Creative Inspire M5300

In the previous Logitech 5.1 speaker review, we had promised more options for surround sound multimedia. Thus this week those AC3 files will be having a blast, getting all this attention. This time we have one by Creative — the Creative Inspire M5300, the 5.1 speaker set from their Inspire series; sort of a mid-range series in Creative's line-up.

Design and Features
The M5300 comes nicely packed in a highly illustrated, cubical cardboard box. The first thing we removed was the subwoofer, a small sized (comparatively) unit with a side facing driver, measuring about 5.5 inches, covered by quite a weird looking silver grille. The front face has the reflex port, positioned towards the top end. The back panel has inputs for the five speakers (RCA ins) and a bass volume knob. There is a pre-attached wire that ends out in EP connectors for input to the soundcard.

The satellite speakers are quite slim, with a centrally located driver measuring 2.5 inches. These are rimmed in shiny metallic silver, with a black protective grille. The speaker can be placed on detachable stands, all packed in separately in the box. Without the stands, there is also an option to wall mount them. The speaker and subwoofer are both very light and create a small footprint, thus this unit can work where there are space constraints. On the flip side, these speakers are light enough to easily fly away by an accidental swoosh of the hand. The finish and build is not that bad though, it's just light weighted.

Last but not the least, there is a wired remote unit, which is a small little black pod, that has a volume dial on the side panel. This connects to the subwoofer’s back panel. The output of the speakers is 6 watts RMS each, while the sub outputs 17 watts RMS. The rated frequency response is 40 Hz- 20kHz.