Do you think the extra £20 is worth it to get the Creative Gigaworks T20 2.0 over the Creative Inspire T10 2.0?

I didn't really want to spend £130 on speakers and headphones but if there's a huge difference then I'll pay it.

If you have any other suggestions for speakers which are less than £40, feel free to post them.

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Yes, the Inspires are cheapos, I have the 7.1's.

The T20's and T40's get a good name here an other places.

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Buy the T20's, very good £50 speakers, Inspires are not up to much as mentioned above. T40's are great and decent step up over T20's, however price wise are far too close to some very good 2.1 sets, so not worth it imo.

Which one should I get? I want good sound with a good price. I have read and so far, I think I can remove the T40 II from the list. But reading loads of reviews, I cannot make up my mind between the T10 and T20.

Amazon and testfreaks say T10 is better, some people say T20 is better

Specs about speakers I need: Mostly use for Pc and music from mp3's. Sometimes watch tv on my LG M227WD LCD. Sometimes play NFS Shift and Street Fighter 4.

Current speakers: Speakers which came with the LG if I'm honest are crap. They do the work well but only just. Once you increased the volume from 20>> does not seem any different. The speakers are 3w x2 built in. [the speakers are built in to the LG M227WD] I don't need bass crazy speakers since I don't have those kind of media to play with. So Altec Lansing FX3022 is out.

Points about the speakers: + it LG does have built in speakers and remote so its nice watching a tv on that - Very thin on bass or any depth - NFS shift and SF4 sounds thin - For some reason music does not sound that great. Using the winamp pc speaker preset makes it worse. I get slightly better sound when I use the monitor's built in music equaliser.

The speakers on the LG do their job, but I am just searching for a marginally better than these built in. Will not turn it on loud since room is small [2.5x5.5meters] and I don't want to disturb other people.

Please recommend which speakers should I get. Pricewise not exceeding the T20. Anything lower is better but must be 2.0 setup. I'm bored with a big woofer cause space is small. I had a 5.1 setup in the Logitech Z-5300, too much cables and woofer too heavy. I would like to get sound quality like my Philips HP890 headphones.

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Joined Nov 13, 2005 Messages 4,225

i own the T20 series 2 and the t40 series 2

the t20 are really aweome for the sound

I bought the t20 first and could not believe the sound that was coming from them i then bought the t40's for my desktop gaming computer and the speakers are great too but a lil more money you will be fine wiht t20's

i was coming from logitech z5500 5.1 speakers i moved to a 2nd floor apt and have a small baby so i don't need huge sub and 5 speakers. since i could not play it loud i didn't want them anymore

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Joined Nov 13, 2005 Messages 4,225

the t40 series 2 have more bass then the t20 but the t40 cranked all the way will distort with the bass turned up this is really loud and something you wouldn't normally do

the t20 series 2 won't distort they don't have as much bass but the bass is awesome and sound is very good

i suggest the t20 series 2 if its between t10 and t20 these speakers sound awesome you won't believe your ears

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Joined Apr 22, 2003 Messages 429

Ok, if T20 it is. No other brands with the same price come close in performance? No one with T10 and T20? Appreciate your views here.

Are there no drawbacks to the T20? I've heard that the plug is too big? I am in UK and they have this 3pin-plug socket.

Second question is about my LG monitor. //www.lge.com/uk/it-products/monitors/LG-lcd-monitor-M227WD.jsp

The way I setup my current speaker is that the speaker out is through the monitor. There is a speaker out/earphone out on the monitor and I have tested with an Edifier MP 230 portable speakers and it works with the Left and Right channel when I tried the software. When I used the remote, I can control the speakers wirelessly. Seems that the remote extends the function to the speaker out as well. I also think that the speakers can be manipulated with the monitor's own equaliser settings.