altec lansing avs 300 bass sounds slightly compressed but gives good midrange performance....
creative inspire 2.1 is bit more boomy then avs300 but overall avs 300 is the winner coz it never cracks even at extreme volumes....hallmark of altec lansing
whereas whole of this creative inspire series suffers from cracking sound at more then 60% of the volume....
also creative 2.1 lacks decent midrange quality....
so the choice is urs and yea if u can shell out 3K then look no further then ATP3
ENjoy...