I got my replacment sub from creative (woo) at long last, however they sent me a completly new set of s750s so now i have 14 speakers 1 sub and 1 broken sub. as the back of each speaker takes wires that clip in (not sockets) could i double up each speaker to get more sound around my room (as in have 1 set around my pc and the other around my bed, would this 1/2 the output from each speaker as it is split half and half with the other spaker attached to it? could it over work the sub? and are there any other bad things that may happen?
Well essentially you would wiring the speakers in parallel thus creating a 4ohm load on each channel (assuming each satellite is 8ohm). More than likely the cheap amp in this set is not capable of powering a 4 ohm load for extended periods of time. This would result in over heating and eventually failure of the unit. So don't do it. In your previous thread you complained about how it wasn't your fault that it died, (despite turning it up full volume) and that you couldn't hear any distortion. No offense but it seems that you don't know much about audio systems, and should either do your research, or not be surprised when it fails again.
I have never done this before, so was asking (hence would fall into the catagory of research, no?) on the thing about distortion - there really was little // none (anyone else with Gigaworks here able to back me up on this?) It was never at full volume for long, and when it broke, it was no where near full. Buy hey I now 14 speakers, some of which i may attach to a different amp then -- would that be ok? (i have a Technics amp that I run my audio system from) thank you for explaning why it would be a bad idea though
Another happy gigaworks owner here who can honestly hear very little/ no distortion even at high levels. And apparently my hearings very good, had a test a few months back I've compared them to a reasonably high end hifi system costing around £1700, all good quality separates and although the high end kit was impressive it didn't (imho) exactly blow the gigaworks (510D's) out of the water.
That is purely down to your untrained "hifi" ears though. I can't listen to creative/logitech/gigaworks etc. speaker systems without hearing distortion at moderate to high levels. The quality is somewhat lacking too. Terrible transient response, low detail retrieval, sluggish bass, no pace or rhythm etc etc. It takes time to train your ears up and you need to hear lots of different systems and learn what to listen for. When i demo hifi equipment i will take a classical piece of music (usually piano based), some quickly paced rock, a vocal piece and some jazz. These allow me to assess the item i am listening too very well.
Cost isn't always an indicator of quality either. There are many $2500+ systems out there that are just awful. Bose fits into that category... in fact some higher end computer speakers in the ~$450 range are of nearly equal quality (musically and structurally) to Bose's "ultra hifi omg" products. What £1700 system did you compare it to?
to be fair, I've heard a couple systems worth in excess of £1700 that sound pants. There are a few "hifi" makes that cost an awful lot and sound pretty terrible. But - if you can't tell much difference between creative gigaworks and a proper seperates hifi, theres something very wrong. I've had a set of megaworks 600D for a few years, while theyre pretty good at what they're meant to do, they're no match for a proper hifi. Can't fault them for playing games and watching the odd film in a small room, theyre good value if you shop around for a good price. Where music is concerned - I don't even bother with them. There is simply no comparison between them and a proper hifi (comparing to my own, well in excess of £1700 worth, but even at £500 there is a massive difference)
i can't believe you can't tell the difference between a Naim system and some plastic speakers, well Naim for £1700 is a joke but still. Come on!
I know someone with GigaWorks G500s, and I think my Inspire 6700 set (Creative also) sounds far better, playing anything from Leftfield to Radiohead to Rammstein. However, they're film/game speakers, not for music. My friend's Mission 701s sound fantastic in comparison, even with a cheap amplifier, but cost >2x as much. Of couse they'll sound better playing music; that's what they're designed for. ch424
then don't buy a 1700 dollar amp, buy a 900 dollar amp and spend the remainder on speakers i am more than happy with my setup and it only cost me 750 Canadian.
Not true. You could get a brand new Nait 5i for £699 and a CD5i for £825 thats £1524. Let alone a second hand NAP250 (olive of course) and a nac 32.5/42 or something for a smidge over a grand then pick up a decent cd player for £600. Would like to see you beat that for sound quality for a similar price. I love the 250 by the way
Some people are happy to listen to music with some distortion and not _waste_ money on hifi kit. if you love your music then sure, go buy uber expensive kit, if on the other hand you just want to listen to 128/192kbs MP3s while working at the PC then why bother? I have a pair of very nice speakers attached to my Technics amp (not that great I know) and yes, the sound from them is cleaner and sharper and all that crap people spout about music, but really do i care? no, i hardly "hear" the music anyway, its just to replace the background noise/silence while im in my room.
