I went to www.dell.com and checked the ACS-495 speakers. In the suport
section of Dell you can see all the specifications, graphics, photos and
troubleshooting FAQ's.
Actually the ACS-490 and ACS-495 are complitly DIFFERENT speakers. Just go
and check them. Different form. The 490 are only stereo soudn system. The
495 ones are Full Dolby Surroun speakers with 3D-sound and plenty of kewl
features. The volume can be adjusted on the pc AND on the speakers. It's
not only Volume on/off Bass and Treble. You can change about 15 different
things on the speaker (not software) and you can have 3 different sound
type, from *** to music, etc... You can have speakers on Surround mode,
Prologic, Stereo or Maunoral. Those can't be done on the ACS-490.
I know now why the 495 are like over 300$. They are deffintly a step higher
than the 490 (but still the 490 are AWESOME !!). Kewl feature for us, the
gamers. If you try to adjust the sound by the software, and you are playing
in a full-screen game, the speakers WILL know that you are playing and you
will not be able to switch the sound on the software. You call change soooo
many things on the speakers. There's LCD on those that indicates different
modes. You can change the sound for each individual speaker (4speakers and
subwoofer) on the right speaker. This is very kewl. It is probably the
biggest subwoofer I never saw. It's like big as a micro-wave ! ! :-)
Fran?ois Mnard,
"ymenard" on NROS
sponsored by http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>I'm planning on buying a Dell with a similar system config to yours, and
the
>only part I'm not sure about are the speakers. Do the software controls
for
>the ACS-495 work well? I'm a little hesitant to buy speakers that don't
>have a volume adjustment knob on them and that can only be adjusted through
>software. Software fails. I'm sure the sound is great...I'm just
wondering
>about the interface. thanks a lot
>Mike
>>Well at long last, lots of research, and questions answered by the good
>folks
>>of this NG I finally made up my mind.
>>I just hung up the phone with Dell after ordering a:
>>Pentium II 266
>>6.4 gig wide dma HD
>>Awe 64
>>17.9 in viewable monitor
>>Altec 495 surround sound w/ sub woofer
>>24x CD
>>STB 4 meg AGP video (will get a better card when new ones come out)
>>standard software package
>>I'm not bragging by no means-- I've been racing N1 while you guys been
>tearing
>>up the track on N2. The ol' 486 just couldn't handle it with more than 15
>cars
>>no graphics.
>>At any rate thanks to those who answered question for me, I appreciate
>it!!!
>>It's gonna take a few weeks to get it but, I've been waiting for 4 years
>what's
>>a couple laps, ...I mean weeks ;)
>>R. Faust
>>aka Xducer
