Majority D80 Active Bluetooth Speakers review

Buying speakers can sometimes feel like a bit of a lottery, especially if you're trawling the listings looking for something that might suit your needs for less. There are plenty of options in the sub $100/£100 range, but many from brands you've likely never heard of, and that can cause a sceptical eyebrow to raise.

I know this because I had a good look through the speaker listings myself recently. While our best PC speakers guide has plenty of great options for a PC sound setup, I was curious as to whether any of the budget-friendly and perhaps lesser known options on the market might be able to compete.

A particular set caught my eye, mainly due to the number of positive reviews. The Majority D80 Active Bluetooth speakers have been around for a few months now, and on occasion I've looked at them quizzically. Majority is a UK brand that was founded in 2012, and has since released an array of soundbars, home cinema setups and all sorts of other audio equipment for surprisingly reasonable prices.

These units are on sale at Amazon for £100 in the UK, and currently aren't available in the US, which means our stateside friends would have to ship internationally via Amazon's UK site to buy a pair. A quick bit of conversion works that out to around $150 including shipping at the current exchange rate. Regardless, that figure still puts them towards the cheaper end of the market for active powered bookshelf speakers, especially as they're rated at 80W RMS, which is much more powerful than most.

Connectivity: RCA to 3.5mm, Bluetooth, Optical, HDMI ARC
Speakers: 2 x 4-inch drivers with 2 x 1-inch silk dome tweeters
Weight: 2.45 kg
Frequency response: 20Hz – 20,000Hz
Price: £100

Which begs the question: Can they really deliver high-quality and high-powered audio, Bluetooth connectivity and more for that kind of money?

Pulling them from their protective foam, there's certainly not much to tell you that they're relatively cheap. These are sizeable and substantial units, especially