Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-03-20 Thread Barry Chapman
useful from it using JAWS. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: "Robert Logue" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers Hi Barry. I just heard about a new totally digital streemin

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-03-20 Thread Robert Logue
The Qubik are ac powered but I believe the Musik are usb powered. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers If its the pair I'm thinking of then

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-03-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
design but I don't have info on them now. > > > Bob > > - Original Message - From: "Barry Chapman" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:10 AM > Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers > > &g

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-03-20 Thread Robert Logue
al design but I don't have info on them now. Bob - Original Message - From: "Barry Chapman" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:10 AM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers Dane, The point you are missing here is that I ha

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-24 Thread Robert doc Wright
y Chapman" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers 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

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-24 Thread Barry Chapman
judge for yourself. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 1:56 PM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers Yep, thank you for underscoring the point I've been trying

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, thank you for underscoring the point I've been trying to make, any good USB speakers - I think the one's I spoke of earlier are Bose - need that extra power from the wall. Having said all that though it may be that some new speaker models out there use digital amps, that being the case the

RE: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-23 Thread Hamit Campos
The ones I have which are the Bose Companion 5 multi media speakers do meet 2 of the things you need. They sound really good for speakers that are kind of small, and you only use the USB for the audio output. Sadly though you do nead to plug them into the wall. Other then that they are pretty good.

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
uot;Dane Trethowan" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-23 Thread Barry Chapman
heard so far other than the Rock 302G are a heap of junk. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers Well in my experien

Re: Advice wanted on USB speakers

2011-02-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
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