I bought these speakers because of all the good reviews it got, but I was very disappointed. I should have paid more attention to the picture before buying these. The use of push buttons to turn the volume up or down on speakers is way less effective than using a dial. When adjusting the volume on these speakers there is either a very slight volume change or a substantial one. There is no "quiet" level on these speakers either. Upon being turned on they start at a low to mid-range volume, then at a certain point they "jump" to a loud volume. Speakers with a dial are so much more logical because you can quickly and finely tune the volume from quiet to loud, and anywhere in between.
What was really disappointing was that these speakers don't even get that loud. Sometimes I have to put the speakers on max volume and they'll still be too quiet. They're still louder than my laptop's built-in speakers so they're not completely useless, but I'm sure there are other cheap speakers out there that are better than these.
EDIT: Upon writing this review I forgot to mention that these speakers wouldn't always work right away, but they did work after one or two times of unplugging them and plugging them back in. However, the next day after writing this review they just stopped working altogether. Now they are -completely- useless.
What was really disappointing was that these speakers don't even get that loud. Sometimes I have to put the speakers on max volume and they'll still be too quiet. They're still louder than my laptop's built-in speakers so they're not completely useless, but I'm sure there are other cheap speakers out there that are better than these.
EDIT: Upon writing this review I forgot to mention that these speakers wouldn't always work right away, but they did work after one or two times of unplugging them and plugging them back in. However, the next day after writing this review they just stopped working altogether. Now they are -completely- useless.
Getting a new laptop some time ago with Vista Home Premium is one of my nearly daily regrets. Vista is so finicky, so user-unfriendly and nearly adverse to any additions (software or hardware) we have attempted to add.
I was heartened to receive these speakers, noting it said "Vista compatible" on the box. We have a 17" Acer laptop that we were hoping to watch movies on at times, however the existing laptop speakers were totally unacceptable as far as any volume when playing any DVDs.
These however have made life wonderful! The sound is very decent (especially considering I paid less than $11 for them which included Free SuperSaver Shipping). I plugged them into a USB port and up popped a little window in the bottom right-hand section of the computer screen saying the system was installing them. Fifteen seconds later, the box indicated they had been installed successfully.
Upon inserting a movie DVD, the sound was not that loud at first, however was very adequate (and a huge improvement over the speakers in the laptop). However getting into the Control Panel (Sound), I found a new addition there for the recently installed Speakers ~ where I was easily able to add "Equaliziation" and the option of a few other settings ~ plus adjust the sound of them to full volume. Now, we seldom need to turn them up past the halfway point (either by using the controls on one of the speakers or using the on-screen controls). The "Equalization" option also seems to give them more oooomph/depth and seemed to add a little bass to them as well.
We have no problem with the sound of the music played on many of the DVD movies or any other sound for that matter. These are not high quality stereo speakers, they will not come close to imitating the sound/output of a boombox, but for the money, they put out a sound and volume far more than what we were expecting.
The USB connection allows the freedom of not having to plug them into a wall outlet, the wires on them (speaker to speaker and from the one speaker to the USB port) seem ample and then some for our particular needs. And they are a nice little size that is proprtionate to the laptop. Also stable, not top heavy or wobbly, they stay where you put them.
This is one of those products that I wish I had had the foresight to purchase long ago as they have definitely added to our DVD movie watching enjoyment. Amazon shipping as usual was fast and efficient. I plan on purchasing more of these for our other laptops as well.
I was heartened to receive these speakers, noting it said "Vista compatible" on the box. We have a 17" Acer laptop that we were hoping to watch movies on at times, however the existing laptop speakers were totally unacceptable as far as any volume when playing any DVDs.
These however have made life wonderful! The sound is very decent (especially considering I paid less than $11 for them which included Free SuperSaver Shipping). I plugged them into a USB port and up popped a little window in the bottom right-hand section of the computer screen saying the system was installing them. Fifteen seconds later, the box indicated they had been installed successfully.
Upon inserting a movie DVD, the sound was not that loud at first, however was very adequate (and a huge improvement over the speakers in the laptop). However getting into the Control Panel (Sound), I found a new addition there for the recently installed Speakers ~ where I was easily able to add "Equaliziation" and the option of a few other settings ~ plus adjust the sound of them to full volume. Now, we seldom need to turn them up past the halfway point (either by using the controls on one of the speakers or using the on-screen controls). The "Equalization" option also seems to give them more oooomph/depth and seemed to add a little bass to them as well.
We have no problem with the sound of the music played on many of the DVD movies or any other sound for that matter. These are not high quality stereo speakers, they will not come close to imitating the sound/output of a boombox, but for the money, they put out a sound and volume far more than what we were expecting.
The USB connection allows the freedom of not having to plug them into a wall outlet, the wires on them (speaker to speaker and from the one speaker to the USB port) seem ample and then some for our particular needs. And they are a nice little size that is proprtionate to the laptop. Also stable, not top heavy or wobbly, they stay where you put them.
This is one of those products that I wish I had had the foresight to purchase long ago as they have definitely added to our DVD movie watching enjoyment. Amazon shipping as usual was fast and efficient. I plan on purchasing more of these for our other laptops as well.
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