GigaWorks HD50 promise great sound and a tidier desktop
Speakers have seen quite a turn around over the past year. In the past, with 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 systems proving ever popular in the home, we'd have expected to see 20.1 systems by 2015. That isn't the case at all and we're witnessing quite the opposite.
With consumers wanting less clutter and indeed less wires, more and more of us are opting to go back to simple 2.0 setups and with just cause. Some of the recent 2.0 offerings from Creative and others leave little need for bigger, cluttered systems.
Announced at CES, Creative's trendy-looking GigaWorks HD50 are the companies latest foray into the 2.0 market and will retail at £99.99. Creative claim the "GigaWorks HD50 speakers are designed to deliver truly ‘big’ sound in a remarkably small footprint" and do so with the following key features:
- Creative High Definition Drivers give full-range music reproduction and outstanding bass results
- Titanium Super Tweeters for smooth, high-frequency reproduction and vocal clarity
- BasXPort™ technology for enhanced bass impact without a subwoofer
- Convenient, front-mounted controls for volume/power
- Blue LED indicates when speakers are on
Creative's European brand manager, John Keybeck, states "In the GigaWorks HD50s we’re giving this market a new route to audio excellence in a compact format that combines great music with easy, two-piece installation on the smallest desktop. Trust GigaWorks HD50s to provide pure music listening with any PC, laptop or MP3 player."
Pictured below, they certainly look good and we're quietly confident that they'll sound the part too, particularly if Creative's T20s are anything to go by. No news on availability just yet.
Official press release: CREATIVE GIGAWORKS HD50 SPEAKERS: GREAT MUSIC, GREAT DESIGN
