Creative I-trigue 3400 Drivers For Mac
. The Good: Lots of bass, clear highs; handy wired remote with volume and subwoofer control; remote has headphone jack and a direct input for things like portable music players; funky styling; compact satellites. The Bad: Lacks slightly in its midrange response; no quick-mute or treble adjustment on wired remote. The Verdict: A great looking set of desktop speakers that's tailor-made for gaming. style='list-style: none'.
Reviewed on: Hewlett-Packard Media Center m380n Photosmart 3 GHz Pentium 4 PC with 1GB of RAM, DVD and DVD-recordable drives, a seven-way media reader, TV-input/PVR capability, Maxtor 120GB IDE and 250GB SATA hard disks running at 7200 RPM, an HP F1703 LCD panel, a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 video card, and Windows XP Media Center Edition. style='list-style: none' REVIEW: Creative Labs has adopted a funky new design for its I-Trigue 3400 desktop speakers.
The Creative I-Trigue 2.1 3400 Speaker System introduces a new era in desktop speaker design. The desirable curved outlines of the freestanding satellites emphasize the satin-black driver enclosures. Meanwhile, polished silver driver rims add a stunning blend of form and texture, making this system a slick addition to any desktop. I-trigue 3400 soundwoofer not working / right speaker low output compare with left speaker. Hi, basically i have 3 sets of creative i-trigue 3400 purchase as second hand. All these 3 sets have some minor problem. I trust my ability i able to repair it as iam a professional electronic engineer. Dec 8, 2009 - I used to use my i-Trigue 3400 2.1 speakers on my desktop pc. How could the drivers be corrupted if i have this mac since 2 days only.
The $200 (Cdn. Suggested price) I-Trigue 3400 package is a three-piece speaker system - two satellites and a subwoofer. It's available in black with either silver or white accents, and it looks good - really good.
The satellites have a minimalist design. The three silver-dollar-sized mini-drivers in each one are stacked vertically (think figure-eight with an extra circle on the top) in a two-tone plastic case that isn't much bigger than the drivers themselves. The speakers are supported on a thin angled arm made of brushed metal. The result is an eye-catching satellite that takes up almost no space on the desktop, and which complements flat panel monitors as well as CRTs. The black subwoofer picks up the design, too. The same triple-circle design of the satellites is reflected on the front of the sub in a white or silver plastic moulding (your choice) that surrounds part of the sub's venting system.
The design is elegant and sharp, but in all honesty, looks are really the least important part of a speaker package. If you're serious about sound, in the long run it's really all about the audio performance. This is a 40 watt speaker system designed for a desktop, not as a mini home theatre system. It will do a respectable job in a small room such as an office or bedroom if you want to listen to music, or as an add-on for a game console in the family room, but if you're looking for speakers to cover a larger room or apartment I'd suggest moving up to a model with more punch. For a desktop setting where you're typically sitting a few feet from the speakers, though, there's more than enough volume here to drown out background noise and immerse you in a game or piece of music. And although the 3400s only push 40 watts (RMS), the signal is clean and the amp is well matched with the speakers.
Creative Labs I Trigue 3400
Get started with unity and visual studio for mac. A hint of distortion crept in only at maximum volume, and even then it was minor. You can crank these babies right to their limit and they're built to handle it without overdriving the speakers. The three eight-watt mini-drivers in each satellite are based on Creative's NeoTitanium Tri-Array technology. The company says the satellites were designed for 'a more accurate, balanced and wider sound stage' than previous models, and statement is right on the button. The stereo separation is excellent, and the drivers create a surprisingly wide stereo field for cones little bigger than a bottle cap. For games and PC-based movies, the audio placement was accurate, with sound coming or leaving to each side of the sound stage in synch with the visual cues coming from the action on the monitor.
While it's not as precise as a good set of headphones, it's still impressive. The subwoofer has a 24-watt, 6.5-inch long-throw driver with a dual-port design.
There's an open vent in the front of the sub which is the outlet for a special tubed port (part of the triple-circle design I mentioned earlier), as well as a passive radiator on the left side of the case. The case itself is made of wood. It's a laminated particle board rather than true-grain wood, but I find that when it comes to resonance properties, even particle board is miles ahead of the cheaper plastic cases often found on desktop subs. The sub is a little bigger than two stacked shoe boxes and the cable is only a few feet long, which is something to keep in mind if your computer is set up in cramped quarters, though. The speakers are controlled by a wired remote about the size and shape of a hockey puck. A dial on top of the puck turns the speakers on and controls the volume, while a tiny wheel built into the site of the remote controls the bass level. The volume dial is big and easy to get your hands on, but I found the bass dial a bit small and hard to get at in a hurry, being tucked away on one side of the puck and built nearly flush with the remote's shell.
The remote lacks a treble adjustment, too - you'll need to do most of your tinkering with the sound through the computer's audio control panel rather than the remote. One really nice feature of the remote is its built-in headphone and input jacks.
Even with the computer off, you can plug a portable music player into the jack and pipe the music through the 3400s. Creative includes all the necessary cabling to hook up a sound source with either RCA jacks or mini-plugs.
The sound quality is excellent, but the one place where the 3400s could use some help is in the midrange. The subwoofer has the low end covered and the satellites take care of the highs beautifully, but I found it hard to get a perfect midrange balance between the two using the bass control, particularly at medium-volume listening levels. Different songs required different base settings to get the most out of the 3400s. In comparison, Creative's L3500 package has a side-firing midrange driver in each satellite to flesh out the sound coming from the same type of mini-drivers, but the 3400s rely solely on mini-drivers - the difference between the two speaker designs is noticeable.
The 3400s perform well at low volume, because the satellites generate crystal-clear sound. They're also good at high volume because the excellent high- and low-end response help mask the missing midrange when both are cranked right up. For music, though, the mid-volume audio just seems a wee bit anemic unless you push the sub to its full bass setting and mask the lack of midrange with brute thump (the sub won't rattle the pictures off your walls, but it has lots of rumble). As a result, I'd recommend these speakers to two types of people. If you tend to listen to music at high volume, or you like things like dance music played with a lot of deep bass and high treble, these speakers are perfect. They're also excellent gaming speakers, where midrange is less important than crisp highs (the whine of bullets and wind, the tinkle of glass and falling water) and bass you can feel (the deep rumble of thunder or a nearby explosion).
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