Creative Gigaworks T3 Desktop Speakers

Performance
We started out routinely with our Sheffield Test and Audio disc, and also Tech2 labs' very own audio test tones made by yours truly. I mainly wanted to check the output with individual frequency bands of sound. So we played white noise and sine tones both separately in a sweep across 20 Hz -20kHz. This was fun, and mainly impressive as many 2.1 sets get exposed totally by this simple test. Here in our case, the crossover point of the frequency, between the subwoofer and the satellite speakers was very much in control and not boomy or weary. At the high frequencies there was a bit of up and down levels though.

Then we played good old rock and roll tracks to start off with followed by our humongous collection of MP3s. A few artists we checked the T3s with were Jamiroquai (on CD), The Police (on Flac) Autechre (MP3) and Prefuse 73 (on CD). The first and main result of subjective listening is this: the bass is kickass. NO doubt about it, it is healthy and quite tight in timing also.

Highs and mids are second best to put it in perspective as they were nice, but not as impressive as the bass. Since these speakers are 2.1 multimedia speakers I can give it the benefit of doubt for being a bit forward sounding. It was never harsh though, that’s good. Overall volume is very loud, and things like distortion and other misbehavior due to bad speaker design were simply absent.

We played half of Iron Man (the second half) and quite enjoyed the roaring clanking SFX at the end. Metallic clanks and thunderous booms of our favorite Sci-Fi movies are well suited o this tight controlled subwoofer. One more point I would like to make, on a critical note, is that it does not sound so open, but then I guess that is the job of a full fledged cabinet wielding speaker. These little cubes cannot give that classy front to back depth in the sound.

Conclusion
At Rs. 16,699, these cannot be called cheap, but they are really better than your average 2.1 set. They do have competition by flagship models of rival groups like Altec Lansing, but the T3s can hold their own. The bass is great, the aesthetics are sweet, and overall, it is recommended.