Cyber Acoustics CA-3602a 62W Desktop Computer Speaker with Subwoofer - Perfect 2.1 Gaming and Multimedia PC speakers

I have a 26" Sanyo flat-screen TV which has decent audio for the TV channels, but for some reason, the audio is a little weak when playing a DVD or Blu-Ray via an external player (HDMI connection). Between the weak audio and my aging ears, I was having trouble understanding the dialog, and would have to sit very close to the TV. I decided to get a set of amplified speakers to boost the sound level and quality, and chose these based on reviews and price. The system consists of a subwoofer, two smaller speakers, and a control unit that looks like a hockey puck. The puck has two long wires permanently attached to it, both about six feet long. The thinner wire is the main audio input, and ends in a 3.5mm male audio plug. The thicker wire ends in a special mini-DIN plug that connects to a mating jack on the subwoofer. The two small speakers each have a wire permanently attached, also about six feet long, which ends in a 3.5mm male plug that plugs into the subwoofer. Towards the speaker end of the wire, the wire splits like zip cord and one half goes to each speaker. This end can be "unzipped" further if necessary. I found that the mini-DIN plug was a little loose in its jack, and if it gets wiggled, the sound can drop out. But as long as you don't wiggle the jack (by pulling on the wire that goes to the puck), it works OK. The subwoofer also has an AC power cord (about five feet long) that you plug into an AC outlet (120V/60Hz only). The entire top of the puck rotates as an overall volume control, from no sound to full sound. There is a smaller thumbwheel in the side of the puck that sets the ratio of subwoofer intensity to side speaker intensity, ranging from no subwoofer to so much subwoofer that it's overpowering. There is also an on/off switch, and once turned on, a blue light comes on in the puck. The switch is a slide switch, and I found that it takes two hands to operate, which is a little inconvenient. The other controls are easy to operate with one hand. The puck also has an aux input, which is a 3.5mm female audio jack. Plugging something in here (like a music player) shuts off the main audio and plays the aux input. With a Sansa MP3 player, the audio sounds adequate and good for a small room, but it's not going to shake the walls. The puck has another 3.5mm audio jack for a pair of headphones, and inserting headphones mutes the sound from all three speakers. This might be useful for a TV, because my TV didn't come with a headphone jack. Using a pair of Sony MDR V6 headphones, I found that the volume was barely adequate even at full volume, and the sound was rather thin since there is no such thing as a subwoofer when using headphones. To connect to a TV, if your TV has a headphone jack, you may be able to plug the main input (the audio wire going to the puck) into the headphone output and go from there, but my TV doesn't have a headphone jack. Instead, the TV has an audio line output on the side panel, consisting of two RCA jacks (red + white). You will need an adapter cable to connect the puck's main audio input to the TV audio outputs. This cable should have a female 3.5mm stereo audio jack on one end, and a pair (red + white) of male RCA plugs on the other end. This cable was not so easy to find locally, so be sure to order one when you order the speakers. In my case, due to the way I placed the speakers, I needed an adapter cable a few feet long, which is readily available from Amazon. They also sell a short version if you don't need the extra length. If you use these speakers with a computer system, you don't need an adapter cable. Just plug the main audio input into the green jack on the back of the computer, or into the headphone jack on the front of the computer. On my TV, the red + white RCA audio outputs are true line outputs, so the line output volume is full and steady regardless of the TV's volume or mute settings. Therefore it's possible to turn the TV's volume all the way down, using the TV's remote control, and listen via the three external speakers. You also might decide, like I did, to use both the external speakers and the TV's speakers, because this is the configuration that sounded best to me. By the way, it's not quite as convenient to mute the TV when using these speakers, because mute doesn't affect the line outputs. You actually have to turn the main volume all the way down on the puck. Overall, the sound quality is decent, especially for the price. The two smaller speakers sound a little too bright to me, and the subwoofer sounds a little muddy and boomy, but it's not so bad and you get used to it. It seemed to me that the system was lacking a little in the midrange, which is why I decided to add some sound from the TV's built-in speakers, too. Overall, the result is dramatically better than the TV speakers alone. It's much louder (without noticeable distortion), and much more full spectrum, so I no longer have any problem understanding dialog. Plus, with the subwoofer, movie explosions now sound like real explosions and not like a pop-gun going off. A small "con" is that the on/off switch is not really on and off. Even when off, the speaker system draws a little phantom power, about 2.4 watts according to my power meter. Compare that to some of my other gadgets that draw so little phantom power (less than 0.1 watt) that I can't even measure it. I figured, based on my usage and electric cost, that I'm wasting about $2 worth of electricity a year. This doesn't sound like much, but multiply that by 10,000 or more for all the systems in use and it adds up. Overall, I'm satisfied with the speaker system and would recommend it to others.

An in depth look of my findings with this outstanding product! The point of these speakers for me are to allow me to listen to music while cleaning my room, but from hearing what they sound like, I think I'll be using these speakers for any time that I don't need spacial awareness because of the convenience of not having to have an $80, high quality headset on my head that tilts forwards or back when I look up or down (which is a really small problem) outweighs the difference in audio quality. With this, it feels as if you're getting twice the quality for the price of the product. Comparing to my $80 Hyper Cloud II X Headphones (and remember: headphones have the absolute best dollar to dollar value in audio quality compared to speakers), they are only 10% lower in quality in my opinion. Because they don't have that much loss in quality, I'd prefer listening to music or YouTube videos or things of that nature with the Cyber Acoustics Multimedia PC Speakers over my name-brand 4.5 star reviewed high quality headphones. The only two ways I could recommend any other form of audio is if this will be your only way of listening to this after purchasing them; if you're building a PC or need to get a new audio peripheral because the last pair broke and you want audio quality more than anything, get headphones, because since there is so little to put into them they have a much higher dollar per dollar value. The second way I could recommend another product is if you're an audio producer, then go ahead and get $500 per speaker setups because if it will be your job, you need something that catches everything that other audio delivers would never pick up. Or if you have an unlimited budget, then get something around the $300 mark. The dual speakers are small but powerful. I felt like I was getting something bigger than a large jar of peter pan's peanut butter but got something more along the line of the size comparable to the large end of the spectrum of a modern landline wireless phone. The audio cylinder used to control the speakers have an adjustable bass wheel, so if you like amazing bass, pump that up! If you like minimal bass, turn if off then slide it only a little to the on position. The volume adjustment twister is smooth and responsive, and the speakers reflect the slider really well (smooth and responsive!). Although the top portion isn't a button to mute the device, it does have an on/off switch on the side. If you wanted to mute though, you could just quickly twist it a quite a bit until no sound comes out. There are two more auxiliary ports on the dock, and one is a thing so that if you have auxiliary headphone you can plug that in real quick and it will pass what the speakers would normally get to the headset. The speakers mute when this happens. I prefer having my headphones go to the dock that were made for them, (it's not the pc itself, but a passthrough that has a bunch of options like adjusting the volume on it and mute). The second auxiliary port sends another signal to your speakers. Say if you have a male to male auxiliary cable and plug the speakers to your phone using the female auxiliary port on the speakers, it would play what your phone is playing. NOTE: This may be because I have a really torn, beaten up piece of crap for an m/m auxiliary cable, but the quality that came into the speakers were absolutely horrid. It may be because of the way the signal traveled through the cable, or it may be the dock that handles the signal when it gets in there, but it sounded much worse for me from the phone using my bad cable than what came from my PC using the cable that is attached to the dock itself. The cables attached to the dock are not removable, so if you wear down the audio cables and it starts to sound bad, then you will need to purchase another set of speakers (unless your really good at soldering wires together and find a way to do that for less money that just buying another set of these). In fact, the only removable cable is the power cable going into the subwoofer. This is possibly the only gripe I have with this product. This product will dominate any other external speakers from $1-$120 in my honest opinion. (At the time of purchase, this was $39.99 free shipping) Last note: the dual speakers are very tinny, and although this problem is rendered moot when you plug in the base, if you were planning on using the dual speakers only, from this setup, you would regret buying this product. To put this into an analogy, if you're buying a car and the tires were put on as you bought it but you decided not to put on the tires, the car would be basically useless, but with the tires, they're better than any other car in the price range.

Soddisfa perfettamente le mie aspettative. Un suono pieno ed avvolgente ottimo sia per musica e film che per divertimento. Decisamente ottimo design e qualità.

Me encantaron estas bocinas. Lei varias reseñas que mencionaban que estas bocinas duraban mucho y que debido a su gran desempeño no necesitaban reemplazarse ya que quedaban muy satisfechos. Ahora lo confirmo. El volume hub es muy util, trae entradas para AUX (por si quieres conectar y cambiar rapidamente a un aparato movil), entrada para audifonos (que redirige el sonido a ellos), control de bajo y volumen. Lo mejor es que no ocupa un puerto USB. El bajo es potente y claro, las bocinas suenan bien pero si hay que trabajar un poco con ellas en la configuracion para llegar a ese punto perfecto en el que las queremos. Yo les baje un poco el agudo para compensar ya que el bajo al principio es muy potente (las vibraciones se sienten en toda la casa) y lo tuve que disminuir un poco. Las bocinas son de un tamaño justo y no ocupan mucho espacio. En general me parece muy buena opcion para bocinas en entry-level.

Excellent sound for the price, my only criticism is that nowhere on the description did it say it was 110 volt , however that was soon remedied overall I am very happy with the product.

I bought this because of the raving reviews I saw online. But once it came home and I played it, it was nothing more than a below average system. I have a 2500 rupees F&D system that sounds much nicer and has much better bass. I can't possibly believe those customers who praised it out of the world! Since there were so many such good comments about this piece, I can only surmise that there are two models of this system and that some get the cheap build version and others get the good one. Its made in China, by the way. I have returned the piece. Cart2india charges 20% for returning the piece so I lost Rs. 2000 in the process, plus shipping charges. BAD BUY!

De todos los altavoces para computadora que he tenido estos son los de mejor sonido. El control de volumen está chévere pero creo que añade mucho más cablerío a todo el set. El subwoofer mejora mucho el cuerpo del sonido pero no es apto para espacios pequeños.