Philips SPA 2300

Advantages: excellent sound quality, look great, subwoofer with seperate bass control
Disadvantages: None i don't think.

...General: I love Philips products, in my house i have so many Philips products and they have always been great and look fantastic and these PC speakers are no different. They look great, sound great and will fit into any home computer system. Price: I bought them for around £30 new on Amazon and they arrived within two days. There are quite a few places these speakers can be bought. I think they are available at Argos, PC World and many other large retailers but i found that the cheapest prices were on Amazon and other internet sites. Pc World have them for around £40. How they arrived: They were packed very well. I opened the box and found everything that was surposed to be there. The two speakers, subwoofer, all the cables and a very simple instruction step by step guide to connect all the speakers and get them working. Connection... Read review

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Advantages: Dual Layer
Disadvantages: Slow loading Vista with setup screen and overall poor

...a performance test on two machines doing music cds. and a dvd. On the music cds i both placed them on at the same time and same amount of tracks it was this drive vs the philips model. I was even more disappointed with my findings. The cd on the LG (This one was behind 1 and half cds than the philiips which was roughly 8 mins difference it was that bad! DVD Wise The Philips finished 5mins before this LG Drive did. Both machines were the same specification and the same media player burner media player 11 with windows vista! So there you have it a performance match where this drive failed big time. Sorry..... Read review

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Advantages: 2 Speakers, 1 Subwoofer. Compact. Very Good Value.
Disadvantages: You may prefer a more powerful subwoofer for more bass.

...I used to work in a warehouse that stocked these and all the other brands/models. I got bored one day and tried most of them out with my iPod to see which speakers were the best! I ended up with this Labtec Pulse 285 and here is why! I compared: Labtec Pulse 285 Philips SPA1300 2.1 Speakers. Philips SPA2600 5.1 PC Speakers. + more... (sorry i can't remember the others!) Don't be fooled by the 'seemingly' low 6 Watt figure. On paper 6 Watts may seem a bit weak next to the competitors but when tested among 5 other setups these speakers are very loud and even still very clear with volume at 100%. Don't get me wrong you can't start up your own nightclub with these but you get a lot more than you need for PC speakers! In reality the only difference you notice between the price ranges was the amount of bass being produced from the subwoofers... Read review

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