5.1 Surround Sound Speakers for Ł20 • Non-Gaming • General Non-gaming • Eurogamer.net

bzzct 2 Mar 2005 12:01:20 2,518 posts
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Is this deal really as good as it looks or is there some catch like they're astonishingly poor quality or something? Also, does anyone with a bit more knowlegde on the matter know if it's possible to use them alternately with a laptop and Xbox, or if they'll only work with certain systems (ie. not consoles)?

PS. Are they really trying to make the speakers look like mini Xboxes??

Edit: Should probably clarify that they're normally Ł40 - reduced to Ł20.

Edited by Kolmar at 12:05:37 02-03-2005

ssuellid 2 Mar 2005 12:02:51 19,142 posts
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Doubt they have any decoding or amplification in them - just a set of cheap speakers.

Tiger_Walts 2 Mar 2005 12:14:20 16,674 posts
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There appears to be a little box in the photo, so I think we have amping. The 'Input Type' in the spec list is beyond useless though.

ssuellid 2 Mar 2005 12:17:58 19,142 posts
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Well spotted. They mention 45W RMS but is that the max the speakers can handle or what the amp is rated at?

bzzct 2 Mar 2005 12:18:44 2,518 posts
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Tiger_Walts wrote:
There appears to be a little box in the photo, so I think we have amping. The 'Input Type' in the spec list is beyond useless though.

They'd need multitudes of cabling and adapters then to fit up with a PC/Xbox, is it?

ssuellid 2 Mar 2005 12:19:58 19,142 posts
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/suddenly feels unclean

Thats a tiny/time website.

bzzct 2 Mar 2005 12:23:10 2,518 posts
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ssuellid wrote:
/suddenly feels unclean

Thats a tiny/time website.

Yeah, I noticed that, but, I mean they can't get much wrong with a few speakers, surely...

Tiger_Walts 2 Mar 2005 12:23:46 16,674 posts
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These sites highlight everything I hate about shopping for AV stuff online. The spec lists are nextto useless.

deem 2 Mar 2005 12:27:09 31,667 posts
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Whizzo 2 Mar 2005 12:27:47 44,810 posts
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I bought some of these for 15 quid more than they're currently priced at, pretty good, built in Dolby Digital 5.1/Pro-Logic/DTS decoder.

Works fine with my Xboxes, PS2 and DVD player. The sub is quite oomphy as playing GR2 demonstrates quite nicely, they're a bit hissy at low sound level but you'll not notice that unless you're fairly close.