i have Frontech 2.2 ch set, not satisfied with this one, bought Altec Lansing VS2621 set which has very good or excellent reviews on the net.
First of all, does that frontech unit has 2 satellites & 2 subwoofers??
If not, its a 2.0 unit.
Older generic speakers were good.. I'm talking about those which existed in late 90s..
I had a mercury 2.1(don't remember the model) in 1997 which sounded very pleasant and can max out vol.+bass+treble w/o any distortion & w/o hurting the ears with harshness..
Today i see a very few speakers that can max out w/o distortion or hurting your ears...
though some may still said that VS2621 is the much better choice on due to its brands.
Choosing a speaker based on the brand is not at all advised & VS2621 is not recommended for the brand, but for the price/performance...
In my opinion the Altec only give good boom boom sound, but the frontech give nice natural sound. Have tested with both music & movies. The over all volume for Altec is slightly louder.
Again, a speaker should not be judged by its manufacturer..
I myself use a VS4121 which i'll recommend(if available) over any 2.1s upto 4K.
Having said that, VS4621 is a bad unit for 3K. Both these speakers are from the same manufacturers, also it is said that 4621 is the successor of 4121..
I my opinion when buying speaker the size of Satellite speakers also matters, it should be of bigger size than small to get naturalistic sound.
True, not only size but material used, build quality, volume inside the satellites, design, etc. also matters..
Hope, cheap generic brands like Intex were more vfm in the budget category though they are not perfect, they give much better audio in the sub 2500 categories.
They are absolute cr@p when it comes to sound
quality..