- 10-watt subwoofer
- Four 3.5-watt satellites
- 9-foot cables for front speakers
- 12-foot cables for rear speakers
- Volume control
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PCWorks FourPointSurround FPS1000 consists of four 3"-wide satellite speaker cubes, plus a compact, floor-standing subwoofer cabinet. The four compact satellites create realistic four-channel positional audio while the subwoofer can be positioned on the floor -- behind your TV, under your desk, or in back of furniture, out of the way, for best bass response. All four speakers are magnetically shielded, so they can be placed very close to a TV or a computer monitor. By using separate amplifiers for bass signals and mid- to high-frequency signals, PCWorks FourPointSurround FPS1000 system is able to play at normal listening levels without producing annoying distortion. This amplification process results in a clean, open sound you don't expect from a traditional speaker system. PCWorks FourPointSurround FPS1000 system delivers a carefully fine-tuned stereo sound system, with audio usually produced by expensive home surround stereo systems.
From Winmag®
To create the effect of Surround Sound, most speaker manufacturers artificially widen the speakers' left and right positional audio capabilities. By contrast, Cambridge SoundWorks uses PC Works FourPointSurround system, which delivers true Surround Sound.
The 24-watt system has four satellite speakers that you can mount anywhere, and a subwoofer, which provides rich, omnidirectional bass. Each of the surround speakers measures 6.38 by 6 by 9.75 inches-about the size of a Rubics Cube.
The documentation clearly explains the setup-a necessity, sin ce each speaker has its own cable and must be connected in the proper sequence. Everything plugs into a Creative Labs Sound Blaster PCI128 sound card that ships with the speakers. The system includes a small volume control you can attach to your monitor or any other convenient location. Software installation is also painless. I had the speakers up and running in about 10 minutes.
Considering the number of speakers, the sound is surprisingly quiet, but satisfyingly clear-with hiss only at the highest volume levels. The speakers deliver impressive audio, though their dynamic range doesn't equal that of high-end systems. Music (WAV, MIDI or CD-audio files) also sounds very good. These speakers do well with presentations and games, where you can exploit their Surround Sound capabilities. It would be very cost-effective to set up this system in conference rooms for use with presentations.
This system is a great deal at $149.99-a WinList entry as our choice for the best moderately priced speaker sys tem.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
BE CAREFUL!,
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This review is from: Creative Labs Cambridge SoundWorks FPS1000 PCWorks 5-Piece Computer Speakers (Personal Computers)
These speakers work more than fine for music, CDs, MP3s, and some videos. Still, if you want to buy speakers for watching movies from a DVD, you will need Creative FPS2000 which is a package of 5.1 channel decoder (Dolby Digital, AC3, 5.1) and as it is obvious 1 main speaker, 4 satellites and 1 subwoofer. Much more powerful. Even better: the Creative's digital speakers (i think DTT2500) for pure digital sound! It is really disappointing to discover later that you can't enjoy the DVD's features in sound because of the FPS1000 speakers!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT COMPUTER SPEAKERS,
This review is from: Creative Labs Cambridge SoundWorks FPS1000 PCWorks 5-Piece Computer Speakers (Personal Computers)
These speakers are the best you can get for the money. The CSW 5.1 channel digital are better, but unless you have a DVD player and really want great digital audio, go with these. Ive tried Boston Acoustic Digital speakers and some other high priced name brand speakers and they can't even compare. Get the Creative Labs Live (Live Value, Live MP3+, or Live X-Gamer-then do yourself a favor and download LiveWare 3.0 from Creative Labs) sound card to really make 'em rock. This makes the fourth set of speakers I've had for my computer and I will not be giving these up. The only thing I didn't like is there is not a jack for headphones.(But who the heck wants headphones when you got all that power just waiting to be released).
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic,
By Brad Doucette (Bellevue, Nebraska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creative Labs Cambridge SoundWorks FPS1000 PCWorks 5-Piece Computer Speakers (Personal Computers)
These speakers matched with Soundblaster Live make your computer come to life. Easy setup and installation. If I had to use just one word "WOW". Kudos to Amazon.com for excellent delivery. I ordered them on 22 Dec and they arrived on the 24th!
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