Review: Sonic Gear EVO 9 BTMI 2.1CH Speakers

Now, I've been breaking out the Sonic Gear EVO 9 BTMI 2.1 Channel Speakers ever since my NAFA Auditions and giving a bit of testing every now and again. So after 2 months, I reckon it's about time for a review.

The following video is me unboxing the speakers.

WHAT GIVES?

The Sonic Gear EVO 9 BTMI is the flagship of the EVO series. Of course there are more powerful speakers out there also from Sonic Gear but this is one that is totally balances out relatively affordable price point but with more than adequate Sound Quality and features.

It's sheer size makes mainstream Computer Displays (If you placed the set there) a bit small, yeah? Here's one example when I plugged it to my Aftershock X11. Laptop is on the right and you can't really see. Kinda makes the Laptop a little puny eh? But that's the beauty of powering all this from one Laptop.

The Right Channel Satellite.

But let's go over the specs really quick:

Subwoofer
Driver: 5.25 Inch
Frequency Response: 30 - 200 Hz
Power: 30 Watts

Satellite x 2
Driver 3 Inches
Frequency Response: 100Hz - 20KHz
Power: 12 Watts
Total Output: 54 Watts

Outputs of the Subwoofer

Features
Modes: FM Radio, AUX in, SD Card, Bluetooth Wireless, USB
Wireless Range: 8m

So that's actually pretty high end for a 2.1 Channel Speaker. It costs about 80 SGD to get a pair of this. I got it from Challenger and with a few bucks discount for Members. It's not exactly cheap but for all intense purposes, it's not bad. There's a crap tonne of features that make it special.

The Good

Apart from Looks and size on the desk, it does deliver promising sound Quality. You can crank the subwoofer all the way up to blast your bass right through, especially when maxed out. Great for all sorts of Music Genres like Techno, Punk and Game Audio.

With many outputs available, you can use it for playing other audio from various media, like a USB player, or SD Card. And Unique to this EVO line, is Bluetooth Wireless so you can play your music off your smart phones in a Wireless Link via Bluetooth. For all these inputs available, it's called BTMI (BlueTooth Multi Input) for a reason.

It's not exactly cheap by any means of your imagination but it still pretty much cheaper than other high end solutions like those from Armageddon Series (A Collaboration between SonicGear and Armaggeddon Peripherals). Also, this is more for the mainstream user.

The Bad

Now there are some annoying things about the speakers. None of which are pretty major at best. However these are worth considering.

The LCD Screen is dimly lit and abit simplistic which cuts back on bling if 'bling'-ness is the name of the game that you seek.

Also an annoying thing is that every time you have to switch the speakers back on, you have to turn up your subwoofer again to your desired level. I guess the reason for you to do that is to protect your speakers in a way that you don't want to blow them out the split second you turn it on if you happen to be playing an audio file and your speakers are off.

It's kinda heavy to lug around so the Sonic Gear EVO 9 should be restricted to the use on your desk which of course, should obviously be a place for any speaker.

SUMMARY

The Sonic Gear EVO 9 is a high-end and impressive speakers for a mainstream user and ideal as a Gaming or a Home Theater Speaker set. Its power and imposing figure are not to be fucked around with.