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Creative Or F&D

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/creative-or-f-d.157961/

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*kinnu* Original post #1
Jun 2, 2012 at 9:33 PM

Confused between These Models


creative sbs a520

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And

F&D F-3000U Speakers

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Mainly Using For watching Movies Which Is the best buy :)
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*kinnu* #3
Jun 2, 2012 at 11:08 PM
budget is 3.5k
d6bmg
d6bmg #4
Jun 10, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Both are good. ;)
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hitesh #5
Mar 2, 2013 at 2:49 AM
Which one is better among these 2 ?
Priority - games,movies
quicky008
quicky008 #6
Mar 2, 2013 at 10:41 AM
If u are planning to use it with your PC,opt for creative.Although F & D isn't bad either,it doesn't come with the necessary cables for connecting it to a PC in 5.1 surround mode.Therefore you'll not be able to experience true 5.1 surround sound in games/movies if you go for F3000U-it is only suitable for devices such as DVD players which feature 6 individual connectors for 5.1 audio(pcs however require only 3 connectors,which afaik f3000u doesn't have).
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hitesh #7
Mar 2, 2013 at 3:57 PM
@quicky008 Thanks a ton for the info man ! That's some valuable info.
If I opt for the creative one, would I be able to use it to its full potential ?
baiju
baiju #8
Mar 2, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Cables should not be the determining criteria. Look for sound quality. The cables hardly costs 30Rs from local elctronics stores. What you need is just three 3.5 mm to 2RCA cable. Plug the 3.5 mm pin to PC and RCA pins to the amp.

3.5mm RCA cable | eBay
quicky008
quicky008 #9
Mar 3, 2013 at 12:37 AM
hitesh said:
@quicky008 Thanks a ton for the info man ! That's some valuable info.
If I opt for the creative one, would I be able to use it to its full potential ?
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To obtain the best quality audio from these speakers,you'll need to use a good sound card-whats the make and model of the one that you're currently using?Is it a discrete sound card or your motherboard's integrated audio chipset?

@Baiju-you do have a point there but I've never used such cables myself and so I'm not sure whether using them will do the trick or not-therefore if the op decides to go for F3000U,I'd suggest him to do so at his own risk.
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hitesh #10
Mar 3, 2013 at 12:58 AM
quicky008 said:
To obtain the best quality audio from these speakers,you'll need to use a good sound card-whats the make and model of the one that you're currently using?Is it a discrete sound card or your motherboard's integrated audio chipset?
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Oops, I didn't asked properly :p
If I opt for the creative one, would I be able to use it to its full potential when used with TV ?
How did I missed that ? :|
quicky008
quicky008 #11
Mar 3, 2013 at 3:55 AM
No,most televisions don't feature 5.1 channel audio output.