Review: Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers

by Tarinder Sandhu on 24 January 2011, 07:00 4.5

Wrapping it up

Bringing it together, the Corsair SP2500s sound fantastic and go very loud without distortion. Retailing at £190, the set's transparency means that you will need to pair them with a top-class source to get the most of the three speakers. Hook them up to an ASUS Xonar HDAV soundcard and you're rewarded with a rich, accurate sound that excels in reproduction and separation.

But these are gaming speakers first and foremost, we believe, and it’s here that they really hit their stride. For a 2.1 speaker set, the SP2500’s are very immersive, and really deliver a full, crisp sound that can really pack a punch.

In all, though. the SP2500s are the best PC-centric speakers we've heard. The asking price may well be a stumbling block for most readers, and many will look toward a budget set of KEF or Mission speakers and amplifier for the same outlay, but after spending hours with a set, there's little doubting that Corsair has hit the right note with its first foray into premium speaker territory. Got a high-end PC build planned? Do yourself a favour and put these on the list.

The good

Excellent sound quality all around
Very solid construction
Extremely loud, but always clear
EQ modes are very useful, even though you might never use them

The bad

Proprietary speaker cables

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Thanks for the review Hexus. I couldn't quite work out are there separate inputs for the sub and satellites or is it a single input for both? Can you control crossover frequency if the latter?

kalniel
Thanks for the review Hexus. I couldn't quite work out are there separate inputs for the sub and satellites or is it a single input for both? Can you control crossover frequency if the latter?

Do you mean from the source? If so, it's a single input (either phono or 3.5mm) for both sub and satellites - which is to say, there's no independent input for the sub.

If memory serves (I looked at the speakers at the end of last year) you can't manually control crossover frequency. It can be modified by changing the EQ or profile (although there isn't a manual setting) and the sub volume can be independently controlled, though.

Hope that helps.

Pete Mason

You can't manually control the crossover, but it is adjusted from 140Hz to 100Hz when you enable “Late Night” mode.

The great thing about the DSP is that we can add new features in the future, if there are a lot of end-users requests for a certain feature.

Blackbeard
You can't manually control the crossover, but it is adjusted from 140Hz to 100Hz when you enable “Late Night” mode.

The great thing about the DSP is that we can add new features in the future, if there are a lot of end-users requests for a certain feature.

If there is a single input then adding a manual crossover selection in advanced equaliser or manual mode type thing would be nice - I can understand you'd normally want the crossover to be set for your exact speaker characteristics, but it's annoying when you have a particular game or piece of music that crosses the boundary and the timbre/location of the sound changes noticeably.

Does using a power connector design not open up the chance of interference from e.g. mobile phone GPRS signal? As they don't look shielded.