Edifier IF500

Edifier Luna 5 Encore iF500 Review

We review the award winning Edifier Luna 5 Encore iF500 iPod speaker dock. For many, the term “lifestyle” is as synonymous with “pricey,” just as with similar phrases “cool” or “designer.” Anyone who’s ever wandered into a Brookstone store, browsed Sharper Image or dug into their SkyMall catalogue while flying can tell you that, while this lifestyle stuff is cool, it’s also pretty expensive and, for many, out of reach. Thankfully Edifier, a Canada-based lifestyle audio company, is trying to change that.Edifier has been wowing crowds and critics alike at the world famous CES show for a few years now. (As a matter of fact, as this article is being written, Edifier is receiving recognition for Innovations in Design and Engineering at this year’s event taking place right now in Vegas.) What makes the company’s products special, beyond the unique aesthetic design and outstanding audio quality though, is that the price is relatively reasonable. Keeping with tradition, at an estimated $299.00, the Edifier Luna 5 Encore iPod speaker dock handily outperforms most of the competition in its price bracket, and does so with style and grace.The Edifier Luna 5 Encore iF500 is a one-piece unit comprised of an acoustically isolated base/control panel and a round speaker panel with an elliptical profile.