| | |  | Tortellini | Home » » » » Creative Labs Inspire A200 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System | | | | | | | Description: | | Creative Speaker Inspire A200,PC multimedia speaker system, 2.1 Speaker Systems, 4 languages(English/Franch/Portuguese/Spanish), 2 x satellite speaker and 1 x subwoofer,Color is black. | | | Features: | |
• Product Type - PC multimedia speaker system
• System Components - 2.1 Speaker System
• Response Bandwidth - 45Hz - 20kHz
• Subwoofer -- 5.9 in x 6.3 in x 7.9 in
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.2 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.2 inches | | Product Weight:
| 6.6 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 6.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 32 reviews |
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17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Best at this price rangeJul 02, 2008
By Brett J. Natarelli
I love these speakers. I tended to like Creative's line better than others, so I got their flagship $100 speakers. I'm not even sure those sounded better than these $20-30 ones. If they did, it wasn't by much. Returned them and got these.
This won't give you loud powerful sound or anything. No computer speakers will. But you can crank it plenty loud - and gunshots will sound like gunshots, not random noise. They're very clear.
As far as I'm concerned, the only worthwhile jump up from these speakers is to go to a legit surround\stereo system or to try some $200-400 Bose ones (I've had mixed results with those over the years, some great, some not).
My only complaint about these is that the cords are all too short, shorter than most computer speaker set ups, and that made it tricky to set up the way I wanted.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Can't get any better for the priceApr 01, 2009
By Burr
"Agnostic Centrist"
I purchased these as an extra pair of speakers to have around the house for a laptop, portable dvd player, or anyone with a distaste for headphones that brings over their computer. Well, they ended up replacing my main set for my gaming desktop above a pair of more expensive Altec Lansing speakers. This simple Creative speaker system is of high quality, well-built, and has a very clean sound. I was surprised by the quality of the sound, as well as the power considering the price. They have a ton of bass; so much so that I had to adjust my bass settings in Windows to tone it down a little.
I have one complaint. I'm not sure how others have their computers set up, but mine is to the left of my chair. The problem is the right speaker is the one with the 3.5mm plug that goes into the sound card, and the wire is only about 4 ft. long. It was way too short to reach down the back of my desk and all the way over to the back of my PC, so I had to buy an extension wire. For some that might defeat the purpose of buying on a budget if you need an extra piece of hardware.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Updated--Ok, but wayyyyy too much bassMar 23, 2009
By S. Goldstein
"toys for big boys junky"
Update--April 6, 2009: The bass was so overpowering and muddy that I finally could not abide it anymore, and I returned the speaker set to Amazon. It is possible that my unit was defective. It is also possible that the bass rendition of the signal by the TV was wanting in the lower frequency range, and that use of this set with a computer or other system with higher-fidelity output would yield more acceptable sound renditions. Amazon's willingness to permit returns is one reason that I continue to give the majority of my on-line business to them--thank you, Amazon, for accepting my return. I replaced the Creative speaker set with a really cheap "no-name" set purchased on sale at a local branch of an office supply chain, and it is somewhat more acceptable for listening to TV programming. Your mileage may vary.
===================== ORIGINAL REVIEW: =====================
I bought these based on extensive reading of reviews at Amazon, comparing them to several other alternatives, all under $50. My main reason for buying the Creative set was that nobody seemed to complain that they were shoddy or that they stopped working after several months, or that there was a 60 Hz hum, all complaints about any other set that I contemplated purchasing. They arrived in a few days from a nearby Amazon stocking point, even with free shipping...I ALWAYS appreciate Amazon's speedy service.
Like so many other reviewers, I found the bass overpowering, making the sound from my 23" Samsung HDTV (which, by itself sounded tinny and harsh) overly muddy, save for the equalizer built into the TV. I had to turn the equalizer's bass frequency response down to the lowest setting to render the speakers acceptable. They are much better than the TV alone, of course, but I view this purchase as the least of all evils, because the other alternatives had such dire caveats. I think that I would have had a better listening experience from some of the other alternatives, though at the risk of product failure. However, like the other alternatives that burned out, this unit, too, was made in China. I can only hope that Creative has exercised its quality control and that this set will live up to the good name of Creative.
Also, I wish that there were a separate ON/OFF switch instead of a combined ON/OFF-Volume switch. That would make it easier to turn it off without losing the accustomed volume setting.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
works great for the moneyFeb 27, 2008
By David Allen
"DSA"
a bit to much bass but by adjusting my other speakers sounds good.
I'd buy them again.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 DiappointingDec 19, 2009
By Average Customer
These speakers were supposed to replace the existing set of speakers that came with the desktop computer. Unfortunately, they are inferior to the original speakers that came with the PC. In all fairness, these speakers sound better than the speakers on my laptop, but that is not saying much.
The satellite speakers are far too tinny and the bass is exaggerated, making for a very poor quality.
Was forced to send it back, so that I can buy a different brand of speakers, hopefully with a better performance.
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