Frequently Asked Questions

Top Questions

• What materials are used to make the SP2500 speakers and subwoofer?

  The subwoofer uses a double chamber reinforced 12mm MDF construction with a professional grade black vinyl protective layer. The satellite speakers are 3.5mm PS with acoustically aligned elliptical/conic section horn flare. The tweeter is acoustically damped silk with ferrofluid cooling 16W continuous (FTC “RMS” power), and magnetically shielded rare-earth magnet structure. The midrange is a coated paper pulp with magnetically shielded rare-earth magnet structure with 40W continuous (“FTC “RMS” power) using rubber surrounds. The subwoofer is a folded paper with 120W continuous (“FTC “RMS” power) using rubber surrounds.
  
  

• Have the SP2500s been tested on various soundcards and consoles?

  Yes, the speakers and subwoofer are tested with a variety of soundcards, consoles, professional sound systems, audio precision, CLIO, LEAP, and SOUNDCHECK.

• What is the intended use for these speakers? Games, high volume, accurate sound?

  The SP2500 can work on a desk, bookshelf, or stand. Their response can be adjusted via the use of the built in DSP for reference, games, movies, music, entertainment and party (karaoke, club/theatre/stadium) response. The most accurate sound is attained using CLASSICAL EQ with “NONE” program mode. We are working on other configurations that will be available for update via DSP.

• Why did Corsair use class D amplifiers for the midrange and tweeters on the SP2500?

  The Class D amplifiers in the SP2500 use a common architecture for all modulation and drive stages. The modulators are integrated with our DSP cores and the drive stages are customized to drive the precise amount of power required for each loudspeaker driver unit. The drive stages for the Midrange and Tweeters have significant headroom, meaning that the amplifiers could theoretically blast those midrange or tweeters into thermal oblivion [and we did blow a few in the lab during development - the tweeter in particular was suped-up to use ferrofluid cooling so that we could drive high power out to 20kHz]. The headroom allowed us to get the lowest distortion of any product in this class.

  This philosophy allowed us to increase the power of the system on the first day of production. We started the line up and found that we were exceeding our target of 220W on every single unit tested with wide margin, so we reprinted the boxes to show the actual 232W of power that the units actually put out.

• Why bridge two 60W amplifiers for subwoofer when you could have used only one 120W on the SP2500?

  Two 60W amplifiers in a bridge configuration provided much lower distortion than one 120W unit and allowed us to use the 60W design like a cookie cutter to decrease design complexity and lower cost. This is one of the many design choices we made to keep the cost low while providing the highest performance possible, and turned out to be a win-win decision.

• Why isn't there sound coming out of my SP2500 speakers?

  First make sure that the speakers are not muted.  To mute/unmute the system select the volume button on the bottom left corner of the remote, and then press down on the volume control dial.  To unmute the system you can also simply twist the volume dial and your selected volume will override and disable mute.

  The SP2500 has 3 different inputs, you will want to be sure that you have selected the proper input on the remote.  "Line In" is the input that should be selected if you want to listen to a device that you have connected to the RCA jacks on the rear of the subwoofer.  "AUX1" should be selected if you are looking for the device connected to the 3.5mm jack on the rear of the subwoofer.  "AUX2" should be selected if you want to hear the device that is connected to the 3.5mm jack on the top of the remote.

• Why isn't the subwoofer working on the SP2500?

  The SP2500 gives you the ability to independently control subwoofer volume, and in addition to this, the subwoofer also has its own mute option.  To check to see if your subwoofer is muted, press the subwoofer button on the bottom right corner of the remote then make sure the volume is turned up to the desired level.  While on the subwoofer volume menu you can press down on the round selector dial to toggle mute/unmute.  When the subwoofer is muted, the subwoofer icon on the remote's display will be greyed out.

• How do I navigate the menus on the SP2500?

  To navigate the menus on the remote, first press the middle "Menu" button on the remote.  Use the dial on the remote to scroll through the items within the menu and then press down on the dial to select a menu option.  Once selected you can scroll through the different options for each menu item and then press down on the dial to select your option.

• What is the maximum recommended volume level for the SP2500?

  We designed the SP2500 to have a fully usable range of volume.  This means that you can turn the speakers all the way up to the max without worrying about sound quality deteriorating or wearing out your speakers prematurely.  These speakers are rated to run at maximum volume for up to 48 hours, turn them up as loud as you (or your neighbors) can stand! 

• Is there any way to extend the remote cable length on the SP2500?

  Our remote on the SP2500 uses an SVGA connection which is found on some monitors.  You can use a standard SVGA extension cable to extend the length of the remote, as long as it has both male and female connectors.  Make sure you get the SVGA cable, because a standard VGA cable will not allow the speakers to transmit the audio signal.