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PC Audio Focal Bird 2.1 Speakers Test & Review, Mini Focal that sound just as great!

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Quazacolt
post Aug 22 2012, 10:51 AM

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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Jul 29 2012, 05:41 PM)
Ho ho, it makes those Creative sounds like a child play toy, and I look up the Aego M.. almost Hi-Fi ady.. cool~ shocking.gif
And yeah, this is 2.1 for entertainment so... can't compare the sound factor with studio one hehe, but darn if it has those clarity then that price is definitely there, just too much for commoner like me, hahaha doh.gif  sweat.gif
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id take creative t3 over aego m anyday, anytime smile.gif
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post Aug 22 2012, 02:29 PM

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QUOTE(Alex05187 @ Aug 22 2012, 01:53 PM)
I heard many people saying aego m is doing better than ssIII and t3 in term of mid and highs.
what is the advantage t3 provide that caught u bro?
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mids, and good bass smile.gif

while some consider it overbloated, id consider the aego m having no bass at all, lol.
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post Aug 22 2012, 04:20 PM

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QUOTE(Alex05187 @ Aug 22 2012, 04:15 PM)
LOL~
what about ssIII vs creative t3?
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ssIII would be...?
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post Aug 22 2012, 04:56 PM

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QUOTE(Alex05187 @ Aug 22 2012, 04:34 PM)
sound stick III sorry bro~
lazy to type long long tongue.gif
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no experience on that so cant comment
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post Aug 23 2012, 08:50 AM

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QUOTE(:+:JerRy:+: @ Aug 23 2012, 08:35 AM)
T3 fails to impress me and it's overpriced. Do you use any soundcard or DAC?
My Aego M now is set at Bass level 1 and sometimes feel like it's more than enough..  tongue.gif
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auditioned it at creative center singapore, using pmp > aux in direct (so basically DAC at the internal amp).

i dont own the t3 as i have the gigaworks g500, maybe that is an option in the future. i have however auditioned and even have friends that own the aego m personally, and i just cant deal with the lack of bass smile.gif

now, considering im decently familiar with focal in the ICE scene, i wonder where can we audition this smile.gif
IINM machines klcc has it? but with such noisy environment, lol forget it. somemore paiseh to get them to move to the private room as im not buying >.>
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post Aug 23 2012, 09:45 AM

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QUOTE(:+:JerRy:+: @ Aug 23 2012, 09:35 AM)
Your friend needs a good DAC.  tongue.gif
Focal has very nice design.  thumbup.gif
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it's more towards preference. smile.gif

no bass is still no bass. having that artificial "bass level 3 boost" is just... bad. lol. (at most i can tolerate is lvl2, 1 is ideal, 0 is the absolute definition of no bass lol)
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post Aug 23 2012, 10:35 AM

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QUOTE(:+:JerRy:+: @ Aug 23 2012, 10:09 AM)
If you know what is DAC, it gives you cleaner sound signal which includes bass (it can be significant).
For music listening, level 1 is good. Movie then level 2. Never need it at level 3. I must say this is personal preference.
Perhaps other system is producing too much bass. I like bass but I like nice solid bass.
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yeah i know what is a digital-to-analog converter is smile.gif
i have a pretty *decent* audio setup after all wink.gif

i'll just put it very simply of this:
the aego m subwoofer is puny. and size does matter in pushing volumes of air which indirectly is how much frequencies can be moved, aka how much bass depth/quantity you can have. quality on the other hand is another different matter.

personally, i'd like to have both. quality without amount is just not enough. and i believe T3 is simply an aego m (i believe the clarity is very on par with the aego m. granted, the highs/trebles of the aego m is very clearly superior than the t3 no doubt) with bass. and bass is something that creative speakers aren't bad over the years. comparatively, you can look a logitech speakers, they have WAY more bass amount than creative. however they just lack the control/tightness that creative can have (which in other words, quantity without quality, which i don't want either)


Added on August 23, 2012, 10:37 am
QUOTE(eremitic @ Aug 23 2012, 10:20 AM)
my personal opinion regarding aego m's bass performance, it very depend on how you placed it; i placed it around 18cm~25cm apart with wall

myself found it level 1 is ok for most song (what i feel is blend well, and bass did not overwhelmed), level 2 maybe ok for movie and some song that require stronger power, but it did not go deep, probably just 45~55hz, and it is kind of slow bass.

for my music preference, i found aego m do quite a decent job to me, except it lack of lower mid to me, vocal thin.

anyway wonder how focal xs 2.1 compared to focal little bird...
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thanks, you kinda convey it better on what i am trying to point smile.gif

to TS:
do you have any unit/location where we can audition this? preferable in a suitable environment as well smile.gif

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Aug 23 2012, 10:37 AM

 

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