It’s not that long ago since I built my gaming PC. It’d been years since I’d done this and the market has changed dramatically since I’d done it before too. All of that aside, I sat down on my first night with a fairly silly omission; I had no speakers in my setup. In stepped Majority with the D80 gaming speakers for PC. I’ve had them running for a few months now, and they are a dream element of the home office and gaming rig setup.
Who is Majority?
Majority is a UK-based audio company that has surfed the wave of Amazon expansion, becoming the platforms top-selling home audio manufacturer. I’ve gotten my hands on a few Majority products, the D80 being my first review of their wares and two things stand out. The quality of the products is high and the price, while rarely silly cheap, is always fair.
I wanted to introduce the company to you, because when it comes to home audio, Majority is a relatively unknown brand in most markets. For now, let’s get on with the review of the D80 speakers.
Majority D80: Design and Build Quality
At first glance, the Majority D80 doesn’t scream “gaming”. For a start, there’s no RGB, but I’m going to level with you here. The Majority D80 speakers aren’t designed to target just the gaming PC market. They are designed to be an all-rounder that a would-be home music producer would be just as happy with as a gamer or home office worker.
I personally like the rounded matte design. The D80s are as much old-school speaker as they are modern desktop speaker. At about 3.5kg, the speakers are sturdy and heavy enough to sit nice an still on my desk, even when I’ve cranked up the volume a bit. If I had to criticize anything its that the weight and shape of the speakers making placing them on my desk slightly challenging. I now have one atop my gaming PC tower and the other behind a monitor. It’s not ideal, but the limited space on my desk right now, doesn’t lend itself to having real estate for speakers. I should probably look at getting dedicated bookshelf stands for the wall or something, but that’s far too logical for me.
One of the most impressive aspects of the D80’s design is its connectivity options. Majority has thoughtfully included a wide range of input/output (IO) options, which is one of the standout features of these speakers.
My gaming setup at home, doubles as my home office setup. I have several machines from gaming PC, to Windows laptop and Mac that I use for lots of different tasks. Sometimes, I might even have my iPad on while I’m working on something. I don’t always need my gaming PC to be what I’m listening to. So while I leave the 3.5 connected jacked into the speaker and my PC, at the flick of a switch one of my portable devices can connect to the speakers via Bluetooth.
There’s also optical and HDMI Arc support, which makes these speakers are incredible flexible for any home office use.
Majority D80: Sound Quality
In terms of sound quality, the Majority D80s don’t do anything absolutely wild. I didn’t turn them on and have my mind blown, but equally, I didn’t find them to detract from anything either.
Previously, I had been using my Huawei Monitor’s built-in speaker, and I did notice that the D80s blew this away. A much more expansive sound stage and the simple fact I now had two separate speakers a distance apart.
As I’ve mentioned, I use the speakers for a wide range of entertainment. The Majority D80s proved to be excellent PC speakers for gaming, listening to music and watching movies, all the while being really easy to switch between a range of devices quickly. This is also helped by the speakers coming with their own remote control.
The Goosed Verdict: Majority D80 PC Speakers
Once you’re not at the very cutting edge of audio requirements, and by that I mean music production, the Majority D80 PC speakers are an excellent purchase. I’ll admit, when I used to have a gaming PC back the day, cheap and cheerful is all I wanted but I wouldn’t dare say this is “cheap and cheerful” Yet, at €130 from Amazon, they also don’t tip the scale into the realm of unaffordable gaming PC speakers. Given the build quality, I would also expect these speakers to handle a few knocks and survive for many years to come. So that investment just keeps on getting better.
