CREATIVE SBS A300

LIKE TELEVISION OR CINEMA, OUR PC IS A UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE. OUR MONITORS ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING FROM CRTs TO LCDs TO HD READYs, AND THE GRAPHICS CARD? AAH! IT SEEMS TO EVOLVE EVERYMONTH! WE ALL SPEND A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON OUR VISUAL DEVICES BUT IT IS THE AUDIO DEVICES THAT AREGETTING NEGLECTED. BUT I THOUGHT ENTERTAINMENT IS A COMPLETE AUDIO-VISUALEXPERIENCE PERHAPS THAT HAS CHANGED NOW. FOR GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR HOME PC YOU NEED TO LOOK NO FURTHER THAN AN USUAL 2.1 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION, UNLESS YOU ARE AN AKA AUDIOPHILE. THE 2.1 CONFIGURATION IS SIMPLE AND CONSISTS TWO STEREO SPEAKERS AND A SUBWOOFER. THE INCLUSION OF SUB-WOOFER HERE MAKES THE 2.1 SYSTEM FAR SUPERIOR TO THE 2.0 SYSTEM WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A SUB-WOOFER. THE MARKET LEADERS IN 2.1 SYSTEMS ARE JBL, CREATIVE, LOGITECH, BOSE, and ALTEC LANSING. BUT WHILE SELECTING A SPEAKER SYSTEM ALWAYS TRY TO GO FOR A WOODEN SUB-WOOFER AS IT OFFERS AN EXTRA PUNCH.

THE SPEAKER SYSTEM WE ARE REVIEWING HERE IS THE CREATIVE SBS A300. AT FIRST LOOK THIS SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE AN ORDINARY 2.1 SYSTEM WITH A SUB-WOOFER AND 2 SATELLITE SPEAKERS ALL IN BLACK COLOUR. BUT AFTER YOU PLUG IT ON, THE SIMILARITY WITH OTHER 2.1 SYSTEMS END. INSTALLING IT IS A BREEZE NO TECH-KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED. YOU JUST PLUGIN THE ONE SINGLE 3.5MM RCA CABLE WHICH IS GREEN IN COLOUR INTO YOUR PC’s SPEAKER SLOT AND THEN CONNECT THE POWER CABLE. ONE SPEAKER IS CONNECTED TO THE SUBWOOFER AND IS NOT DETACHABLE AND THE OTHER IS CONNECTED TO THE SUB-WOOFER WITH A DETACHABLE CABLE. MANY USERS MAY FIND THE NON-DETACHABLE SPEAKER A BIT ANNOYING BECAUSE THE CABLE LENGTH IS A BIT SHORT. THE CONTROLS ARE VERY SIMPLE. THE FIRST SPEAKER HOUSES THE ON-OFF CUM VOLUME KNOB IN ITS SIDE WHICH IS VERY EASILY REACHABLE AND THERE IS ALSO A GREEN LED LIGHT. THE ONLY NEGATIVE POINT OF THIS SYSTEM THAT I FOUND WAS THE PLACEMENT OF THE BASS-LEVEL CONTROL KNOB WHICH IS PLACED BEHIND THE SUB-WOOFER AND IS VERY ANNOYING TO REACH FOR.

THE BUILD QUALITY IS EXCELLENT. THE SUB-WOOFER IS A 25*15.5 CM WOODEN CUBE WITH TWO BASS OUTLETS, ONE ON THE FRONT AND THE OTHER ON THE SIDE. THE BASS DELIVERED BY THIS SYSTEM IS EXTREME. THE GLOSSY BLACK SATELLITES ARE SLIM AND COVERED WITH A BLACK MESH. THE WOOFER DELIVERS AN EXCELLENT AND DEEP BASS AND THE SATELLITES ARE AN EXPERT IN PRODUCING MID-RANGE AND HIGH FREQUENCIES. THE SOUND BEGINS TO DISTORT ONLY ON INCREASING THE VOLUME LEVEL ABOVE 85%. BUT AT RS.1,489 THIS SYSTEM IS WORTH EVERY SINGLE PENNY. IT ALSO DELIVERS AN OUTPIT OF 21 RMS. ANY MUSIC LOVER AND CASUAL GAMERS READING THIS JUST GO FOR THIS KINDA COOL SYSTEM.

BUILD QUALITY 4/5
FEATURES 3/5
PERFORMANCE 4½/5
ERGONOMICS 3½/5
WARRANTY 3/5
VALUE FOR MONEY 5/5
OVERALL RATING 4/5