Hey Dude,
Interesting pick there. A company that I have never heard of but an interesting and stylish product non the less.
The speakers that you are looking at look quiet good.
They are active, which you probably know means that they have amplifiers built in. This can often be the wisest choice for home users, as it is sometimes possible to mismatch amplifier with passive monitor/speaker, which will cause all sorts of problems.
Now, these speakers are aimed at the home computer / hi-fi market, and are designed accordingly.
They also include some cool features. Firstly, they give you the option to plug in a standard mini jack (which, with the right adaptor allows you to plug in almost everything, from iPod and portable CD players, to traditional high end audiophile stacks).
They also include a USB streaming lead that connects directly to your PC via one of the USB 2.0 ports.
This allows a direct connection via the computer. Whether this will improve the quality of the sound I am not sure, it is hard to tell, although this certainly allows the manufacturer to control the sound quality more by the quality of their manufacturing. (the components that they use).
Well, the sonic range of these speakers seem quite large. The brochure mentions that they have a range of between: 38Hz and 22kHz
This is certainly a large range for a set of multimedia table top speakers.
The maximum human hearing is between 20 hz and 20 mhz, however, this range is usually reduced considerably as people grew older as their hearing simply wears out or is damaged.
Most middle age people have a range of perhaps 30 hz to 16 mhz.
Also, something to keep in mind is that many of the low frequencies are less consciously audible but are more perceived than heard.
and these frequencies are only really relative at higher levels.
What most Hi Fi consumers do not know is that these figures are often quoted from a specific loudness and are not constant at all levels of loudness.
Still, for a small set of multimedia PC speakers, it would be impressive that they are able to have such a range at any level.
The speaker specification also says that they include 4x18W speakers. In that case, these speakers should be relatively loud.
The speakers also look very stylish and I would imagine would look pretty cool when sat next to a modern computer such as a Mac or PC.
Now, I am not sure how much these speakers cost, and with out hearing them in contrast to other speakers on the market in their price range, it would be hard to put my stamp of approval on whether you should buy them or not.
What I recommend, as most Audio experts will also recommend, is to go into a shop that sells these speakers, with a range of your favourite music, perhaps on iPod or CD, and ask to listen to each system independently in order to check out how your favourite music sounds.
Now, when testing out each system, listen to each of your chosen tracks at varying levels.
Quiet. Medium and Loud.
First see if there are any distortions which should not be there.
Then, listen to see how defined each aspect of a recording is (well, at least in some music, you should be able to hear defined instruments clearly).
Some also suggest to include in your repertoire of favourite music a favourite classical music track and a favourite acoustic music track.
These shall reflect how good the speakers are at representing the natural sounds.
I guess when it comes to the crunch is that do these speakers represent good value for money, and do they give you what you want for the money paid?
If the answer is no, there are still plenty of other products to choose from, and you don't need to limit yourself to multimedia speakers.
I would imagine that you have several outputs on your computer which you can, if you choose, plug into a good quality HI Fi amplifier connected to some decent speakers, or, if you wish, you could even plug into a midi hifi that has an auxillary input built in.
Its really your choice.
If you give me more of an idea of your purposes and your budget, then perhaps we can hone in more on other competing products.
Cheers
