Thread: Creative t6160

This is Creative's heavily flouted offering to the market, a reasonably priced yet full fledged surround sound system. The aesthetics are simple and subdued, but not boring looking, due to the metallic flare surrounding the rims of thE;! drivers, and smooth black finish for the cabinets. The structure is straight up frOm the typical satellite speaker brethren, each speaker perched on an L-shaped stand and metallic mesh grille covering the facades. A small control pod, is wired to the powered sub, which has a green LED and t,he volume control on the side, which is also the on/off switch.

Performance wise, we noticed that the bass gets boomy at the frequency point between the satelllites and subwoofer. At about 120 Hz to 140 Hz there is an audible increase in level, as tested by our sine sweeps. It's not too much of a problem when auditioning a movie. The highs are decent for the price- they don't sound edgy and definitely don't cause ear fatigue. Overall loudness wise there is room for more, but the power is enough for a regular sized bedroom (about 120 square feet). We could not detect any serious distortion at higher levels, so that too is a plus point.

FOR: Decent build, doesn't distort at high levels, reasonably priced.

AGAINST: Bass is not so tight.