Prime Junta
RPGCodex' Little BRO
I haven't had speakers on my home comp for years; been playing with headphones. Ironically, my office one has had a basic harman/kardon 2.1 set bundled by Dell with it. The sound quality was nothing much, so I figured I wasn't losing much.
However, I occasionally want to show off a video or something, so I've kinda been meaning to buy a simple pair of speakers for it. Yesterday I was waiting for my turn to pick up an ink cassette at the ye local computer super-mart. There was a big stack of Creative GigaWorks T20's staring at me, including a little stand where you could press a button and make them honk. So I impulse-bought a pair.
The T20 is a 2.0 set, with 2x14W integrated amp, a cloth dome driver, and glass-fiber cone tweeter.
And damn, they sound good! The sound is very precise, well-rounded, and "free-breathing" -- the stereo image they give is excellent too. Bass is, also, surprisingly good for something this small with no subwoofer -- and in a completely different class than the cheap 2.1 set I have at work.
I would never have expected something that's actually a pleasure to listen to at this price. (I paid 68 euros for the pair.) They also look rather good, are very well built, and have very convenient controls and sockets. Listening to Kino on them right now.
The only real downside is that you have turn them up a fair bit to get that well-rounded, mellow sound -- at low volumes they sound a bit thin.
However, I occasionally want to show off a video or something, so I've kinda been meaning to buy a simple pair of speakers for it. Yesterday I was waiting for my turn to pick up an ink cassette at the ye local computer super-mart. There was a big stack of Creative GigaWorks T20's staring at me, including a little stand where you could press a button and make them honk. So I impulse-bought a pair.
The T20 is a 2.0 set, with 2x14W integrated amp, a cloth dome driver, and glass-fiber cone tweeter.
And damn, they sound good! The sound is very precise, well-rounded, and "free-breathing" -- the stereo image they give is excellent too. Bass is, also, surprisingly good for something this small with no subwoofer -- and in a completely different class than the cheap 2.1 set I have at work.
I would never have expected something that's actually a pleasure to listen to at this price. (I paid 68 euros for the pair.) They also look rather good, are very well built, and have very convenient controls and sockets. Listening to Kino on them right now.
The only real downside is that you have turn them up a fair bit to get that well-rounded, mellow sound -- at low volumes they sound a bit thin.
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