Creative T10 vs T20 series II. Which one?

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Hitokiri Batohsai

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Hi,

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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
http://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.

My question is:
Which is the best kind of setup?
Do I connect the speakers to the monitor out and set the default volume and use the remote to control (which I prefer cause I can use the TV mode from a distance). I am not sure if the quality will degrade.
Or connect the speakers directly to the PC. I will loose the remote function (but may not loose quality??)

I have read that it makes no difference gold vs silver plated cables. Silver seems to be better.
http://www.thecablefactory.net/silver_vs_gold.php

I have extra gold plated cables, and the LG now is connected with the silver plated cable.

Lastly:
Do you manipulate the settings on the speakers or software to get best experience?
Example in winamp, there are those presets. The LG monitor has some presets and SRS as well. The T10 has a Tune and T20 has a bass and treble if I'm not mistaken.
 
i have it connected to the back of my pc and i use the 3 knobs on the speaker to adjust the sound

I think the T20 are the best you can get for $100
 
Creative T20 are an excellent pair of speakers for the price. I used to have those and they sounded pretty damn good.

For the price I doubt you can get anything better. :)
 
yea the t10 are shitty don't get them
there not the same as the t20 and t40
 
CyberJunk said:
yea the t10 are shitty don't get them
there not the same as the t20 and t40
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You must have had a defective pair of speakers or some very noisy environment or your audio-source must be the shitty one, because T10 is extremely well playing.
I've compared it with many speakers and it always win.
Haven't tried T20 though.
 
Had a pair of T20's since they first came out...god...nearly 20 years ago. Still rocking.

Only thing bad about them is they are tough to take apart and the power plug in the UK is some weird wide thing that blocks off the socket either side.

I have thought of getting the next ones up for my other half as she uses the T20's hooked up to a Topping DAC. But girls don't appreciate such gifts.
 
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