I disagree as you've just proved my points in my opinion. You talk of the cheap USB speakers at $20.00 being a load of junk? Well their's no disputing that but have you heard a cheap $20.00 pair of speakers these days that connect to a sound card or Ipod and which are powered by mains power? I think you'll be quite impressed, no doubt about it we own the computer industry a lot when it comes to the way speakers have progressed in the last 10 or so years.
I bought a $20.00 pair of Logitech 2.1 speakers not long ago, the sound out of those is just fantastic. Now getting back to the topic of USB speakers? I have a set of USB speakers here which I use for my Mac, wonderful things but they are powered by mains power though the computer recognises them as a sound card or device, 100 watts per channel and you certainly won't! get that amount of power through a USB port alone if its going to provide power to your speakers. On 24/02/2011, at 11:00 AM, Barry Chapman wrote: > Well despite what you say, as mentioned in my message, the Rock 302G speakers > sound remarkably good for their size and I would be > happy if I could get something else that sounded as good. Most of the USB > speakers are aimed at the cheap end of the market (around > $20 or so) and all that I have heard so far other than the Rock 302G are a > heap of junk. > > Regards, > Barry Chapman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:25 AM > Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers > > > Well in my experience with USB speakers you're not going to have all your > criteria met particularly when it comes to your third > point. > > USB ports from a computer only give a very small amount of power and in some > cases hardly any at all, that's why USB hubs come with > power supplies to make more power available. > > Hard drives for example only take a fraction of power that USB speakers may > require and even then! USB ports may not have enough > power to run them properly. > > > On 24/02/2011, at 10:13 AM, Barry Chapman wrote: > >> Please can anyone advice me of USB computer speakers which meet the >> following criteria. >> >> 1. Must be powered via USB. >> >> 2. The sound source must be via USB, that is, not a separate lead into the >> audio output jack of the computer. >> >> 3. The sound quality must be good with a reasonable amount of base. >> >> I have one set which satisfy my requirements, but am wanting to buy another >> set. The ones I have are the Rock USB speakers 302G, >> but they apparently have been discontinued. >> >> I purchased a different set on spec over the Internet, the Gigabyte GP-S4600 >> 2.0 Speaker - USB Bus-Powered Audio System, but >> didn't >> discover until I received them that only the power is via the USB port. >> Apart from this, to adequately describe what I think of >> the >> sound quality, I would need to use language which is not suitable for the >> list. >> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Barry Chapman > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
