude gives the Huiwei M5A enough room for performance, and the music, applause, cheers, and drums are all very good, as if they are on the spot, and the layering is clear. The M5A exhibited excellent explosiveness, full of volume, deep diving, and the vibration of the drum skin was quite in place, and the 8-inch woofer was still amazing.
The second test was Taylor Swift's Welcome to New York, a song that was a bit clichéd and a bit tedious. But starting with the muffled synth and metronome sounds in the opening, the song seems to pull us into the retro vibes of the '80s. This song played with the Huiwei M5A gives the impression that the vocals are sweet and clear, and the instrumental layers are clear. The mid-range vocals are also very textured and warm, slightly warmer in sound style, and are traditional HiFi speaker-oriented tuning. The overall effect is well balanced, and the distortion control is excellent.
The third test is "Should It Matter", a song from the famous Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebo, the lyrics describe a girl's regret and sentimentality when she is emotionally frustrated, paired with Sissel Kyrkjebo's ethereal and clear tone. Huiwei M5A is still very good in the performance of female vocals, the vocals sound very balanced, and in the performance of low-frequency diving and density, compared to M3A, there is no small improvement. At the same time, under the singer's ethereal and clear tone, it also shows that the M5A's sound field is particularly wide.
Although Huiwei M5A has the design idea of traditional Hi-Fi audio, the overall design is still relatively avant-garde, retro design, and it is a good choice to place it in the family as a home audio. The 8-inch woofer plus the large driver make this speaker very good as a TV sound, the sound is loud and clear, so that you can feel more passion with the picture. At the same time, it also supports WiFi, Bluetooth and other audio inputs. Whether it is a link external decoder, a smart TV, or an iPad, smartphone or other device, it can be easily linked and can be switched by the remote control with one click.
On the whole, Huiwei M5A is still worthy of our affirmation, whether it is an explosion or a dive are satisfactory, especially the performance of bass is very good, for people who like bass do not have to build a complex sound system, in the 2.0 speaker, 8-inch unit and three-way configuration of the sound performance makes M5A an independent, compared to foreign price big names whether it is sound performance or cost are very advantageous.
(Note: This article has been forwarded with the permission of the original author, author: Science and Technology Summit)