AVLabs AVL325

A decent set of speakers for those who are watching their budget closely.

Featuring a warmer tone than Creative’s entry model solutions, the AVLabs subwoofer handled tonal differences noticeably better, with a decent amount of oomph, if with maybe a little too much rumble for our liking. In fact, overall the AVLabs walked right over Creative’s low end offerings with little diffi culty.

Music in general was satisfactory, especially in the heavy metal and rock tracks, with a good amount of kick behind the bass drums. For gaming, the AVLabs did just fi ne, emitting meaty explosions with ease and providing a warm if slightly ill-defined sound scape through the satellites. Regular speaker wire is attached into these satellites though, so you can happily switch in your own speakers if you’d prefer. Rather annoyingly you require the remote to turn this set on (let alone set volume) – so don’t lose it!