Step up your gaming audio setup with Edifier's Hecate G5000 - a phenomenal 2.0 gaming speakers built like a tank!

The G5000 gaming speakers have a peculiar elongated hexagon design with a striking presence - truly mammoth size and weight compared to the average 2.0 channel gaming desktop speakers. The G5000 are solidly made of wood reinforced with thick metal side panels, heatsink styling and large bass port openings on the back. 

Each speaker is a equipped with a 19mm titanium dome tweeter (12 watt) and 4 inch mid-bass driver (32 watt) with a total combined RMS output of almost 90 watts. The G5000 speaker enclosure has a slight upward firing standing, exposing the 4 inch rubber cone driver and tweeter dome which is protected by a hard metal grille cover.

The Edifier G5000 gaming speakers can be wirelessly connected via bluetooth and wired via AUX , optical, coaxial and USB, making the G5000 speakers extremely versatile. Coaxial connection provides greater bandwidth and, therefore the best audio, making it the best connection method out of the four.

Via coaxial connection, the G5000 is able to handle the maximum 24bit/192kHz. Optical handles up to 24bit 96khz, while 3.5mm connection typically handles 16 bit/48kHz. USB computers and laptops (e.g. MacBooks) also support up to 24bit 96 kHz sample rate. Bluetooth aptX HD handles up to 24bit 48 kHz provided that the device you connect to also supports aptX HD.

 

The main active speaker, housing the electronics and connectivity ports, weighs 4.2kg, while the passive speaker weighs 3.9kg. You can use the main speaker standalone or connected to the passive speaker for stereo sound. 

On board the main speaker, there are two physical buttons and a momentary rocker switch for volume step control. The volume is gradually adjusted in step increments (~15 steps). The buttons are plastic and clicky and designed to toggle between sound modes (game mode, music mode and movie mode) and connection modes. You will hear a voice prompt for each mode. There is no voice prompt when switching the volume up and down, which would have been useful.

The RGBs are located front facing and side facing on the logo, which also illuminates. RGB effects include single solid colors, breathing single color, single color changing, RGB color changing and OFF mode.

 

Accessories included are a velcro strap, a 1.2 meters auxiliary audio cable (3.5mm male to male), a 2.5 meters optical cable, a 2.6 meters RF audio cable and a USB-A to USB-B cable which supports USB 2.0 high speed (up to 480Mbps). The USB cable is made with double shielded 28 AWG wiring with a cool silver translucent finish. The RF audio cable is made of thick rubber  and uses 9 pin connection with arrow markings to indicate plug-in orientation (very handy!).The Edifier G5000 is sold under Edifier's Hecate sub-brand so, you will also see it listed as Hecate G5000. You can buy the Hecate G5000 gaming speakers from amazon or Edifier Online.