These speakers are a handy little pair -- they put out decent quality of sound for their size and price, and the volume capacity is excellent for a one bedroom apartment. (You probably couldn't DJ any sweet rave parties with them, but I've yet to need to crank them up all the way, even for a few of my weirdly quiet DVDs, so I'd say they're plenty loud. They definitely beat out my in-laptop speakers, several times over.)
The bass isn't the most clearly articulated sound in the world; I haven't had any problems with fuzziness or crackling, or really anything that would distract from tv/video/movie viewing, but there's definitely a certain level of crispness that they don't achieve. If you're a really picky audiophile, though, you're probably not going to be buying $15 speakers, and for your basic "I want to be able to listen to things with a decent sound quality at a reasonably high volume" needs, they're great.
Also: if you knock them off of a table two days after you get them and they hit a wood floor and the front metal grill pops off, you can just snap the grill back in place, and they still work perfectly well. At least, in my experience.
The bass isn't the most clearly articulated sound in the world; I haven't had any problems with fuzziness or crackling, or really anything that would distract from tv/video/movie viewing, but there's definitely a certain level of crispness that they don't achieve. If you're a really picky audiophile, though, you're probably not going to be buying $15 speakers, and for your basic "I want to be able to listen to things with a decent sound quality at a reasonably high volume" needs, they're great.
Also: if you knock them off of a table two days after you get them and they hit a wood floor and the front metal grill pops off, you can just snap the grill back in place, and they still work perfectly well. At least, in my experience.
I purchased these speakers to use at work because I didn't need anything fancy. They worked fine for about 3 weeks until one day I turned them on and they made a constant loud buzzing noise. I tried other outlets and nothing worked. I noticed that some people were having the same issue. I guess you pay for what you get.
A word of advice to some that seem to have buzzing and humming problems. Lots of times you need to adjust the settings on your sound card (built in or otherwise) when switching speakers. Make sure you haven't got a simple setting that is making them sound bad. Mine sounded really lousy at first, gave a horrible echo and barely had any volume. I was about ready to trash them when I started looking at my integrated sound device's adjustments. I made a simple adjustment (went from some equalizer type setting to "none") and lo and behold, good sound!
Once in a while a company will manufacture a truly excellent product, then sell it at a bargain basement price. That marketing strategy captures the favorable attention of the mass of consumers, and is thus profitable in the long run. Logitech displays that fine strategy with its S120 speakers, which are inexpensive but first-rate.
As a fan of classical music, which has the widest range of dynamics and frequency, I can recognize good speakers when I hear them; and the S120's are among the best. They catch every aspect of the music beautifully. Far from being "tinny," as a few tone-deaf reviewers have suggested, the S120's have a rather mellow tone, with just an underlying hint of crispness. They can do justice to any music that I'm familiar with, no matter what the instruments or combo.
Finally, these miniature speakers even look appealing: they've a nice, subtle line about them, which looks good beside a laptop. In brief, the S120's constitute a rarity among accessories: they're actually a wise purchase.
As a fan of classical music, which has the widest range of dynamics and frequency, I can recognize good speakers when I hear them; and the S120's are among the best. They catch every aspect of the music beautifully. Far from being "tinny," as a few tone-deaf reviewers have suggested, the S120's have a rather mellow tone, with just an underlying hint of crispness. They can do justice to any music that I'm familiar with, no matter what the instruments or combo.
Finally, these miniature speakers even look appealing: they've a nice, subtle line about them, which looks good beside a laptop. In brief, the S120's constitute a rarity among accessories: they're actually a wise purchase.
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