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Shelling out £250 odd on a set of 2.0 speakers that will be hooked up to a PC cab be a little much given the fact MP3s etc dont carry a high enough bit rate to really warrant spending that much cash. Uncompressed music however would be perfect however the likely hood of having such lovely clarity on the PC is rather slim...
After a little hunting I came across the Edifier R1600T Plus
Heres a few pictures and my thoughts on the units.
First up the box...
As you can see, the box is a rather attractive looking unit clearly advertising the product and its specifications whilst maintaining a clean and classy appearance.
The provided cables are very basic but do the job. This is all you need to be able to connect these up to your sound card for the best possible 2.0 experience. The cable that connects the passive speaker to the active unit is of surprisingly good quality but is by no means what I would class as a good cable. This will to a certain extent reduce the quality of the audio but this reduction will be that minor that you will not be able to tell the difference between this and a cable of £50+ a meter you may find yourself buying if you had separates and a dedicated amp.
Above shows the speakers with the front panels attached. Very neat and minimalist without looking cheap.
Removing these front panels reveals the 18mm tweaters and 4.5" woofers. It is clear by looking at these that these are quality units. They (although this is not visible) are magnetically shielded and and are constructed using a composite cone structure for a balanced acoustics and a neatly housed in an all wood enclosure.
On the left we have the passive speaker and on the right we have the active unit which has the amplifier built in that powers both of the monitors.
The active monitor has the facility to connect up two audio devices so in this case a sound card and a MP3 player for testing. The built in amp powers two channels at 16W RMS per channel powering both of the speakers. This may not sound like much however due to the quality of the crossover the power these deliver is exceptional giving the facility to produce volumes that competing manufacturers will happily throw acclaimed 100W RMS or more at.
The above image illustrates the volume control along with dials to allow the alteration of the base and higher tones. The only down side to this is that mid tones are left to be altered by a combination of the two dials which unfortunately gives a little less control over the overall tone that the speakers can produce. This is not too much of an issue but for the cost of the units is easily overlooked and forgotten about.
And below.. the money shot!
As you can see... Very nice professional looking monitors!
.. So good I bought some myself.. (hence the odd wall paper)
These can be bought for only £69.98 inclusive of VAT
BUY NOW
After a little hunting I came across the Edifier R1600T Plus
Heres a few pictures and my thoughts on the units.
First up the box...
As you can see, the box is a rather attractive looking unit clearly advertising the product and its specifications whilst maintaining a clean and classy appearance.
The provided cables are very basic but do the job. This is all you need to be able to connect these up to your sound card for the best possible 2.0 experience. The cable that connects the passive speaker to the active unit is of surprisingly good quality but is by no means what I would class as a good cable. This will to a certain extent reduce the quality of the audio but this reduction will be that minor that you will not be able to tell the difference between this and a cable of £50+ a meter you may find yourself buying if you had separates and a dedicated amp.
Above shows the speakers with the front panels attached. Very neat and minimalist without looking cheap.
Removing these front panels reveals the 18mm tweaters and 4.5" woofers. It is clear by looking at these that these are quality units. They (although this is not visible) are magnetically shielded and and are constructed using a composite cone structure for a balanced acoustics and a neatly housed in an all wood enclosure.
On the left we have the passive speaker and on the right we have the active unit which has the amplifier built in that powers both of the monitors.
The active monitor has the facility to connect up two audio devices so in this case a sound card and a MP3 player for testing. The built in amp powers two channels at 16W RMS per channel powering both of the speakers. This may not sound like much however due to the quality of the crossover the power these deliver is exceptional giving the facility to produce volumes that competing manufacturers will happily throw acclaimed 100W RMS or more at.
The above image illustrates the volume control along with dials to allow the alteration of the base and higher tones. The only down side to this is that mid tones are left to be altered by a combination of the two dials which unfortunately gives a little less control over the overall tone that the speakers can produce. This is not too much of an issue but for the cost of the units is easily overlooked and forgotten about.
And below.. the money shot!
As you can see... Very nice professional looking monitors!
.. So good I bought some myself.. (hence the odd wall paper)
These can be bought for only £69.98 inclusive of VAT
BUY NOW
It'd be better at any volume.
