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Daz
01-12-2006, 18:03
... But they dont need to be particularly tiny, nor be able to run of batteries. I love my laptop, it's great. But my god are the speakers awful. Any sort of volume and there's distortion, and the general quality of them is pretty darn poor even at low volumes. Doesn't affect what I use it for most of the time of course, but there have been/will be occasions where using it for various media on the move would be handy.

Dont suppose any of you audio type people could point me in the right direction? A decent brand would be a good place to start :)
Will
01-12-2006, 18:40
It depends how much depth you want - you can get desktop speakers which will be separately amplified and sound pretty decent, or get some which are passive which obviously won't sound quite as good.

Here's one from Logitech I've used before - they're not bad, not hifi quality, but they're better than laptop speakers.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/GB/EN,CRID=2661,CONTENTID=10786

Altec Lansing do a decent range of stuff,

http://www.alteclansing.co.uk/products.php

I had a pair of XT1 USB speakers - they were pretty decent and didn't need batteries, and were loud enough to fill a hotel room without distorting. Unfortunately I dropped one in the bath and it er... never really recovered :( They were not by any means phenomenal - but they did a decent job. My current laptop actually has decent speakers, but they just don't go loud enough - oh it's decent in volume, but not loud enough to make you want to turn it down...

Then you start going onto iPod accessories and you start paying a premium for it or desktop speakers which then become less portable or more of a pain.
Daz
01-12-2006, 21:52
Cheers dude, gives me somewhere to start :)
Daz
01-12-2006, 22:35
You know, those XT1's can be found for half the price on their site now, and the reviews look great. Think I may order a pair :)
Will
02-12-2006, 10:14
I really liked mine - chalk and cheese compared to laptop speakers and very portable too. :) As I said they're not phenomenal, but definitely a vast improvement of laptop speakers - plus they are USB powered too which is always nice.
Daz
02-12-2006, 16:57
Ordered, I'll let you know how I get on :)
Burble
02-12-2006, 20:37
I've been meaning to get some portable speakers for ages. The speaker (yes, singluar) on my D400 is utter crap so I usually use my earphones when watching DVDs.
Daz
02-12-2006, 20:39
If I bring my laptop to Swansea I'll bring these too so you can have a butchers.
Burble
02-12-2006, 20:41
Good lad :)
Dymetrie
02-12-2006, 23:40
Good girl :)

Fixed :p
Zirax
03-12-2006, 00:01
Fixed :p

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Daz
06-12-2006, 19:41
Putting them through their paces now, really impressed so far. The quality is excellent and the volume more than I was expecting. I've not pushed them as far as they'll go yet because they're just loud enough :|

Hopefully I'll bring them next week to get me in the mood when I'm getting ready :D
Mark
06-12-2006, 20:21
I'll request a demo too. If they're more portable than my Creative portable speakers, then I may be interested. :)
Will
07-12-2006, 01:30
Putting them through their paces now, really impressed so far. The quality is excellent and the volume more than I was expecting. I've not pushed them as far as they'll go yet because they're just loud enough :|

Hopefully I'll bring them next week to get me in the mood when I'm getting ready :D

Glad to hear it. :) Thank god I didn't recommend you crap eh ;) :p I really need to get mine replaced (they're still under warranty).