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TRUST 5.1 Surround Speaker Set SP-6210 UK | 
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| Brand: Trust
Category: CE
Buy New: £19.75
New (4) from £19.75
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 30892
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.8
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 10.2 x 9.1
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 15011
Model: 15011
EAN: 8713439150117
ASIN: B000M2725W
Release Date: December 17, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Compact design 5.1 speaker set including wooden subwoofer with a total RMS power output of 40 Watt. Compatible with DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Prologic II, DirectSound 3D and EAX for best home cinema experience. Wooden subwoofer with bass reflex design for powerful bass. Volume and bass control buttons for exact adjustment of desirable bass and volume level. 5 satellites with detachable stand for easy wall mounting. Magnetically shielded for positioning near monitor or TV.Main Features:Trust SP-6210 5.1 ...
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Tricky to configure for good sound, but excellent value January 14, 2008
Mr. Niall Douglas (St. Andrews, Scotland)
My Logitech Extrusio speakers finally died after seven years of service, and being currently very cash constrained I couldn't go past 25 for new speakers. I decided to take a chance on these rather than a Labtec set costing 5 more mainly because these have nearly twice the max RMS output (40W rather than 25W), are nearly twice as heavy, so I assumed the bass would be significantly better. On receipt, my first impression was how small the bass unit was, and I knew that it couldn't possibly reach very low frequencies (you need physical space for that). At least it had a bit of weight which is necessary to transmit the bass outwards.
After a great deal of plugging in cables, I was first very disappointed by the bass - even with the dial at max, there was nothing and it sounded like 5 tinny crap speakers. Mystified, I unplugged the satellites and maxed the volume and yes, plenty of bass - so the unit IS capable of lots of bass without distortion, it's just the satellites are WAY overpowered. I tried altering the equaliser, but the crossover circuitry is very cheap and it distorted the satellites so no go there.
Luckily, my Realtek HD onboard audio has separate volume controls for front, back, subwoofer and centre if you enable them in Properties in the mixer control panel. I put front, rear and centre down to nearly zero and lo & behold, the bass was born!!! Make sure you put it on the floor though, it's just too light and small for a desk - and you're not talking deep bass, but it does 100Hz very well - my floor and chair do shake slightly so you do feel the music. Without that the sound has zero depth at all.
I have the top end most expensive Logitech downstairs for the home cinema with optical digital connection, so I know my computer speakers. Like all cheap speakers, the satellites have no dynamic range with volume so the music sounds "flat". However, at low volumes, they're not at all bad, and of course having five rather than two cheap speakers means you can run them at less than half volume and thus get a much more dynamic sound out of them. That said, they're no top-end Logitech speakers and the sound will never sound particularly natural eg; classical sounds horrendous. However, action movies and dance music are absolutely fine, and the surround is impressive for speakers so cheap - I certainly forgot I wasn't downstairs when watching Die Hard 4.
All in all, given the only other cheap alternative was the Labtec and the cheapest 5.1 quality brand speakers are four times as much, these are excellent value for what you get. Don't expect ANY bass though unless you have separate 5.1 controls on your soundcard.
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