These discreet new desktop speakers have a small feature that will make them rival your TV’s soundbar

Edifier’s new desktop speaker option is called the M90
The compact stereo speaker pair will be shown at CES 2026, Las Vegas
In a first for Edifier speakers, eARC is on the menu for uncompressed audio

Now, a port might not sound all that exciting (unless you’re a sailor, perhaps), but eARC unlocks something extra. This, if you’re not aware, is the kind of connection your TV will use to output to the best soundbar or Dolby Atmos speaker. It stands for Enhanced Audio Return Channel, and it lets your speaker play uncompressed audio.

As a result, you can connect the Edifier M90 to your TV and get great sound from your movies, shows and games. The brand’s product listing page shows it being used with a TV, consoles, PCs and even a record player, although not all of these come from eARC connectivity. It also supports optical, AUX, USB-C and Bluetooth connections, with support for Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Audio Wireless and LDAC and SBC codecs.

Edifier M90: key specifications

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The masterful segue brings us into the general specifications. Each of the M90’s two speakers has a 4-inch long-throw mid-bass driver and a 1-inch silk dome tweeter, for a frequency response of 50Hz-40kHz, and in total they have a total power of 100W. It should sound pretty loud.

Weighing 6kg between them, they come with a remote control that you can use as well as, or instead of, the Edifier app or the buttons on the device. They also allow for multi-point connection and the connection of a secondary subwoofer.

The one thing Edifier hasn’t announced about the M90 is availability: a price and release date (okay, that’s two things). Based on the price of the M60, they could sell for around $200, but the advanced feature set (and higher title number) means we can’t rule out a higher price.

Since I haven’t tested these, my main concern is whether the use case matches the feature set: my TV isn’t next to my PC, and to use these speakers with both, I’d have to move them across my apartment all the time. So maybe these aren’t so much ‘jack-of-all-trades’ speakers as ‘polyfillers, fills any gap you’ve got’.

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