Product: Corsair SP2500 2.1 Gaming Speaker

Retail Price: RM859

Warranty: 2 Years

Authorized Distributor: Cudo Technologies Sdn Bhd.

*Picture have to borrow on Google Images and Corsair. I don't own a super cool camera, sorry about this*



Picture Gallery form my phone shots:


What you get in the box:



Technical Specs:



Looks/Appearance:

For some people, the downside will be the woofer. The box is pretty huge since it have a 8" subwoofer inside. There's some planning to do on the positioning of the subwoofer if you have limited space in your room. As for the satellites, its not a problem at all, most table will fit it nice and perfect.

Installing:

Definitely easy to put this monster up and running. I just put the satellites on the table, plug in the cable to the satellites to the woofer connection based on the colors like power supply modular cables. Then i plug in the control pod cable into the back of the woofer. Hook up my Van der Hul RCA cable to my Onkyo SE-90PCI RCA jack. Lastly the final piece of cable is the power cable, plug it from the woofer to your socket. Now all there is left is position your satellites to your preferred pointing direction.

PC Setup for running the test:



Music
Even with just the normal RCA provided is more than enough to make you WOW. Yes, thats how good it is. Even without a Soundcard i tested with an onboard audio and a 3.5mm cable, the sound still very nice. When listening to FLAC or MP3 songs, everything is well balanced out. The high pitch and the bass all well balanced, you can really hear the details from the song.

There are various setting in the DSP mode for this, you can set it to:-
Late Night - Volume will reduce and bass will be further reduced down(vy flat bass).
Stadium - Sound will sound a bit noisier with echo.
Concert Hall - Sounds more crispier than stadium.
Club - Heavier bass, reduced vocal.
Theatre - Similar to Stadium but sounds cleaner and more detail than Stadium.
Karaoke - Vocalist vocal will be reduced.
Dynamic Pop - More bass, same vocal volume.
Wide - Standard wide sounding audio.

Then you can combine the DSP mode with an alternative equalizer setting:

Classical, MOD X, Action, Drama, Pop, Jazz, FPS, Headphones, and Action gaming.

You can also plug this SP2500 to your MP3 player/Ipod through AUX 1 / AUX 2. AUX 1 is behind the speaker which can be placed stationary and plug in into AUX 2 in the same time and can be selected form the control pod which sound source to be selected. There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack in the bottom part of the control pod.

Movie
Tested a few Blu-Ray movies on this speakers, results: Awesome. Seriously the sound is one of the best i heard so far. Of coz you cant really compare it with a 5.1 setup but i will be looking forward for a 5.1 setup speakers from Corsair now. Everyone who owns this set of speaker will be looking forward to it.

Gaming
Tested it on COD: Black Ops. Sound is very detail, you can hear every single sound made by all player walking/running around. You can easily pinpoint your team-mates or enemy position just by hearing it. Very accurate. Gun fire and explosion will blow your mind out, you can hear the Napalm Strike like its happening in your own room, the bomb dropping and helli firing from the sky is very accurate. One word: Excellent.

Moment of truth:

Pro's
- Superb, Excellent sound quality produced form these speakers
- Price is actually affordable. (Wait for new pricing for the new batch and you will know)
- RCA connection so custom cables can be used
- Control Pod for easier setup and volume control, makes it more cool with the color screen too.
- Build quality for these speakers are great.
- Easy speaker setup.

Con's
-Provided Power Cable is kind of short. (Can be replace by normal power supply cable which is longer and im using this solution now.)
-The display on the control pod is terrible, there is only a few angle you can really see the colours and really know what your selecting. (Best solution: Set it to Day setting with white background and put the control pod on your right side, since you wont be see-ing anything if you position it on your left side.)
-Connectors are using ATX4 Connectors which are like the ones used in power supply. You will face problem if you are trying to position it further away from you woofer as it is only 1.8M. (Solution: trying to make my own custom cable see if it works.)

Conclusion
Corsair SP2500 2.1 Gaming speaker is one great speaker. The audio exceeds my expectation especially any speakers in the same range. Actually it can be much much more better and can fight with other more expensive speakers out there.

Dont know how to enjoy but im sure this is a good masterpiece!

Speaker also gaming

What next?

Would it be more appropriate if this thread is posted in the Audiophile Forum instead?

Not sure where to post best place coz this also hardware..

Well, trust me.. you say dunno how to enjoy, when you try this you can feel the differences.. seriously..

when got the word :Gaming: they can charge more mah!

Actually the price should be a lot lower than that I know what it is and just waiting for the chance to get mine soon. I hope it has the clarity I'm looking for

it sure looks good..wonder where can i try this out..still tinking between this or the edifer s730

The control pod = failed! should have a dock or make it stand like the speaker. But considering most people won't touch that thing so often, guess it's fine?
Would like to see if this is comparable to the Creative Gigaworks T3 which is almost at the same price range.

No la.. seriously, when you got the chance try to listen to one ya.. Corsair not play play one this time..

Yea.. Wait for the new batch of SP2500 the price will be much much more cheaper..

I havent try the Edifier S730 before so cant really comment on that. Im setting this up to let my customer listen also.

Well, the control pod what we dont like is just the display have to view from different angle for a clear reading. Well, you will always need to touch it to adjust volume, sub bass, on/off and settings..

But comparing with a gigaworks t3, i hear the t3 before, sound also superb very nice, but the Corsair will will be same price with the T3 soon.. RM 7xx.. If me, i will still stick with the Corsair.

izzit dual subwoofer inside?

Now the question is, how loud can it go before you get arrested for disturbing the peace?

Nop.. single 120W 8" subwoofer inside..

Well, actually with just 2 bar on the control pod for volume i can perfectly hear my songs without disturbing people.. haha.. theres like 20 more bar to full volume..

Ahhh powerful stuff.

If wan to compare this with mako actually the mako still sound very nice only the corsair is better.. haha..

The only thing i like/love about the Mako is its Omni-Directional Satellites, you can just place it anywhere and you will get good sound for it.. For the Corsair you will need to position it to your preferred place to hear them, you get more details from your game, movies and music too..

Really nice speakers you got thr, bro!

it need a retine display

Thanks, just helping my friends in Corsair@Cudo review their speakers.

On a 1.8" control pod?

i did read this in guru3d..yep, it is a great speaker

only the price a bit high la.hoho

kena trash at audiophile section

because this review havn't covered the at least low, mid and high part.
I doubt TS know how to properly describe a speaker performance.

http://www.sonusfaber.com/

this one no joke with you all time

At least the Corsair is still cheaper than the Mako.