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Creative S750 Speakers

Hi,

Connected to my computer (which I listen to most of my music on) I have an Audigy 2 ZS sound card and a set of T7700 speakers. However, recently, I have found myself going downstairs more often to listen to music on my Hi-Fi (Marantz amplifier + Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3 speakers). The reason being that I find it to be less distorted/muffled.

Therefore, I am looking into replacing my current set of speakers. Since I listen/play a reasonable amount of 7.1 material having a 7.1 set-up is something I do value. However, it seems that there is a lack of 7.1 speaker systems (without paying £1500+).

I have, however, found the Creative S750 'Gigaworks' speakers, which is touted as a higher-end 7.1 system from Creative. I would be interested if anyone has any experience with them and can compare them to what I currently use (or speakers of a similar bracket).

Regards, Freddie (First post!).

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #1 –
oh, the gigaworks set performs very nicely for its price.. i've got the megaworks (550D, 5.1) version (which doesn't have tweeters), but a good friend of mine has the 7.1 set, so i've heard that one as well

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #2 –
The Creative Inspire T7700 specs are:

Speaker Power:
8 Watts RMS per channel (6 channels)
20 Watts RMS center speaker
24 Watts RMS subwoofer

Frequency Response: 40Hz ~ 20kHz
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR): 80dB


Your Hi-Fi system and speakers are likely much, much better in terms of power output per channel and SNR.

Now, compare the Inspire T7700 above to the GigaWorks S750 specs:

Speaker Power:
70 Watts RMS per
channel (7 channels)
210 Watts RMS subwoofer

Frequency Response: 25Hz ~ 40kHz
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR): 99dB


The GigaWorks S750 is a much more powerful system, more in line with a Hi-Fi audio system.

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #3 –
if you only want music (not surround) i'd go for a logitech z-2300 i think they are called 2+1 system.

also for your audigy if it sounds bad - check that you have the latest drivers from creative and not the driver that installs with windows (especially worth to check this if you run vista) the sound is totally different and much clearer with the correct driver  (very audible difference)

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #4 –
Quote from: WonderSlug on
The GigaWorks S750 is a much more powerful system, more in line with a Hi-Fi audio system.
Two comments are worth making here. First, everybody lies with their power specs. For example, I could rate my DIY home theater system at 22W RMS (the maximum the speakers can take) or 80W RMS (the max the amp can output) per channel completely honestly. Secondly, don't assume more power == more volume/headroom. An efficient speaker (say 95dB per watt at 1m) will produce as much sound at 10W as a typical 3 way speaker (85dB per watt at 1m) at 100W. Speaker efficiency is extremely important. Third, everybody lies with their power specs - the logitech computer speakers my girlfriend uses claim 50W RMS per channel - but the drivers are only rated to 12W, and the amp chips to 35W. Lies. And that's even without looking at those dinky battery powered 2000W PMPO iPod speakers which are everwhere these days.

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Andreas Birgerson on
if you only want music (not surround) i'd go for a logitech z-2300 i think they are called 2+1 system.

also for your audigy if it sounds bad - check that you have the latest drivers from creative and not the driver that installs with windows (especially worth to check this if you run vista) the sound is totally different and much clearer with the correct driver  (very audible difference)

For better or for worse, I am a Linux user. So thankfully that is not an issue  (Not to imply that there are not other issues, of course.)

Has anyone any experience driving these speakers on a non-Audigy sound card? As a little being of google-ing (is that a word?) turned up http://problemstosolve.com/computers/how-t...nd-card-solved/

Regards, Freddie.

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #6 –
Quote from: cabbagerat on
the logitech computer speakers my girlfriend uses claim 50W RMS per channel - but the drivers are only rated to 12W, and the amp chips to 35W.


12+35=47, which you can round to 50. Simple, isn't it? 
Ceterum censeo, there should be an "%is_stop_after_current%".

Creative S750 Speakers

Reply #7 –
I wouldn't buy creative. If you search on google, you will find how crappy they are. They are from Singapore, and they charge you money for repairs of dysfunctional products under warranty. And they don't fix their drivers, and they FORBID their fans to make the drivers for them!

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/bo...ding&page=1
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/bo...ding&page=1