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Functionality
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usual, Cambridge has thrown everything but the kitchen
sink into the box. You can mount the speakers on the wall
or on your desk, and mount the rears on some very nice
stands. Here is another thing I would like to comment
on. In my FPS2000 review, I mentioned the stands were
a little short. Well, either I influence Cambridge SoundWorks
decisions (Yah right!), or they realized that the old
stands were inadequate. These new stands stand approximately
33" tall, and for me, they were just 3" below my ear.
Aside from getting a set of $40 tripod stands, it doesn't
get better than this, coming out of a cardboard box. Hooking
the speakers up is quite easy. They all use normal speaker
wire, except Cambridge uses an RCA jack to connect the
speaker wire to the rear of the amplifier. It's still
quite simple to extend the length of the rear speakers,
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Another
side to the functionality coin is you have a set of speakers
that can moonlight as your living room's DVD decoder (something
I wouldn't have tried with the PC Works due to their underpowered
subwoofer and satellites). You simply plug in your home DVD
player to the Dolby Digital input and boom AC-3 sound in your
living room. These speakers will fill a regular size living
room very nicely. To use these speakers in their full capacity
you will of course require a quad sound capable sound card
like a Monster Sound MX300 or Sound Blaster Live.
Conclusion
Cambridge SoundWorks has done it this time, introducing a
product that no one can even compete with. You have a speaker
package that sounds fantastic, and is priced well too. There
have been some rumblings that the price is a little high.
Well, the cost of a Dolby Digital Decoder is not cheap. Comparing
the price of the FPS2000's, which retail for approximately
$170, the new DTT2500's retail for $260. Come on, you get
another speaker and a digital decoder for $90. What more could
you ask for?. To date, in my opinion, there isn't a better
speaker package out there that includes Dolby Digital decoding
for your PC. This is why we are awarding these speakers with
an Editor's Choice Award. Cambridge has put a lot of effort
into a set of speakers that give the user everything in one
single package. In this single package is fantastic sound
quality along with the capability to enjoy DVD's the way they
were intended to be, with Dolby Digital sound.
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