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Product Description
Creative Inspire S2 combines great sound in a sleek design that fits snugly into small spaces, making it the perfect companion for your notebook or MP3 player. Expect exceptional audio clarity from its two high-quality speakers and the highly efficient Creative DIRECT-THROW subwoofer – delivers dynamic midbass, brings your music to life! Enjoy convenience at your fingertips for power / volume, headphone output and Aux-In for instant connection to your MP3 player. In short, the Creative Inspire S2 packs a formidable punch for your favourite music or games in a small package. The palm-sized speaker design with quality drivers produce a balanced and dynamic audio for all your entertainment needs whether you're using a notebook or MP3 player. Plus the highly efficient Creative DIRECT-THROW subwoofer delivers dynamic midbass for your musical enjoyment and gaming action. Includes headphone out for private listening and Aux-in for connecting to MP3 players. The convenient easy to reach power and volume control makes it easy to control your music. Sleek and small footprint to maximize your area for optimal performance, making it the perfect companion for your notebook and MP3 player. It’s small footprint fits into small spaces nicely. Includes fuss-free connectivity; simple and quick setup with your notebook and MP3 player. Box Contents: Two satellite speakers, One subwoofer, Power adapter, Quick Start Guide, Warranty / Technical Support leaflet.
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Product Details
Color: Black
Brand: Creative
Model: 51MF0385AA003
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 4.05" h x
2.90" w x
2.90" l,
3.00 pounds
Features
Palm sized speaker design
Creative DIRECT-THROW subwoofer ? delivers dynamic midbass for your musical enjoyment
Headphone out for private listening and Aux-in for connecting to MP3 players
Convenient easy to reach power and volume control
Fuss-free connectivity. Simple and quick setup with your notebook and MP3 player
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
nice looking, but serious design flaw
By R. Klodginski
I bought this for my mother to use with her laptop on a built in desk with limited space. I've owned a tiny set of Creative speakers before and thought they were great, so I figured these would be too.
They look really nice, and seem well built. The sound is decent, but not great, as the satellites seem incapable of driving *any* bass, but the sub compensates when firing. The max volume isn't very great either, but will work for a small room and is expected with only 29 watts total power.
I thought these would be perfect as the headphone, aux, and volume control are built into a satellite instead of out on its own, thus clearing up the desk from any extra stuff. BUT, this is where the problem is... the speaker which has the volume control is attached, HARDWIRED, to the sub. No plug or anything, which means that if you plan on running the cables through a hole to put the sub on the floor, you can't unless the hole is big enough to shove the whole satellite through. The speaker has two cables coming out of it, one is the speaker cable which ends in a plug, and the other is a thick cable running the volume control, power to a green on light, and the aux and headphone hookups, which can't be detached on either the speaker or the sub. Overall, just a foolish, limiting design issue.
This isn't much of a problem if you are using them on an open desk or table where the cable can run behind, but if you need to feed the cables through any hole less than about 4 inches in diameter, forget about it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Small and Low Power
By Sunglass Evaluator
I was expecting something a little bigger, especially for the price. The sound is OK for such a small system. If compact size and very low operating power(3W-5W)and standby power (3W) are what you want, then this system has decent sound. However, I think you can probably get something equivelant for half the price.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Nice looking for small speakers, perfectly okay sound
By Neil E. Isenberg
Looks:
I wanted small, inobtrusive speakers that didn't look plastic-cheap and these are great for that combination.
Most small desktop speakers look good in photographs but then look "plasticy" when out of the box in a retail display. These little guys looked great on that display next to the others.
Sound:
The sound works well for my purposes but these are surely not audiophile speakers. Most folks will probably have the bass unit under, not on, their desks, so the lack of much bass in the little units may be less acceptable for some people. You might want to play with the bass knob a little on the back of the central unit.
I was not "blown away" by "how good they are", but they sound fine for my needs and look great for small speakers.
Thoughts:
(1)
If you don't have a sound card you might consider getting one for quality. Creative appears to be having driver and customer service issues so this time around I went with Asus Xonar, the main consumer models being DG/DS/DX (Covers range from $25ish to $80ish). There is also Azuntech but I have no experience with them I just run into reviews for them now and then.
(2)
Suggestions for the Manufacturer:
- You might consider making front speaker grill/fabric removable/replaceable.
- You might consider lessening the brightness of the led on such a small, black speaker.
- You might consider putting an optional headset-in on the back to hide the headset plug.
- Not an issue for me but others in reviews would like these these speakers not be hardwired together.
(3)
Creative's customer service and driver issues in the soundboard realm would normally steer me clear of their products, but these really do meet my needs and I haven't had any issues.
Summary:
Good looking if looking for tiny speakers, perfectly okay sound. An audiophile will likely want bigger speakers with more bass.
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