WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:05.960 all right guys if you've followed lonus Tech tips for any sort of extended 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:12.000 period of time you probably know that I'm a bit of an audio geek so this is 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:18.160 something that I am extremely excited about this is the brand new SP 2500 from 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:21.800 Corsair it is from their gaming audio 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.080 series which normally I would sort of 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:28.320 turn my nose up to and I'd say blah gaming audio that just means it's not 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:35.000 very good and so they Market it to Gamers who don't know better no 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:38.320 offense to any of our gamers in the 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.800 audience but Corsair has taken a 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:47.559 completely different approach to this particular set of gaming audio speakers 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:51.120 this is a 2.1 setup and they have aimed 00:00:47.559 --> 00:00:54.079 to build the best overall speaker setup 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:58.800 that they can in a price range that Gamers can still afford so why don't we 00:00:56.480 --> 00:01:02.879 find one side of this box or other that has some specifications on it that I can 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:07.200 show you and we'll go through what Corsair has to say for themselves about 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:11.880 this setup so first thing over here we see that Corsair has a 2-year warranty 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:14.479 on it Corsair's warranty is legendary in this industry so you can pretty much 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:17.400 believe that they're going to stand behind it for as long as they say all 00:01:16.520 --> 00:01:25.560 right specifications frequency response is from 35 Herz to 20 khz plus orus 3 DB 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:31.400 okay 220 wat total power that is measured via FTC RMS so that what is 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:36.960 that means squared or something along those lines which means that it can do 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:38.280 this for days at a time your speaker 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:43.640 system not the one that they've submitted for rating okay not for two 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:48.280 minutes at a time not for one musical note at a time can do it for days at a 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:51.200 time every single one all right subwoofer Dimensions satellite 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:56.680 Dimensions you can read those if you want the subwoofer is an 8 in 120 watt 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:02.159 subwoofer with durable rubber surround okay so it's a bridge dual 60 wat class 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:04.399 you have Bridge okay so dual amplifi so 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:09.759 this speaker system actually uses a dual amp design which means that you have one 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:13.000 amp that drives the larger speaker on your satellite and then you have one amp 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:16.440 that drives the Tweeter on your satellites so I'll show you guys that 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:21.720 when I actually take it out of the box you've got an ultra efficient integral 00:02:18.519 --> 00:02:23.360 power supply with uh Universal input so 00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:27.440 imagine that Corsair building something with a good quality power supply in it 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:32.360 go figure satellites are by Amplified as I mentioned before two-way design with 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:38.360 Det able audio cables 3-in 40 W mid-range drivers and 1in 40 W ferof 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:42.920 fluid cooled silk diaphragm tweeters so those are the ones that I was mentioning 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:44.760 before are independently Amplified 50 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:48.280 watts per satellite measured via this method the reviewer's guide for this 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:52.720 actually mentions this a lot it is incredibly important because you can 00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:54.800 build a 1,000 watt speaker setup that 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:59.280 basically just sounds like noise because it's not cuz all the sound is just being 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:03.400 corrupted okay so PC input on the subwoofer 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:07.480 okay you can read all this if you want I suppose uh full oh this is kind of 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:12.080 actually we'll talk about headphone mode mode in a bit mod x theatrical audio 00:03:10.480 --> 00:03:16.159 processing for Blu-ray and DVD audio that recreates the theater experience that's kind of neat okay so why don't we 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:21.200 go ahead and start getting this out of the box and I am going to refer to my 00:03:18.799 --> 00:03:25.519 cheat sheet here because the reviewer's guide is that long and it's actually 00:03:23.200 --> 00:03:29.519 chalk full of good information I have read through it a couple times but I 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:35.120 cannot necessarily be expected to remember remember every little thing 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:37.040 every time I am human sorry guys okay so 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:43.439 here in terms of included audio cables we have uh one little headphone jack 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:47.519 straight pass through okay then we 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:49.720 have two power cables so those are using 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:55.680 imagine that a PC company goes and uses four pin CPU power 00:03:51.920 --> 00:03:58.480 connectors okay and then we have an RCA 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:02.840 cable just like that okay we have a power cord standard PC power cord no it 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:08.200 isn't look at that it's a two-prong one so there's no ground on this guy I guess 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:13.760 you probably could use a grounded cable it just wouldn't be uh it wouldn't be 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:15.400 grounding out via that third prong so 00:04:13.760 --> 00:04:19.959 we're packed using environmentally friendly ow environmentally friendly 00:04:17.320 --> 00:04:24.080 cardboard packaging love to see that so I'm just going to go ahead and start 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:29.199 taking this stuff out here and that is the subwoofer that 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:35.800 thing's big oh here we go documentation so let's see what what we have in terms 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.039 of documents that Corsair is going to 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:42.560 tell us how to use it with so stop do not return this to the store this is a 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:45.840 quick start guide so the quick guide is like this thick hopefully there are a 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:50.720 few different languages in there so they show us what's in the box how to use the 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:54.520 desktop controller how to make all the necessary connections here's some tips 00:04:52.800 --> 00:05:01.400 for the best sound there's tip number one use a high quality sound card bam so 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.560 yes please please do not forget to use a high quality sound card and there we go 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.800 that's the English part so it looks like it's probably in about eight languages 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:12.720 or so some safety information which you should read but I'm not going to cuz I'm 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:18.560 actually not plugging it in just yet got some more packaging materials here go 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.560 ahead and pile that behind 00:05:19.479 --> 00:05:25.479 me something in here okay this is what 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:30.639 unboxing is all about right guys having this experience so here I've got a 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:32.520 couple of uh speak stands I think is 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:37.680 what these are but there's only one way to find out for sure and that is to just 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:41.240 try things until something fits okay so these have little rubber 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:45.120 feet on them so we'll go ahead and put those aside for now and then we have our 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:50.360 control pod I'm a big fan of control pods for desktop PC speaker systems 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:55.039 generally gives you a lot of control this one actually has a bunch of 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:59.720 different modes that you can use in order to um optimize it for the kind of 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:05.080 content you're listening to you can can turn on the modx mode which is great for 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:09.080 some movies Etc you can actually turn on a headphone mode which is optimized for 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:14.360 actually believe it or not it's optimized for lowquality headphones 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:18.639 because Corsair uh like myself recognizes that most of the gaming audio 00:06:16.479 --> 00:06:23.840 products out there are just code name for low quality so their headphone mode 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:30.120 on their speakers is actually designed to compensate for low 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:32.199 quality gaming headphones so check that out they really thought of everything on 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:36.199 this one so we'll go ahead and take out one 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:38.479 of the satellites here I'll show you guys 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:45.280 this there we are so it's uh pretty 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:50.520 heavy actually not like super heavy like my KS at home but feels feels built 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:54.280 anyway it's a very very plain look what we've pretty much come to expect from 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:58.080 Corsair so here we are there's your power for the Tweeter your power for the 00:06:55.879 --> 00:07:03.560 mid-range and they show you that this is the left speaker so there's your power 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:05.599 input and then around on the other side 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:12.039 we find not a whole lot to speak of down on the bottom we see four rubber feet 00:07:08.599 --> 00:07:13.520 and let me just see what these are for 00:07:12.039 --> 00:07:19.319 do they go like this that doesn't make any sense where's 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:22.680 the picture well we'll figure these out in a 00:07:20.280 --> 00:07:26.000 bit okay so there's one of the tweeters or one of the tweeters one of the 00:07:24.039 --> 00:07:31.080 satellites rather so here we'll grab the other one and then we'll pull out all of 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:33.479 this packing material so we can get 00:07:31.080 --> 00:07:36.919 access to the supper I'll never be able to pack this back together thankfully I 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:41.560 don't have to okay so here's the 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:49.259 sub and we'll go ahead and move the Box thanks 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:55.720 cameraman and once I've got the whole thing unboxed I'm actually going to take 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:59.240 a little bit of time and I'm going to go through my cheat sheet with you guys and 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:05.680 tell you some of the more interesting things things that I learned about this 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:07.919 speaker setup when I was reading through 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:11.120 it oh this is different I had kind of expected this to 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:18.639 uh go from front to back the long way 00:08:14.919 --> 00:08:20.720 okay so here is the front of our 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:26.159 subwoofer you can see you got a nice little Corsair logo here you got your 00:08:22.440 --> 00:08:27.960 Port here okay the overall finish is the 00:08:26.159 --> 00:08:32.560 like I the the rubberized sort of texture that we saw before cameraman's 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:36.919 gone ahead and put his iPhone 4 on the subwoofer for scale so that's how large 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:40.479 the sub is and actually why don't I go ahead and put one of the satellites on 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:45.880 there as well just so you can see for comparison what it will look like on 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:49.839 your desk okay so there's the iPhone so let's go ahead and move around to the 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:55.720 side go ahead and show you guys what it looks like from this side so very very 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:58.880 very plain what you'd expect from a quality piece of audio equipment it 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:03.519 shouldn't really stand out it should be all about the the sound it makes not the 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:07.640 uh appearance of it so here you can see we've got our power input over here on 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:10.920 the left move along with a bunch of warnings and certifications and all that 00:09:09.640 --> 00:09:15.040 good stuff then we have of course there's part number here and then we've 00:09:12.959 --> 00:09:20.519 got all the business end side of things so we have our remote so that's the uh 00:09:18.079 --> 00:09:25.760 here we go the control pod just plugs in like 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:29.920 this okay that's pretty straightforward 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:31.440 next we have our satellites power 00:09:29.920 --> 00:09:36.640 okay so those plug in just like that they are colorcoded and it looks like 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:39.640 yep they only go in one way so there's your right and then your left goes in 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:46.240 much the same way all right the other connectivity we 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:46.240 have down here is our line 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:53.920 in so you can see we have our left and right and then an auxiliary input so 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:58.320 that's pretty straight forward and you can see that we have not only the 00:09:56.040 --> 00:10:04.440 auxiliary one here but we also have our auxiliary 2 inut on the back of the 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:08.279 control pod as well as a USB 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:10.519 connection so I'll be back in just a 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:13.760 minute so I'm totally going to cheat a little bit because it's an awful lot to 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:18.839 remember there's lots of charts and diagrams so we'll go through some of this together but I'm going to show you 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:22.839 some of the stuff that Corsair has to say for themselves in their reviewer's 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:27.560 guide so I already mentioned the B Amplified satellite speakers oh we did 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:32.079 find out what these are for so these are stands you do want to sure for the best 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:35.920 possible stereo experience that the satellites are mostly pointed at you so 00:10:33.880 --> 00:10:39.320 that means if you're sitting at a desk and your desk is kind of below you you 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:43.839 would want to position these under the front two feet of the speakers in order 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:48.920 to have them pointed more at your ears and rather than at your chest so that is 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:53.800 the reason that they've gone ahead and included that okay studio quality 00:10:51.880 --> 00:10:56.920 digital crossovers so this is a good thing to talk about a little bit I'll 00:10:55.399 --> 00:11:01.839 let cameraman sort of check out the speakers while I drone on over here 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:06.800 oh actually no first thing this has a 1.8 in TFT color display readable in 00:11:05.079 --> 00:11:11.279 daylight or at night so I'll go ahead and make sure that you oh rather so I'll 00:11:09.800 --> 00:11:15.360 go ahead and make sure that I show you guys what this looks like in one of my 00:11:13.040 --> 00:11:19.160 follow-up videos for this uh this speaker 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:23.160 set okay uh studio quality digital crossover so you know what I'd really 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:26.800 recommend going ahead and reading one of the online reviews about this if you 00:11:24.800 --> 00:11:31.519 want to read all of this but basically what it means is that you are going to 00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:35.839 have have a more you're going to have a much finer control over what part of 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:39.279 your audio signal gets played through the subwoofer what part gets played 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:44.120 through the mid speakers and what part gets played through the tweeters that's 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:48.000 pretty much what it means okay technical overview they're basically saying that 00:11:45.760 --> 00:11:53.880 their subwofer uses a fourth order band pass design rather than a simpler ported 00:11:50.839 --> 00:11:55.800 base reflex did I say Bass No I said 00:11:53.880 --> 00:11:59.360 band pass good rather than a simpler ported base reflex subwoofer so these 00:11:57.880 --> 00:12:02.240 two diagrams you know what I'm not not an audio engineer I don't know the 00:12:00.880 --> 00:12:06.519 benefits of that design but it's definitely worth mentioning to you guys 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:10.279 in case you do know the difference they talk hold on don't necessarily show them 00:12:08.760 --> 00:12:14.639 that I don't know if they can see that so uh they talk an awful lot about why 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:19.760 using the FTC standard for power output matters and I'm going to summarize a 00:12:17.160 --> 00:12:23.320 couple pages in the reviewer's guide as well it means that it can provide that 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:26.279 power over an extended period of time it also means that that power is going to 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:33.560 be balanced between the different parts of the speaker system cuz you could buy a 500 watt speaker system that has a 450 00:12:30.760 --> 00:12:36.720 W subwoofer and 2 25 watt satellites and it's going to provide a very 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:40.920 unsatisfactory listening experience if you're doing anything other than 00:12:38.160 --> 00:12:44.320 listening to explosions so that's why that is important you have a late night 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:49.399 mode which I should have mentioned before but what it does is it just adjusts the crossfire crossover point so 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.079 that the satellites are going to play more of your base than the subwoofer 00:12:51.079 --> 00:12:59.399 which means that you're not going to bother your neighbors late at night headphone processing mode I mentioned 00:12:55.639 --> 00:13:02.120 before the mod x processing is for 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:05.160 making it sound more like a theater and Corsair really recommends they're 00:13:03.839 --> 00:13:08.959 they're not going to go ahead and say that yeah this is the be all and end all 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:12.880 it's that simple they're just saying you have this option you can try it out if 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:16.320 you like it great it'll sound great with certain movies bad with others but 00:13:14.920 --> 00:13:21.120 that's fine that's life they've given you a lot of different modes to play with it also has a karaoke mode which 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:24.480 applies processing that attempts to remove or significantly reduce the 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:28.839 vocals which is pretty neat maybe I'll do like a karaoke video with these 00:13:26.079 --> 00:13:32.800 speakers to show off that uh particular little feature and they've got a bunch 00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:38.720 of other equalizer presets as well pop Jazz FPS so let's talk about what the 00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:42.639 sp2500 is designed for it is designed to be listened to at close range so it's 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:47.320 not really for your living room it's for a computer okay that's one thing second 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:51.759 of all it is designed to be used with a sweet spot so if you have multiple 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:56.680 listeners this is not marketed as you know a 360 degree field of listening or 00:13:54.920 --> 00:14:01.160 anything like that it has a sweet spot which really any speaker system does and 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:04.240 that is designed to be right where your head is so that's why they include the 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:07.759 stands that's why they include two speakers you aim them at your head you 00:14:05.880 --> 00:14:12.079 want to create a sweet spot and you got to play around a little bit to find out 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:15.839 where it is uh one thing they mention in here is why doesn't it have a digital 00:14:13.680 --> 00:14:19.279 input well it's completely unnecessary so I think that covers pretty much 00:14:18.079 --> 00:14:23.720 everything I want to say about the sp2500 don't forget to subscribe to 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:27.480 lonus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other videos