Creative Labs Inspire 5700 speakers review

[UCFKevin]

I ordered them Tuesday and just got them in today.

Damn, they're nice. I've only had Altec Lansing speakers for the past five years, so that's what I've been used to.

Honestly, the sound from the speakers is a bit different from what I'm used to, coming from the Altec Lansing 4.1 speakers, ACS56 I think. They had a bit more bass to them, which is good and bad.

The 5700's seem to have a much clearer sound, much more tight and distinct than what I'm used to. I haven't tinkered with the settings yet, but the sound is somewhat flat. Not very noticeable or annoyingly so, though. The bass isn't overly bassy, and it's adjustable, too, which is nice, of course. The remote REALLY comes in handy, I love it! I turned the whole system up to as loud as I could legally go without my neighbor's calling the cops on me, and there was NO distortion. NONE. No hissing, nothin'. That amazed me.

The center speaker is wonderful, too. I hooked up the speakers via the optical cable to my Sony DVD player and damn, what a sound. The Phantom Menace sounds absolutely amazing on it.

So, in short, perhaps these speakers aren't for everyone, but they're definitely for me. 9 outta 10.

[cracovian]

People are dissing the inspires here since they don't own them and are busy promoting Klipsch and Logitechs... But, I'm glad you like them as much as I do. Those little bastards are loud indeed, sound great on top of looking nice and having ALL the features you'll ever need to use.

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EPoX 8KHA+ | Athlon XP 1800+ | Xtasy ti500 | Nokia 446xpro 19''
Audigy Platinum | Inspire 5.1 5700 | 2x256MB Crucial 2100 | IBM 60GB 60GXP
Enermax 710BB | EG465P-VE FC | 3Com 10/100 3CR990-TX-97 | Window$ XP Pro

[fbs1992]

i agree completely. except i have the 5300's. still nice though

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Ma$e

[UCFKevin]

I love all the connections on it. So convenient!