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“On opening the box and starting to get the pieces out,...”

written by leeanderson on 19/02/2006

Good Points
Value for money
Small footprint for satellites
Sound quality
All cables included

Bad Points
Documentation very basic
The higher range sounds are slightly too pronounced

General Comments
On opening the box and starting to get the pieces out, I was pleased with the quality of the Acoustic Energy Aego M computer speakers, and they looked very well finished.



I then got the cables out and found a couple of extra ones which I wasn't sure about, so I looked for the manual, and I found it very basic. I had to use my grey matter to decide that these cables were superfluous to my needs, and were for someone requiring an external bass feed.



I got everything plugged in and switched on; connected to my computer (PC), and loaded up iTunes to test that they were working. What happened next was a total shock to me... These speakers were making my MP3 music sound near to Hi-Fi. I had achieved results slightly better than this by hooking up to my Hi-Fi system, which is not convenient to do, but this blew me away by how close it was, and at a fraction of the cost or inconvenience.



I immediately turned off my graphic equaliser settings (required for previous speakers), and I started really enjoying my music in its very convenient PC form for the first time.



These are close to perfection for the job, and at a price that is quite staggering.



I am not sure if it is something to do with the fact that I have them sitting on a glass table, but I did find the upper ranges to be slightly more pronounced than the mid range. This may be due to my graphic equaliser settings previously affecting my expectations, as when I listen to the individual sounds they have great clarity.



I have the bass settings set to minimum out of respect for my neighbours. Sounds are very clear from very low volume settings, which is unusual in my experience; so you can enjoy listening to music without being too intrusive on others.