Well, considering 2x14W Creative Monitor M85-D You reviewed a year ago cost $95...
IMO the $160 price tag is steep but reflects what the system has to offer.

Also I do NOT remember seeing ANY profi-class speakers with SPDIF in the

Nice looking speakers and hopefully they sound and perform as well as they look, but $160 won't cut it in the marketplace today, IMO.

I am using a Yamaha PC system with two rather small sized satelites on top of a good sized (for PC) bass and I can tell you the sound quality and volume is incredible. They are part of the Yamaha Advanced Y-S-T series and I paid considerably less than $160 for the system. Others who have heard the volume and clarity were shocked to see how small the footprint is of this system.

Hopefully Abit will be able to improve their entire product line and pricing as I was also deeply disappointed with their performance and customer service claims for their mobos, too. Abit seems to think very highly of their products, but they just don't seem to deliver what they promise in their advertising.

How Abit can claim they have superior customer service is beyond me when they don't even answer pre-sales or tech e-mails unless they feel like it and then the answer is a cryptic one liner that basically says: "I don't know", type of reply. Sorry Abit, but that don't cut it in today's marketplace.

Better luck next time.

Class D is not a digital amplifier. Also there is no way for a 4 inch woofer can produce 20 hertz easily. In order to produce 20 hertz, the woofer have to move a lot of air which 4 inch woofers can not. I estimate their low-end extension to be no lower than 100 hertz or 150 hertz with out distorting at high volumes.

Abit's subwoofer unit contains 6.5 inch woofer, but again does not have what it takes to handle 20 hertz easily. Also the legs are not long enough to provide enough room for the port to breath. The amount of room that is needed for a port is equal to its diameter.

All shielded monitor loudspeakers costs about the same as these speakers, but with out the amplifier.

The reviewer spelled tweeter wrong. Sound quality is the same as the saying, beautiful is the eye of the beholder.

I neither have Abit's satellites nor the Abit's subwoofer. I rather make my set myself.

tremble? cristal? lol

nice english (lack of)

A mobo company doing audio speaker, GOD BLESS U! ABIT!!

It was ok if you are extremly knolagable in in speakers...that said, i dont know much and it didntr help me at all. Good day sir and try and keep the good work work up.

An amusing review. You spent most of the time breaking down the features and maybe a paragraph or two actually talking about the sound quality.

Also, the price tag does not seem unreasonable considering the fact that the speakers contain an internal 24-bit, 192KHz DAC (that's digital to analog converter)! Just so you folks know, spec-wise that's as high as it currently gets! It's apparent the reviewer has no idea what he's talking about, and Abit wasted the effort sending you a sample of their audio equipment, since it's obvious Xbit should stick with what they know. As it stands now, this review might make a satisfactory forum post.

The "special cable clamps" you mention are the cheapest type of connections for speakers--the dreaded spring clips. The price for the set is not too expensive, by the way, if it does indeed, as you say, live up to its claims.

You did not touch on the quality of the DAC--a very important component if these are marketed as "digital" speakers. Sure, it might be 24-bit/192KHz, but what are the distortion figures? You might not have had access to those numbers, but I expected more discussion on sound quality. I'm sure, though, that these speakers aren't very competitive with the best.

This article fails to give me any understanding of the sonic capabilities of the product. As someone whom is looking to build an all digital sound system, information on soundstage/imaging results and possibly comparison and recommendations to other comparatible speakers.

Its my opinon the article is missing to much information for me.