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Summary: connecting
Review: Connecting can be a problem if all you have is a earphone jack, but if you take a earphone splitter and split so you have three jacks to connect to then you can just plug them in. You might get a slight buz if one of the connections are just a little loose but as long as they are tight then you will have great sound. They work verry well for DVD's and games.
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Summary: Inspire 5.1
Review: For dramatic 3D positional audio, add a center channel to your gaming experience. Creative Inspire 5.1 5300 is the most affordable Dolby 5.1 speaker solution to feature a center channel in addition to four electronically contoured surround satellites, and a wood subwoofer for clean, solid bass. Designed to bring thrilling home theater sound to Microsoft DirectSound 3D games, like Red Faction Inspire 5.1 5300 creates a 5.1 soundfield with 6-discrete channels when comined with any multi-channel Sound Blaster sound card. For the most riveting home theater gaming experience at an ubelievable price, Inspire 5.1 5300 is a direct hit....
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Summary: Great product, low price, affordable...
Review: Great sound quality! Great price.
Another thing, there is 5200 series out there same price with 5300. But 5300 is slightly better than 5200. You have to have a 5.1 sound card to get the speakers work.
I love Creative.
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Summary: Great product, low price, affordable...
Review: Great sound quality! Great price.
Another thing, there is 5200 series out there same price with 5300. But 5300 is slightly better than 5200. You have to have a 5.1 sound card to get the speakers work.
I love Creative.
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Summary: crisp sound!
Review: I connected these speakers to my soundblaster extigy sound card, and boy does it sound good. It was fairly easy to put together, but could be confusing for someone who doesnt know what their doing. Even at loud volumes, the sound stays crisp. I cannot compare these speakers to any others, since this is my first 5.1 surround purchase. ... One very clever feature is the remote volume adjustor. It is fairly sensible and takes a tiny degree of a turn to increase the volume significantly, but its much easier than having to fiddle with volume controlers on the computer. I keep my computer volume at a set level, and only adjust the speaker remote. However, there are looooots of cables all around my desk now. :-)
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Summary: Good sound but maybe not for everyone
Review: I have an Audigy and Klipsch Promedia 4.1 speakers. I thought that getting these Creative 5.1 speakers for their cost would give me more enjoyable game and music atmosphere because of the big buzz about EAX and 5.1 surround sound. When there is no music/sound piping through the speakers, turning the volume up more than 1/4 of the total causes some very noticeable hissing noise. Once music/sound is going however, the hissing disappears and these speakers do provide good sound even at the 1/4 setting. But I had to turn up the subwoofer bass to almost 75% of its capacity before noticing anything from the subwoofer. So while I agree the sound can be good, I tried it out with my music CDs and on the Dungeon Seige game. I now had an Audigy, Inspire 5.1, and a game that all supported EAX. I played for about 2 hours, but did not notice anything differently than with my other speakers. I finally came to the conclusion that this extra center speaker isn't going to get used unless there is this 5.1 sound decoding available in the source media (ie, from DVDs). Other than that, you are getting just 4 speakers + subwoofer in use, and EAX sound didn't use this center speaker and didn't sound any different than on my Klipsch. The Audigy manual says there is a way to use that extra center speaker with regular music but doesn't go into details and the clues it gave didn't help. So I recommend these speakers as an inexpensive choice if you dont already have 4.1 or 5.1 speakers. If you want more power, consider the Logitech Z560 or even more power, then try the Klipsch Promedia 4.1. But if you are just considering upgrading from some other 4.1 speakers for gaming, it's probably not necessary. For watching DVDs on your PC? Maybe you can also if you really plan to watch enough DVDs on your PC to make it worthwhile...just remember to make sure your sound card can support the Dolby Digital 5.1 format. Tip: If you have the Audigy card (and probably others too) but only 4.1 speakers, you can achieve this "5.1" speaker setting by plugging in another comparable speaker to that "center speaker" port on the card..that's basically what the Creative Inspire 5.1 set does. Then change your software setting to 5.1.
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Summary: Great speakers for the price....
Review: I recently did an overhaul of my system(both internally and externally) and I needed to get some new speakers to go along with my audigy card. I decided on going with the 5300 series of speakers and I must say, I was really impressed. I took the speakers through the paces in both gaming(esp. in shooters like MOH:AA,Jedi Knight 2 and Hitman 2)and DVDs(Pearl Harbor,The Mummy Films,And LOTR:Fellowship). I HIGHLY recommend getting your hands on these speakers for not just the quality of the product, but the low price as well.
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Summary: they aren't that good
Review: if you like loud music or games and want to enjoy dolby digital soround, then you shouldn't buy these speakers. because they work well with the games, but they do not really work with the music or movies.
but if you don't like music or games loud, then you should get these speakers.
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Summary: they aren't that good
Review: if you like loud music or games and want to enjoy dolby digital soround, then you shouldn't buy these speakers. because they work well with the games, but they do not really work with the music or movies.
but if you don't like music or games loud, then you should get these speakers.
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Summary: Great for watching DVD's and Home use!
Review: Let me start this review by saying that if you have a cheap [$] sound card, then of course the sound quality isn't going to be so great. For these speakers it would be best to get a 5.1 sound card to really get the best out of the speakers... When I opened the box I thought "what are these little 3 inch tall sattilites going to do"? I was expecting a very low sound, but I was pleasently suprised. The sound that comes out of these speakers put together is heavenly. When I listening to music, theres no better choice then listening to it on my computer because of the great crisp quality of these speakers. If you have a DVD drive on your computer your crazy for not having these speakers! They are absolutely PERFECT for DVD's! This is also a must-have for video-gamers, playing action games with this was a whole new experience compared to my old lousy dual speakers. Don't be sorry! Buy these speakers~! Oskar Vidaurre
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