PC speakers are a segment of the audio market that seem to be stuck in years long past. While they may have ditched the beige colouring and grey accents of the early 2000s, most still retain that older aesthetic that has them feeling – and looking – out of place today.
Unfortunately this external look reflects a similar internal lack of advancement as manufacturers seem unwilling to upgrade their tech or offer anything different for modern customers.
Thankfully this problem isn’t present with all manufacturers and Creative is one of the best standouts with the T60 speakers.
The Creative T60 are a dual pair of Compact Hi-Fi 2.0 Desktop Speakers that do, well, just about everything you could ask of speakers and then a little bit more.
Before we dig into the internals we have to talk about the exquisite externals. Those who love the all-black look will especially love the sleek black chassis of the T60 and for everyone else the neutral nature of black means that it can slot into any setup without upsetting the colour balance. There’s a reason black is so classic… it really does go with everything.
Our favourite part of the looks are the subtle bronze accents that really elevates the overall impression. While black does go with everything a little pop of another colour can do wonders, and bronze accomplishes that here.
Looking inside now and the Creative T60 is packed with features including big sound for the relatively compact size of the speakers. The two 2.75 inch drivers pack a punch and provide an audio experience built on the Creative Sound Blaster platform.
Sound Blaster is Creative’s calling card for enhanced audio in every setting from the annoyingly low audio in TVs and movies all the way up to bombastic blasts in games. Sound Blaster is the reason that Creative is a household name in the audio industry and the Creative T60 takes full advantage of it including the offshoot technologies such as Clear Dialog and Surround.
You may have heard of Sound Blaster from decades of word of mouth, but now learn about something new in the form of the SmartComms Kit. This software suite improves spoken audio in all forms to make meetings, chats, calls and more all the more legible. From one platform you can greatly increase the quality of the audio you’re hearing and, impressively, also the audio that you’re sending out into the world. The features of SmartComms kit such as VoiceDetect, NoiseClean-out and NoiseClean-in can all be controlled from the SmartComms kit programme giving you control over what you hear and how you sound.
The Creative family of products including the T60 and much more are now available in South Africa.
