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Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF) the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer and the Internet, announces the Creative Inspire 5.1 Console 5500D and the Creative Inspire 2.1 Console 2400 speaker systems. Designed for console gamers from the entry-level purchaser in search of award-winning quality and design to the hard-core enthusiast in search of a genuine, ultra-real and immersive audio experience, these powerful systems feature balanced mid-range output with a seamless blend between satellites and subwoofer. This smooth progression, combined with all-round power and high-impact bass, enables these systems to deliver the larger-than-life sound staging and detail needed to support the laser blasts, explosions, punches and body slams common in new-generation console game titles and DVD movies.

"These new console speakers from the award-winning Inspire family represent a quantum leap beyond the TV speakers used by many console gamers today," explains Andrew Barker, Brand Manager for Console Speakers with Creative Labs Europe. "TV speakers were fine when sound effects were in their infancy," he explains, "but now that today's hardware is so incredibly powerful and advanced, game creators are taking their sound effects to new levels of sophistication and reality, far outstripping the capabilities of standard speakers. When gamers connect to our new speakers instead, they will immediately be taken into a new dimension of immersion and involvement. Hearing is believing!"

The Creative Inspire 5.1 Console 5500D speaker system establishes a high-end benchmark in the console arena. Designed to deliver the ultimate Dolby Digital gaming and movie experience with Xbox® or PlayStation2®, it combines Creative's 20 years of Sound Blaster audio gaming expertise with the longstanding Cambridge SoundWorks tradition of hi-fi excellence. This powerful system, with 5 satellite speakers and amplified subwoofer, ensures ultimate thrills and the most realistic and immersive gaming and movie experience available, taking any console game or DVD movie to a new level of audio reality. The separate Dolby Digital decoder module is a special feature of this system. It is sleek, with a silver front panel plus exceptional all-round connectivity options that enable it to complement both the gaming and home audio/visual environments. The wireless remote control adds a further degree of comfort and convenience for the power user who wants total management of the entertainment experience.

The Creative Inspire 2.1 Console 2400 speaker system is available in three versions, for Xbox®, PlayStation2® and GameCube®. It is the right choice for home entertainment lovers with a gaming requirement. It puts them close to the heart of the action, delivering powerful, high-quality stereo audio that makes console games even more dramatic and adds a refreshing degree of clarity and focus to any gaming content. This superb system makes gaming more realistic, dramatic and enjoyable, while its advanced, durable 3-piece design features a heavily reinforced wood subwoofer for solid deep bass as well as two specially designed satellites.

"In the Inspire 5.1 Console 5500D we have a product that will transform the Dolby Digital gaming platform, giving the hardcore gamer an experience no other speakers can match," comments Andrew Barker. "In the Inspire 2.1 Console 2400 we offer the general user a powerful response that's way above entry-level, TV or generic speakers, yet priced at an extraordinarily competitive level," he adds.

"There's no doubt that these systems are perfect for the occasional or dedicated gamer … and their superb results with other audio inputs, like DVD players, makes them ideal for any home entertainment content."

 Creative Labs

Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF) is the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer and the Internet. Famous for its Sound Blaster and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed D.A.P Jukebox. The company's innovative hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet, enabling consumers to experience high-quality digital entertainment - anytime, anywhere.

Founded in 1981, Creative Technology's corporate headquarters are based in Singapore. Creative Labs Europe was established in 1993 to capture a bigger share of the growing European market. A fully fledged European operation was put in place by General Manager Michael Sullivan, with sales offices in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, UK, Benelux, Denmark, Sweden and Poland. Creative's European Operations and Technical Centre (EOTC) facility is based in Dublin, Ireland. The EOTC acts as the central hub to Creative Labs' European business, providing an efficient localised and customised product supply for the European market and customer support to complement sales office activities in several countries. The European operation currently employs around 500 staff.