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hello good people Eber here with hard-working axe and as you can see I have speakers in front of me and believe it or not speakers are a very crucial element when it comes to a desktop setup because sometimes if you want to enjoy the moment when you're listening to music or something like that it's always good to you know switch things up a little bit and switch away from using our headphones to something like a speaker setup because it fills a sound it fills the room and it really does create a pretty amazing impact when it comes to listening to music or even gaming in some cases now I do want to acknowledge that we've done a lot of speaker reviews in the past and typically most of them are on the expensive side so we wanted to do with something a little bit different this time and check out some speakers that are you know within a different price range so you know ranging from twenty thirty and forty dollar price points and we hand-picked so many best sellers on Amazon and of course these things aren't stocks so that's pretty amazing and we wanted to check out and see how they sound respective to their price point now I'm also aware that it's back-to-school season and for students who are planning out their dorm room setup and if you're looking for something a little bit on the compact side but also you don't want to break the bank well stick around because you are gonna be surprised with some with what some of these speakers are gonna be offering for their price so let's get at the details right after message from our sponsor hello I'm looking for some fans well are you married yeah I have a ring what is your favorite number I would say 3 do I have the perfect fan for you this is the new thermal tech ring trio 12 fans with good static pressure for radiators it is a beautiful frame with double side and center ring illumination with soft and super brights bill with razor chrome and compatibility control it through your smart phone the RGB plus software on the PC or Amazon Alexa well I'm gonna take these home perhaps you should to check them out in the description below alright so let's start with the cheapest pair the Logitech Z 200 priced at $20 it's a very basic 2.0 stereo speaker system the design is fairly simple nothing too much on the aggressive side and it should complement both an office or a home desktop setup the build quality is fair for the price it's entirely constructed out of plastic materials so I would handle it with caution each speaker up is 5 watts of RMS be power resulting in a total of a 10 watt delivery there are two active and to passive drivers to enrich the stereo experience but I'll get into the sound quality a bit later on and as for controls there is an easily accessible power / volume adjust dial a headphone output and an auxilary input all on the right channel speaker and to run things off the z2 hundred features an adjustable base knob on the right side speaker to add or eliminate the low range now what I really appreciate about the Zi 200 is the slightly angled drivers for better projection because there are some speakers out there that are just straight-up flat so you the sound actually face your chest rather than your ears so having them slightly angled is of course a better way to experience sound because of the adeney of the day you can have the best possible speaker system but if you don't have them oriented that well then the whole experience just wouldn't add up so that's something that I want to point out and lastly if our connectivity logitech has included a power adapter to power these speakers and it also comes with a 3.5 million red connector so you can connect it to your cell phone or your laptop nonetheless as long as you have a device with a 3.5 member headphone jack which I'm sure most modern smartphones don't do you'll be fine next up we have the creative a 250 s priced at $30 this is a 2.1 desktop speaker system meaning it comes with a dedicated subwoofer to enhance the bass response I was really surprised by the compact form factor of both these satellite speakers and the subwoofer by itself which by the way is downwards firing so if you're living in an apartment I'd go easy on that volume I think this would be an excellent option for compacts debt service because the two satellite speakers are super tiny and cute and here's a shot of it next to my pixel - and you can clearly see what I'm talking about the build quality is about the same as the Logitech Z 200 mostly plastic body with a glossy finish at the front which I'm not a fan of but that's okay and as for controls there is a power / volume dial on the right channel speaker but unfortunately you don't have a headphone pass report or an axillary input with the creative a 250 s which I thought was a little bit disappointing because the Logitech system comes with that but this doesn't so that's something to keep note of but nonetheless it's a pretty compact setup for 30 lastly we have these cyber acoustics CA 306 it's priced at $40 and this is yet another 2.1 speaker system the setup is slightly bigger when compared to the a 250 s but it should still be sufficient for compact spaces the build quality is no different when compared to the other two speakers the front side of the satellite speakers feature a glossy finish which can again scratch easily and attract finger prints the included sub is front firing and for connectivity there is a single 3.5 mile-an-hour jack which connects both left and right speakers you also get this control hub that conveniently lets you adjust the volume and other things looking at it you can certainly tell it's not built really well so I'd go easy on it but it gets the job done ask for controls the top dial functions as your volume adjust then you have a headphone pass report on with an aux input and a base adjust dial which is something that the a250 slag and I think this control hub is a pretty cool feature because if you want adjust the volume if you want to play around controls you don't have to fill around with the satellite speakers because with some of these guys you'd have to adjust the volume by reaching towards the speaker which might be a little bit on the inconvience side so this is certainly a nice touch and of course that's something that you would expect for $40 so having looked at all three speakers how do they actually sound respected to their price point let's start with the z2 hundreds they sound very basic for a 2.0 speaker system you can definitely pick up the vocals but when you're listening to say EDM s or music that emphasized a lot on the lower ends you can certainly tell that there is a lack of a dedicated subwoofer because it's not that powerful and pronounced expects some sort of distortion at certain frequencies so keep your expectations pretty low with this a speaker system because again it is very basic so for $20 it gets the job done switching over to the creative a 250 s and Wow I was literally blown away by the sound coming out of a $30 two point one system that dedicated subwoofer just completes the listening experience the lower ends are powerful but that being said the higher ends are clear and balanced I was really surprised by the way how the tiny tweeters handled the vocals regardless of the type of genre that you're listening to these speakers won't disappoint is that extra $10 difference between the Z 200 and the a 250 s is just so massive it's like a day and night difference you know upgrading to something like this because you know the tweeters are amazing they're super compact and I was very surprised at how they sounded for the cost and this subwoofer man like wow it's it's really amazing when we onto the cyber acoustic system there is great detail in the higher ends vocals are clear and pronounced the bass response is powerful but surprisingly it wasn't as good as the creative a2 50s or they weren't as clear if that makes any sense now when you play around with the bass style that's included in the convenient hub it actually just increases the bass volume rather than actually giving you a much more of a tighter response in the lower ends so again it does doesn't feel as pronounced or as tight compared to the a2 50s there was also little emphasis on the Mint's meaning I wasn't able to pick up certain elements from a soundtrack that I typically listen to which I was completely able to with the creative speaker system so overall you know it sounds great but I think it lacks the whole cohesive aspect when it comes to putting together the higher ends the Mint's and the low range because at the end of the day you want a speaker system that sort of completes that experience having switched from the 1850s the cyber acoustics I just didn't feel like it was blown away for the next for $10 now just for fun sakes I revisited my closet and I pulled out the razor Norma chroma desktop speaker systems because those are priced at $150 the chroma version to be exact and I just you know switched back listening to the creatives and the razor system and one thing that I can tell you right now is the razor speaker systems you know they're a little bit on me flatter response because you can definitely pick up the lower ends and the highs in the mid sarve area clear and pronounced but you know you can definitely tell that there is a lack of a dedicated subwoofer if there was this dedicated subwoofer with that setup it would obviously be a lot better compared to the creative speakers right over here but I think you know for $30 this system just gives you an all-around package because I think personally it sounds this extra subwoofer just adds that extra oh when it comes to gaming because when you're firing gunshots or when you're moving on through the gameplay when you're you know chatting with your friends or something like that it really does make a big makes a world of a difference with a decade a subwoofer now one of the downsides when it comes to adding a subwoofer to your setup is cable management because believe it or not these two systems have the most amount of cables compared to the Z 200 speakers because again this is a basic 2.0 setup so cable management shouldn't be a huge concern when you're working around with these speakers are compared to you know the creatives and the cyber acoustics so that's something to keep note of now I'm not gonna be doing a sound test comparing these two speakers because for one they this is again it's not a comparison video because these speakers are priced differently but secondly you know you may be listening to a pair of headphones that are not optimized and of course I have this microphone won't that won't be able to give you guys a real representation as to how the speaker systems sounds so if you do get a chance if you find them in a local retail store say you know at Best Buy or something like that highly get a chance I would recommend just you know listening to them checking out for yourselves and if you're satisfying then you can go ahead and pull the trigger now we do want to conclude this video by saying then this is not the end-all be-all of desktop speaker systems because there are a lot of them in the market in fact I haven't even this is just me scratching the surface because I haven't explored a lot of the other cheaper options so if you do have certain alternatives that fits this criteria definitely leave a comment down below and will perhaps revisit you know those systems in the future but for now I have to admit this $30 creative 1850's have surprised me by a huge margin because if I were looking for a set of budget speaker systems I would wholeheartedly spend $30 and pick this up rather than spending $20 or even $40 for the cyber acoustics because these are compact they sound phenomenal actually a lot better than cyber acoustics and so yeah this is just this is just an instant buy so I hope you take away something from this video let me know what you guys think about this speaker roundup I'd say I mean what do you guys think about it are you actually interested in picking up the creative of a 250s and if you are an existing user or if you own these guys how was your experience been like and of course don't forget to leave comments on alternatives as well i'm me bird with hurricane axe thank you so much for watching make sure to subscribe to our new boot sequence channel for the latest tech news and rumors and of course you can watch some relevant content over here i'm signing off and i'll see you guys in the next one