Microlab 2.1 Multimedia Speakers

[Kurtis]

I posted my review today, YAY...

Anyways check out the speaker review here:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php?REVIEWDIR=microlab_multimedia_speakers

Give me some feedback :)

[Shady1]

Ok kurtis, i'm posting. :mrgreen: This is chad btw. (was in your java class)

Anyways the review was good for those speakers you reviewed but i'm wondering which way was the sub's port facing. Because if it was facing toward you like in the picture, it will give out a low base tone, it looked like it probably jetted str8 out underneth ya. Just wondering if you tried reflecting it at all to get a better bass response.

I have a set of altec lansing speakers which are pretty decent for what i paid. And of course the sub bass is NOT outstanding or anything but does the job. But it depends on the reflection of the sound. Just like car audio or home theatre it really depends where the subs are place and how they are reflected. That could make all the difference. As for car audio some port the boxes, some are sealed, and some are faced toward the trunk (for reflection), and some are not. And home theatre the sub is usually put in a hidden corner of the room usually porting directly into the corner of the wall for bass reflection.

I would like to see someone hook up a tru home theatre system to there computer. Cuz think about it, for a true digital computer theatre system, its going to be expensive as hell when comparing it to a home theatre system. Plus all that crap they think is extra, as for a remote will come with any home theatre system and for a simple digital input, computer theatre speakers charge about +$200 just for that input alone. But for computer theatre systems you will always have to pay extra for that feature. And the quality of speakers for home theatre are light years beyond computer speakers (not for all but for most).

The other good thing about home theatre systems, you have a ton of more options as for speakers. You will not have to buy the whole complete package for home theatre but you can if ya want to. You can buy everything speratly and get exactly what ya want. So basically I'm saying theres more options for home theatre and better quality and I would like to see someone do that cuz i'm sure many have. Anyway thats all i have to say. later peepz

[Brian]

I have access to a damn good home theater system with like 7 speakers (2 giant ones in front).

Maybe I'll check it out ;-)

[Shady1]

Oh yeah i forgot to mention, equalizer's can be great on a computer system, exspecially when you dont have a volume control for your sub. My asus A7V8X came with a built in equalizer called Sound effect manager. Which is pretty cool, cuz u have some control. Oh and everybody needs a multimedia keyboard with the volume control and a mute button. It should be illegal to sell a keyboard with out it. :mrgreen: Yeah kurtis I would like to check out your home theatre on your computer, it would have to be sweet. Anyway i'm out. later

[Kurtis]

I have a home theatre too, but parents won't let me hook it up lol, these okay speakers annoy them enough. Constant bass from the good sub would piss them off lol. Btw, as for the reflection of the sub, the speaker in the sub faces the back of the sub, reflects off the back wooden wall, and then comes out that hollow tube, so it does reflect, it just doesn't have enough power to get the deeeeep bass or even deep bass :P

[knucks]

my inspire 4200 4.1 system offers only like 47Watts, but it still drives my parents nuts. Thanks bassdrive.com! haha

[Shady1]

True, I know the reflection is already coming from the port, but it depends how it reflects also once it leaves the port. And my point was just saying that you can actually get a pretty good bass response depeding on where and how it reflects in the room itself. And most times u can enhance the bass to a point just by aiming the port towards a wall and having it reflect back to you. And true you will never get true deep bass from that little sub, but you be surprised how much of a difference it makes just turning the sub in a different direction. Will sound alot different.

And hopefully your parents leave on a vacation or something soon so you can try a good home theatre system and they wont have to hang ya. :mrgreen:

[Kurtis]

Just for fun I turned it around... it actually does sound about 25% better, maybe 50% better... it just looks tupid turned around :P

[Brian]

Right now, with my Labtec Pulse 424s, I am shaking the windows on the other side of my house, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

[Kurtis]

with christian music, wheeee :P

[Brian]

Oh, and those speakers will never have great base... I was watching _THE_ Matrix scene with em w/ Kurtis, and... no..... no no no...

EDIT: by "those" speakers, I was refering to the Microlabs, not mine :-P

[Brian]

Yeah, my dad has these speakers too, thats where the christian music comes in... until I blast it out with some Tiamat or something...

[Kurtis]

yeah they are just too weak. I mean, they are as good as you would expect for 35 but, I would rather invext in sometrhing a little more expensive. I got these for free though so its all good. :P

[Shady1]

True it will look stupid when u just see the back but oh well. And christian music. MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

Yeah and which matrix? Reloaded? I'll be watching that tonight hopefully. Seen half of it, just need to see the beginning. Dont ask why i only seen half, but i was just checking the quality of the movie. :roll:
later all

[Brian]

The orignial Matrix, the lobby scene... THE scene of all scenes...

Reloaded sucks :-(

[Kurtis]

reloaded wasn't fully reloaded, i think they didn't cock (sp?) the gun or some shit... gay movie, horrible plot, blablabla.... I would rather watch "Girl Interrupted" again... :roll:

[Shady1]

I wouldnt say reloaded sucked (but i havent seen the whole movie) , cuz it did have some good action, plus the expectations for that movie were beyond reason. But ya the lobby part is awesum on the matrix 1. Plus reloaded is just building up for the 3rd one. Who knows if matrix 3 will be better or not. But one movie I really want to see is T3. I hope thats good but who knows. Ok time for a BBQ

-later

[Kurtis]

T3 looks like it may blow... Terminator was good in its time but I think it my be a mistake to bring it back. I also think Hulk is going to flop as well, the whole poorly animated Hulk scenes don't appeal to me at all...

[Brian]

T3 might be OK. It would be good or even great had James Cameron directed it.

This time some shmuck directed it and is going more for action and hot chicks and arnold clones rather than an actual story. Whoda thunk that movies should have good stories anyway? ...

It's my clone baby!

[Kurtis]

yea, the new terminator is a chick and stuff... i think they shoulda just showed the end of the war, they are making room for a T4... silly bastards

[knucks]

they always have to leave the endings open for sequels, damn bastards.

[Kurtis]

yea, just in case lol...

look at oceans 11, they r making oceans 12... pfft

im gonna see it, but still :P

and spiderman 2... omg thats gonna be gay. spiderman 1 wasnt even good. that toby guy is a bad actor and a total dork, spiderman should be cool or something...

[knucks]

they are? oceans 12? wtf! lol

[Mozart]

whoever told you that Filght of the Bumble Bee is by beethoven? isn't it by Rimsky-Korsakov?

[Kurtis]

You could be right, but I should point out that this review was posted 3 years ago, so it's strange that you mention this oversight NOW. :-D