You don’t get to see real high-quality speakers coming from obscure Chinese manufacturers that often. Once in a while, however, you might find out that Chinese speaker manufacturers aren’t that lousy. Just recently, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Microlab. Their products get positive reviews all the way and these products come at a very competitive price. Most of Micrlab products are 2.0 or 2.1 systems, but I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at what they are offering in the 5.1 category. Their best system in this category seems to be the X27 HOME THEATER SYSTEM.

Microlab did a pretty good job going for an ultra sleek look for this system. The casual movie watcher will be pleased with this one, but Microlab actually recommends it for serious audiophiles. The system features slim front and surround speakers that are perfectly suited for either floor-standing or wall-mounted applications. Each satellite integrates a high-quality 1” domed-tweeter flanked by twin 3”midrange drivers designed by Mr. Peter Larsen. Profound bass frequencies are smoothly handled bya responsive 8” subwoofer. The system also comes standard with a remote control and digital display to facilitate a more comfortable interaction.

Here are some other important features:

- Volume is controlled by 6 channels motor potentiometer
- A perfect acoustic effect could be reached if connected to the
audio source with AC-3 or DTS decoder.
- Enhanced subwoofer with acoustic Air Flow Design to reach
a powerful bass performance.
- Magnetically shielded satellites.

Additional tech specs include:

- Power Output: 110W + 32Wx5 RMS
- Frequency Response: Subwoofer 20Hz~150Hz
Satellite 150Hz~20KHz
- Input Sensitivity : 380mV
- Harmonic Distortion: 0.3% 1W 1KHz
- S/N: >80dB
- Separation: >40dB
- Speaker unit: Subwoofer 8" 4Ω
Satellite 3" 4Ωx2 +1" 6Ω (magnetcally shielded)
- Audio Input: RCA
- Audio Output : Socket
- Product size:(DxWxH)
(Subwoofer) 500x205x350mm
(Satellite) 110x100x280mm

Microlab commercializes its products in Europe mostly. The X27 system costs around $417.