Creative T12 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker System

I got these refurbished and they work great, i assume a lot get set back to the manufacture cause bluetooth can be a PITA to get working and people assume it is defectiveI have always used cheap speakers (<$10) and have never noticed any issues with them, so you know i am no audiophileI needed to get some speakers with a built in volume control and seeing as how i got this for my mom who dislikes cheap speakers (i can't understand why)she was impressed with how loud they are for there sizeWhere I work we have a set of the non-wireless version of these so i know they get very loud, you can easily hear it on the other side of the where-house at about 75%Now seeing as how i plan to use this with a Raspberry Pi A+ to replace my mom's antique radio (wireless version of these were cheaper)Given a Raspberry Pi does not have a very high end audio chip there is no point to my understanding in getting super high end speakers, to my understandingGoing in i had no expectation of bluetooth actually working, but it did work, took a minute to get it to show up thoughUsing Xubuntu 16.04 after install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth and restarting pulseaudio and i was able to get it to work as a audio sinkMy bluetooth chip is a part if a Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230Right now i am streaming music from my Raspberry Pi B+ Server to my Laptop which is playing music in firefox via HTML5 (17% volume)firefox is as 50% volume and the main software speaker is at 100%, and finally the T12 volume is at 50% and i think my music sounds better than on my normal speakers, audio pre-amping is set at 0, so i guess the volume is at 57%Some people have complained that the left speaker is not wireless connected to the right speaker, did you really expect anything to ship with 2 separate power bricks? you would have to get power to the second speaker somehowthe cable that connects the 2 speakers is about 5ft, the volume control is on the right speakerthere is only 1 con that i can find, it does not come with a short 2.5mm audio cable, it these are marked as wireless so that was expectedEdit: I got a second second set my self and i did a experiment, seems they will play from both wired and bluetooth simultaneously. so it does not prioritize one connection over the other and disable the other, while trying to figure out where i wanted to place these i found that the 5ft rca cable was not long enough then i remembered that i bought a RCA extension (monoprice PN 656) some years backi did do a little research on bluetooth, speakers tend to use version 2.0 or 2.1 version 2 and 4 are not compatible with each other, however there are dual mode adapters, not all 4.0 adapters are dual modePackage includes:1 Right speakers (built in rca cable)1 left speaker (with volume knob)1 1.5A 12v power supply

There are a few things that I'd like to point out about these speakers.Pro #1: The sound is incredible and they fit nicely on a desk top. What other people have said in their reviews is true.Pro #2: They are nicely weighted and the rubber feet keep them from moving on whatever surface you have them on.Con #1: It took me over 1/2 an hour to get them to work together. I have a wireless keyboard and mouse and that may have had something to do with it. I noticed in other reviews people had the same issue. In addition there are no instructions. It tells you what to do with the usb adapter, but not how to troubleshoot if you're having issues. Once I got them to sync, the sound was great.Con #2: These are not truly wireless speakers. They have an ac adapter for power and they connect to each other with a speaker wire that is about 3 feet long. If you want to place these on either side of a room or in an area larger than a desk, you would not be able to.Con #3: The speakers themselves are not covered with anything like a protective fabric.Con #4: I had them for a week and one of the speakers started having static/white noise coming from it. I didn't have a new pair sent sent to me because now I'm skeptical of the quality.Even with the cons listed above I was ready to keep them until the white noise starting coming from the one speaker. These are a good value for the money

I am deeply disappointed with these speakers. The reviews seemed so glowing!The sound is just terribly muddy. They are inherently low-quality. I wasn't expecting much, for the price, but my old $10 junk-store speakers have more clarity.They are stubbornly refusing to pair with my Windows 7 64-bit system. I will look into that. They do pair, sporadically, with my smartphone, but they're eager to disconnect. It is certainly odd to have to use my telephone as a stereo through my wireless internet connection... tech is fun! But it needs to pair up with my computer, not my phone. And ouch, the sound quality is horrific. My ears.

The speakers themselves are quite nice. They sound good and are of high quality build, even the little rubber shoes at the bottom work really well. That said, these speakers' biggest selling point is that they're wireless and Bluetooth enabled. The problem is that they don't work at all when there are other Bluetooth devices around. I have a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. After pairing the speakers, the sound that came out was really choppy like there was a lot of latency. Every now and then they will simply disconnect from my laptop. I finally decided to disable the other Bluetooth devices. First the keyboard was disabled. The sound improved. Then after I disabled the mouse, the speakers started sounding normal. This is really disappointing. The whole reason behind using Bluetooth is to be wireless. Now I have to make a choice between my input devices and my speakers. FYI, my laptop is the current Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard. Your mileage may vary if your hardware is different.Creative does sell a set of wired Inspire T12 (I don't understand why they were too lazy to assign different model numbers to the wired and wireless versions) that go for half the price. I might just buy those instead. I could use an audio input wire instead but why pay almost double for the same set of speakers if I'm not going to leverage the only difference between the two models.Frustrating because everything else about the speakers are so nice.

Excellent speakers for the size and price. The lows and highs are all surprisingly clear. These speakers are also extremely loud and powerful. The sound may become slightly distorted if you put it at an uncomfortably loud (near max) volume. However for my personal use I would never need it to ever be that loud anyway - not even close. The Bluetooth also works very well. I have actually bought two of these to give to my parents.

the sound its good. I connected my ipod and my cellphone (Android) and it works fine. Unfortunely, at the moment i can't connect with my laptop (i alredy activated my bluetooth). I need to spend more time for resolve my problem and i want to think that the problem is on my laptop.

Love the Bluetooth feature. Good sound. I just wish it came with a remote (on/off, volume)...I use it to listen to music on my iphone and I have it plugged into my TV to watch movies. Does the trick. I am sure that a sound bar could deliver more sound, but since I live in an apartment, I would never be able to take advantage of that, so this is great for my use, and it's way cheaper than a good sound bar.

I love these speakers. Great sound quality and they can go pretty loud. I never really have the volume over half as that is loud enough for my room. The bluetooth works flawlessly with great quality as well. I love that they will play from both the bluetooth input and the wired input at the same time. I may just have to get a second pair.

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