Corsair SP2200 2.1 Gaming Speaker System Unboxing & First Impressions Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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This is the Corsair SP 22200 2.1 PC
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speaker system. This is the little brother to the
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SP2500 which I am very very fond of in
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which we actually did a full episode of
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NCIX Tech Tips featuring a guest from
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Corsair who came to tell us all about
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the SP2500 which I like. The SP 2200 I
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haven't tried so I don't know what I think of it but we are going to at least
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have a look at the specs and the physical appearance today. So
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specifications okay frequency response specs. Now Corsair is all about
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reference sound. So that means that they're trying not to color or um or
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alter in any way the sound that was intended by the game developer or um
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movie producer or whoever it is that happens to be working on developing
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audio content. So, moving on from there,
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46 watts total power measured via FTC RMS method. So, that means you can
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literally run it at that entire 46 watts for the entire lifetime of the product,
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days at a time. Probably not the entire lifetime of the product, but days at a
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time, and this will not burn out or distort in any way, shape, or form.
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Subwoofer dimensions are 9.1 in x 9.9 in x 7.1 in. and satellite dimensions.
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Well, obviously we're going to see that because we're going to open this up, but subwoofer is a six-inch sub sidefiring
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ported subwoofer suitable for desk or floor placement. It is 30 watts, which
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leaves us with uh 16 watts, 8 watts each
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for the two satellites. So, those are 2 in drivers. We do not have separate
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tweeters on this particular skew. And then there we go. 8 watts per satellite.
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Okay. Three inputs for maximum flexibility, which we'll see when we
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open it up. Uh, main volume and subwoofer output control dials on the
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right satellite package contents. Okay, let's just open this thing
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up. I tire of specifications. Let's just
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open boxes. That's what we do on this channel.
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SP2200 speaker system. This appears to be a guide which shows you how to hook
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it up to things including televisions and left speakers and right speakers and
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iPods and headphones and computers. Sweet. warranty guide, not a
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warranty card. This is a guide and it's
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long. Do not return this product to the store. Return it to Corsair instead. As
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a as a retailer, I appreciate those kinds of warnings because that means we
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don't have to deal with it and instead Corsair deals with it. But the reality
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of it is if you want to, you can return it to us, too, because we're awesome
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like that. And we take care of our customers at NCIX where I work for
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anyone who actually doesn't know that by now.
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Yeah. Oh, yeah. My shirt, too. Sweet.
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Okay. Environmentally friendly paper packaging. Love it. More environmentally
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friendly paper packaging. Love that, too. Next,
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we have what appears to be a power cord cuz it's
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heavy. Yeah. Yeah. There's my power
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cord. It's heavy. So, that is a uh 17vt
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2.5 amp power brick. Plus
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cables. Got a subwoofer. See, I'm doing the whole
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package contents thing without reading it off the side of the box. I'm just
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unpacking stuff. I'm like, "Okay, yeah, we got subwoofer. We got a
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cable. We got some boxes. We got some
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satellites." At least that's how I would say it if I was cool, but I'm
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not. Satellite speakers. So, we're taking these out. You know what? Give me
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a sec off camera. I'm going to take all these plastic bags off because they're in my
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way. Okay, so we got it set up just so that cameraman and I could audition the
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SP2200s a little bit. So, here at the back you will find all the input
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options. So, we've got Okay, first of all, output. So, you output to your left
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speaker as well as your right speaker using um like baby's first plug. Look
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how huge this thing is. It's like ridiculous. I love it. So, that goes in
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there. And then uh down here is power in. Okay. Then we have an input. So
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that's left and right. Just your standard
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um standard analog inputs. Okay. And
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then our other input is actually built right into the back of the right
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speaker. So that's your 3 and 12 mm jack
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right there. So that I'm using for my iPhone. And then the left speaker just
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has a wire that runs to the sub. Okay. Next, we have one of these, which I
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actually can't fathom what this is for. Oh, yeah, for the auxiliary input at the
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front. So, you have up to three inputs. So, that would be normally, I guess,
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what you would use for your iPhone. And then the other one, this guy up here,
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would go around to the back of your computer if you were smart. Okay. Then, it comes with one of these, so you can
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run that to whatever other device you happen to want to run off it.
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And oh, there's a Conucks game coming up soon. I just got my notification on my
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iPhone. Okay, so here it is. 75 bucks on
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sale at NCIX right now. For that price, I'd say the sub especially is a pretty
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good value. Uh we played a few different genres of music and we found the the
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bass quite uh quite compact, for lack of a better word, quite punchy. Uh
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definitely better than most sub
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$100 sub. That was a pun. Most sub $100
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speaker setups. The satellites were a little bit less impressive, especially
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when compared to the SP2500s, but you got to bear in mind
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that that kit costs at regular price more than double of what this one does
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at regular price. So, there are compromises to be made. This one's
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definitely better for the spaceconscious consumer because it doesn't take up a
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whole lot of room. And I think that's pretty much everything I wanted to say
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