The SBS A35 is one of the budget speakers from Creative. Apparently these speakers fall in the same market range that is filled with those little plastic speaker boxes that hardly sound anything decent and the woofers tears itself to shreds in a few months. That is where the negative thoughts end. Creative has pulled off a reasonably admirable job with these pair. Out right it claims to be 2 watts RMS. Understandably these speakers are not meant to be the center of entertainment system. As a sound outlet for a desktop system of an office or a home system where users will not demand ear shattering sound, the A35 will do just fine.
So what is it like?
Physically they are light weight, and look wise they appear reasonably friendly. Sound wise - well you get your 2 Watts worth and then some! There is no real bass as such but there is plenty of loudness, enough that you might have to scream should you want to talk over the sound that these speakers can make. The treble is also touch a bit weak, however the sound quality is clear enough. And as for the functional features, there is the power and volume, and that's it.
Now, we had the privilege of using these speakers for our own office. They were good choice as they hardly take up much power thus are a bit green too. And more importantly, over the months and months of use, the sound quality did not deteriorate. When we unpacked a new pair the old ones were comparably equal in sound loudness and quality.
All up, for a pair costing below $20, there probably are not many speakers out there to match. As for the long term usability, the A35 lived up the the name of its manufacturer - CREATIVE
