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Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Reviews

Creative’s new Inspire 6600 speakers are a treat for sound enthusiasts. The set consists of six satellite speak-ers and a woofer. It has an extra rear centre speaker that gives an amazing audio sound field from a Sound Blaster 5.1 soundcard. The speakers have an aes-thetic appeal that adds value to the decor of the room—for a change, the woofer doesn't need to be hidden away. The satellites are slightly larger than speakers made by other manufacturers, but can still be managed easily. The stand for the centre channel speak-er is designed specially to be placed on the monitor, so that it won’t fall down. An extra replacement stand has also been provided. The satel-lite speakers are connected to the back of the sub-woofer through individ-ual cables. The connection and setup is simple, as the cables are of different colours, making it easy to trace their path while connecting. The speaker wires are long enough so you can spread them out in a large room for a true surround experience. We tested the speakers on the new Audigy2 Platinum soundcard. The six satellite speakers offered excellent sound quality without distor-tion, thanks to the flexible base, which helps dampen oscillations, thus reducing distortion. The bass was of excellent quality up to pretty high sound levels. The higher fre-quencies were also reproduced faithfully.
The speakers gave refined sound output even at 60 per cent absolute maxi-mum volume. The bass started getting distorted at higher vol-ume levels, but such sound levels would rarely be reached realism from DirectSound 3D game titles, Dolby Digital EX DVD movies and digital music. There is a Creative Multi-Surround System up-mix control switch on the subwoofer to create a 6.1 or needed. The bass gives a clean booming sound that fills the room—it is loud without being annoying. The sound effects in games such as Quake III and Grand Prix 4 were reproduced realistically. How-ever, these games will not exploit the full capability of this set with its additional rear centre speaker. The sound effects in DVD movies that support Dolby Digital EX for-mat were reproduced precisely and added an extra dimension to the movie experience. The clarity of vocals and instru-ments is also noteworthy. The Creative Inspire 6600 is an ideal companion for the Audigy2 soundcard, producing superior accuracy in sound separation across the six speakers. This speak-er set will complement other high-end components in your PC (DVD-ROM drive, large screen monitor, 6.1 channel soundcard) if you
wish to make it an entertain-ment station.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Total wattage of 120 W RMS, five 3-inch satellite speakers (8 W RMS each), one 4-inch front
centre speaker (20 W RMS), one 6-inch 22 W RMS sub-woofer, electronically con-toured satellites with high per-formance drivers, 6.1 positional audio, 35 Hz-20 KHz frequency range, 75 dB SNR, wired vol-ume/bass control with head-phone jack...

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