This is only partly true. Two-column system, with rare exceptions, do not give good sound. For there will finally determine the vague concept - good sound. Games for the two plastic column large volume may well be amiss (notional reality game involves relatively high-quality sound), for television programs - as well.
As for the audio DVD-movies and listening to music recordings of high quality - willy-nilly will have to compare the capabilities of multimedia speakers and home equipment of high quality.
And by that standard good sound (Hi-Fi or middle-Fi - all points are relative to the free interpretation) can only give a system with a subwoofer - a special column for bass. This approach, when the low sound of all the channels coming from one speaker, can not be totally honest - if the speakers themselves can play the bass, the subwoofer is simply not needed. But multimedia speaker sets are too small, and the application of the woofer is justified and relatively honest approach. The fact that low-frequency sounds (below 50 Hz) are difficult to localize, ie, the person is unable to determine where the sound is low and consequently the value of bass reproduction in each channel is low.
After all, multi-channel system, ranging from a simple stereo and ending DTS4, build it for surround sound with a clear localization of individual sources.
At low bass localization has another advantage - when placing the speakers in the room subwoofer can be placed almost at random - where it is more convenient to use. Especially, in many media sets it in the subwoofer amplifier is connected to a computer a short cable. So the bass speaker is literally tied to a specific location, and then have to wrestle with - how to hold the cable to the location of the satellite speaker?
Sometimes broach really becomes a serious problem. For #39;sets for personal use#39;, where very modest in size satellites are located around the computer will not be too much difficulty. But the systems that claim to scoring of all rooms (the area of 15-25 sq. m.), 5-7-meter cable is often not enough to reach from the center (subwoofer) to the peripheral column.
One reasonable solution to this problem - padding under the carpet. A cable extension - very unwise decision. If you still have to lengthen, try not extend far (up to half the length), and not to increase the existing wire, and use it with the same cross-section.
However, tips on laying the cable while useful only for the most expensive multimedia systems (from $ 300) - they have a quality that can be lost. In particular, testing Creative MegaWorks 5.1 and Video Logic DigiTheatre DTS finally convinced me that multimedia speakers reached a level that can compete with the decisions of the non-computer music centers and home theaters. Of course, in-class, largely determined by the price.
Price: $ 90
