
Reviews
Excellent sound reproduction, mid-range and highs are superb, great on music and games. No bulky subwoofer, and the bass is more than adequate for the vast majority of users. I like these a lot, very happy with purchase.
I ordered these Creative T40′s ($125) and Boston Acoustic Horizon MM220 ($99) 2.0 speakers of similar size and cost.
I liked the fact that the Creatives had the bass and treble controls and no big brick transformer unit to power them. Each require separate power, however, the Creatives have a small footprint plug.
On the other hand the Creative speakers are about an 1 taller, wider and heavier. I felt they had a deeper sound form bass being it could be adjusted on a easy to reach front dial control.
One key thing to remember these are not 5.1 or 7.1 and you don’t have a sub. This type of speaker is made for your computer desktop/laptop/ipod/gaming at a average level. I have a 7.1 channel system for my HD TV and stereo for when I need or want intensity. I feel these small buggers are really good for my purposes. I will use them when I travel, even though they are heavy. I will have quality sound for music and blue-ray on the laptop where ever I am.
I am only using these speakers for a Sony Vaio laptop. I tested each set with music …
I’ve owned a set of the T40′s for almost 2 years now, before which I used the smaller T20′s. I’ve been something of an audiophile for as long as I can remember…And I work in the A/V industry now. I have to describe them as VERY smooth and accurate. While it’s true I’m using them with a separate subwoofer (I don’t care what you say, you’re just not going to get convincing low-end out of ANY speaker this size), The speakers do quite well for their size and design. I wanted smooth and accurate, and I got just that.
After all this time of using only the T40′s , I set up a surround system using the 2-T40′s for front left and right, a single T40 powered speaker turned on its side as Center channel, and the 2-T20′s as left and right rear surrounds…Keeping the separate powered sub, of course. The results have been phenomenal. Their form factor is perfect for my application, their sound has been warm, smooth, and accurate, and I couldn’t be happier. Creative should make a surround set out of these…But I’m sure it would be prohibitively expensive, more than I’ve spent, for sure.
As my first set of “semi-serious” PC speakers, I couldn’t be happier with these T40s. As many reviews have reported, the bass that these speakers kick out is peculiarly heavy. Listening to Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”, the speakers were easily capable of handling the highs and lows of the piece, while the percussion in “Fanfare for the Common Man” was clear and powerful.
Some reviews have pointed out that these speakers are somewhat large. While this may be a legitimate concern for cramped setups, the speakers will not look out of proportion with any of the larger widescreen monitors available today. My system uses a 24″ LCD, and the additional space needed by the T40s is negligible.
These would have been considered a half-way decent pair of speakers ten years a-go.
I bought this pair of speakers based on all of the positive reviews that I’d read on-line. Is Creative Labs paying kids off to post positive reviews (Don’t laugh – Other companies have been known to do so)?
Adding insult to injury is the price comparable to the quality. I feel like such a “sucker” at this point. I will never a-gain buy a product from Creative Labs.
The T40 Gigaworks speaker system appeared to be well engineered and impecably built! Unfortunately they apparently built in flaws impeccably as well! AND no way even a good Electronic Technician can work on these devices as they are all comprised of Large Scale Intergrated circuits. Very few user serviceable parts inside even though I am an engineer, I cannot get into the actual circuitry affordably. About the only thing a tech could do is order replacement boards to fix it. Each system is composed of 4 seperate boards, so you better have an idea of which board failed. Even that is not so easy to determined because Creative actually GLUED all the circuit boards to the chassis, making it very difficult to remove any of them. It looks like government space shuittle construction inside.
If that’s how they want to do it fine, BUT MAKE SURE IT LASTS 10 OR MORE YEARS. MINE LASTED A WHOLE 14 MONTHS BEFORE GIVING UP. $100 LOSS!!!!
GREG
GREG GUITARS LLC