Easily Connect the Retro-Styled Majority D100 Bookshelf Speakers

With the proliferation of Bluetooth and smart speakers, the size and space taken up by the devices we use to listen to music, radio and audiobooks has reduced considerably in recent years. While they are usually very small, there’s something to be said for a good, sturdy wooden pair of speakers in your life if you want a bit of musical fidelity. Is it possible that a return to big bookshelf speakers, like the Majority D100 series, is a good thing for your day-to-day music needs?

What’s Inside the Box?

The Majority D100 Bookshelf Speakers are a pair of sturdy and sizable wooden speakers, offering direct input through Optical, HDMI ARC, 3.5mm jack, USB and old school Phono connectors. They also use up-to-date Bluetooth 5.3 to bring in audio from your devices.

As well as the two 100W speakers in the box, you get a power cord, a cable to connect the two speakers together, and a remote control. The speakers themselves are 6.7” x 7.2” x 10.8” (17cm x 18.2cm x 27.5cm) in size, and from the looks and 15 lb. (6.8kg) weight of things, made of solid wood of some kind. The speakers feel … substantial. Being made of wood, they sit nicely where you put them and don’t move around, making you disinclined to move them unless absolutely necessary.

On the side of the right speaker, there is a trio of knobs for adjusting volume and tone, but of course, you can also use the handy and slim little remote control. At the rear are all the sockets for connectivity, and there is a socket to connect the two speakers. This can dangle behind any bit of furniture or shelf you put it on, out of sight.

Additionally, the speakers come with a three-year warranty, which you activate by scanning a QR code on the side of the box.

Setting Up

Setup is very easy. Plug the power cable into the right speaker and then into the mains. Then plug the cable connecting the right and left speakers and turn it on. Obviously, if you are using a wired connection, the rest of the setup relies on what your setup is.

If you have phono cables coming from an amplifier or a 3.5mm jack from a device or headphone socket, then you connect those. Hi-Fi connection options are similarly plug and play: just plug in the optical or HDMI ARC cables, and you’re good to go. Note: you have to have a high-speed cable that supports the ARC function.

You can also use the USB for playback if you insert a memory stick with playable files on it – in this case either MP3 or WMA. As a side note, the USB can be used as a charging point for your devices if you are playing from a phone and don’t want to run your battery down, which is a terrific feature. It will help after you enjoy some music through your phone, then discover your enjoyment had a price, as your phone is now nearly dead.

Increasing the options on the speakers, you can change the source by using the remote and clicking the sources button, switching from wired to wireless whenever you need to.

Music Clarity

First things first. It’s great that these speakers are really heavy, as you need speakers to be as heavy as possible, as this helps the depth of the sound, and you need that sturdy shell to make the bass really resonate. If you have the right music, they truly do.

Being sturdy and well-made improves the possible sound quality of any speakers; sound quality is a potentiality, not a certainty. It depends not only on the hardware but also on the sound being played.

The speakers sound great on high-end test tracks that are engineered to perfection.

The clarity of the speakers is very good, with sparkling highs without undue amounts of sibilance. The mid-ranges are full and rounded, and the bass, especially when driven by modern dance music, can be visceral without being too boomy. For most things, the range of frequencies is good but not too bottom heavy. The sound is satisfying without being too muscular.

However, if you are an audiophile, these speakers would not be what you are looking for. While they are good, they lack a certain depth and roundness at the low end of the sound spectrum. The design favors clarity over strength, and at times, the bass is a bit insubstantial. It didn’t quite deliver on that front, but did come really, really close.

They are great speakers – just not the best if you are a discerning listener. If you just want a good pair of all-around decent speakers for a room or workspace in your home that won’t break the bank, they are adequate – and even great, given the right tunes. They are solidly in the upper middle on a scale of speakers.

There is such a broad range of input types, from the retro wired stereo connections for consumer devices to audiophile optical and HDMI ARC, but of course, the main workhorse of the set is Bluetooth. It’s really nice to use a proper pair of speakers with a phone or separate player, especially now that lossless is the rule for both Spotify and Apple Music. They are versatile and useful.

Availability

The Majority D100 Bookshelf Speakers are a good low- to mid-end set of bookshelf speakers with enough fidelity to provide musical enjoyment, if not fully enough to satisfy the specification-focused or true Hi-Fi nuts. They are convenient, heavy, decent speakers and competitively priced, and right now, you can get them for just $129.95.