Customer Ratings & Reviews

The bad? I do not like the knobs. My hands often slips when i am turning the volume up or down. It would be nice if it has a rubbery touch. The knobs is smooth like silk. My fingers always have a hard time gripping and my fingers are not sweaty! No mounting options. I use it to power my Korg PS60 Synthesizer. The volume is enough for me when I practice. I thought the small speaker has a problem of projecting the full range of the Keyboard.

I own the Creative T12's so I knew the sound quality was going to be great. The T20's sound amazing no matter what type of music you're listening to. I listened to the comparable Bose speakers in the store and they don't come close to these. My only complaint about them is you have turn the volume button past the half way point in order for them to rock! Overall very happy with Creative Speakers.

Replaced Klipsch system that finally died and can't tell the difference. Have great bass and sound great.

I bought these speakers because I had heard from the reviews that the speakers sounded great and were apparently better than the slightly more expensive Bose Companion 2 Series III. In the end though I had to return these because the power knob, which doubles as the volume knob, would not turn on the speakers on the day before the last day to return them. I got the Bose Companion 2's ironically enough and I like them too. For the actual review the mid's and high's on these speakers were good. The base was fine, and you can even fine tune the bass and treble to your liking with the respective knobs. Overall I loved how clear everything sounded on these speakers, just hope you don't get a faulty product like mine!

I bought these speakers from Best Buy back in October, 2010 after reading a lot of customer reviews and learning about the Creative / Creative Labs name. Creative is not as well known as Bose, or some of the other competitors out there, but after doing some research, I often find that the biggest name in the industry may not be the best, and that sometimes the other companies that are not as well known actually make good devices / systems that compete very well against the better known brand names. These speakers are pretty good, not the best, but, for $100, you have to take into consideration the price. They produce wonderful clear sound, although even with the BasXPort™ technology, which is supposed to boost the bass output, music in the low bass range is a little weak in that area. You can't judge these speakers too harshly for that - if you want better bass response, you need to spend more money and/or get a system with a subwoofer. I just didn't want to deal with a sub-woofer on or below my desk, as well as the extra wires. A couple of Pro's: 1. First and foremost, the overall sound quality is good, clear, and I'd recommend them. I also listened to the Bose Companion 2 speakers in Best Buy's store, and to me, they sounded artificial, and like they were struggling to put out the sound. Was not impressed with Bose C2's. Back to the Creative T20's - If you don't crank the volume way up they are great. If you need wall-shaking speakers, you should look elsewhere. At low to mid volumes these T20's produce sound which is glorious. I listen to a lot of classical music, also, rock from the 60's and 70's, and pop, and a lot of piano music. All I can say, is these T20's handle the music pretty well, definitely worth 4 out of 5 stars. 2. Treble and bass controls on the front of the right speaker. Creative was smart and designed this correctly, rather than having these controls on the back of the speaker. Always good to have, so sound can be changed slightly to some degree. Many other speakers in this price range don't have any T/B controls. 3. Auxiliary Jack and Headphone Jack on front of the right speaker as well. Again, Kudos to Creative, for easy accessibility to the Aux Jack. 4. Okay, being superficial here, they look good. The black finish goes with anything. The fronts have a shiny finish with some sort of blue flecks in the finish - which you really don't see unless you look at them closely, or have a bright light close by the speakers. The speakers are narrow, and don't hog space. You also have the option of removing the grills and having the speakers exposed, showing the yellow midrange driver. I prefer the grills on, they just look better that way to me. On the other side, the drawbacks: 1. If you turn the volume up, these speakers can't handle high volume that well, the music will definitely distort and lose quality if the speakers are pushed way up in volume. They are not speakers that you would have to fill an oversized room or a house with a party going on, where you need high volume to perform over conversation and other noise - they are more intended for a room, office, or smaller setting, where you want smaller speakers, that don't hog counter or desk space, and will easily fill that area with good quality detailed sound. Again, price range comes into consideration, if you need bigger sound, or a decent sounding subwoofer, you need to spend more money. 2. The glossy front finish of these speakers show fingerprints easily, if you are a neat freak, you may find yourself trying to either grab the speakers by the sides which don't show fingerprints as much, or you may end up wiping the front panel off regularly, or at least keeping the grills on the speakers as well. 3. The hole at the top of the speakers for the BasXPort lets in dust. not sure if this would have an impact on the speakers after years of use. 4. There is a brick in the power cord, I don't really like bricks, but I will deal with them if I have to. 5. The wire that connects the 2 speakers is short, I wish it was about 2-3 feet longer. This seems to be common issue with most computer speakers. If you want a reasonably priced set of computer speakers without a subwoofer I would definitely recommend these. Shortly after I bought these from Best Buy in Oct 2010, I noticed that BB had discontinued selling them. I am glad to see that the Creative T20's are being sold by Best Buy again. I would also recommend these speakers over Bose Companion 2's as well. Also, being that I have owned these T20's for over a year now, I have had no problems or issues with them, they continue to perform extremely well. On another note, if you want speakers to fill up a larger room with sound quality that is detailed and clear, with an amazing subwoofer, check out the Harman Kardon Soundsticks, which are also sold at Best Buy. I bought them last year, and they are worth it.

These speakers are reasonably priced and look better than the usual budget computer speakers. I had a 5.1 speaker set with a large subwoofer that after 4 years of (ab)use was having issues with it's internal amplifier. I liked the overall surround experience and strong bass, but I really need something more ACCURATE for editing audio recordings. These speakers are as perfect as I would imagine, although their T40's would have more output. These are the first speakers I have owned in 20 years that I didn't have to adjust the bass and treble at all to get an nice balanced sound with ZERO distortion turned all the way up! These sound good at everything I've tried including movies and gaming, but if you need kicking bass and/or need to fill a large room you probably need a separate subwoofer and more drivers.

I originally got these speakers as a christmas present for one of my friends. I soon realised that these speakers were a little bit too big for a laptop bag so I kept them for myself and bought her another set of portable laptop speakers. Anyways these speakers even though a little pricey are well worth it. I have only had these speakers hooked up for just a day but already I am loving them. Like I said the only drawbacks are the fact that the chord for me wasn't quite long enough for my intended layout of my desk. If you have a regular desk and not an L shaped desk then the chord is long enough. Also these speakers don't have a subwoofer, but they do have a small sub built in, this sub is alright, but it is not as great as if there was a dedicated subwoofer. Overall I would highly recommend this product for someone that doesn't need a sub but would like to have great sound and don't care about price.

Better than my Bose Companion because I can control the amount of bass and treble. Overall sound quality is very good, but not great. While my Bose had better overall sound, its drawback was that I could not increase or decrease bass or treble, depending on what is playing. The Creative GigaWorks looks terrific, with or without the mesh screen covers and the price was a little less than Bose.

I'm very pleased with the purchase. The speakers sound great, they could benefit greatly from a subwoofer other than that I'm very pleased

I am not a sound expert and never owned a stereo but these speakers work great with my puter. Glad that I upgraded my sound. Also installed a sound card. One small problem: The control knobs are very smooth so I had to put a small elastic band around the on-off-volume control.