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post #1 of 11
8/12/04 at 7:25pm
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i was looking for portable speakers for my notebook, something small but still gives out a nice bass

i was thinking of the creative travelsound
but i was just wondering what else was on the market

any ideas?

thanks!


im goign to college and i just want speakers that can juice out enough sound to sound nice but wont be a whole lot of cords in my room
thanks!
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post #2 of 11
8/12/04 at 8:04pm
investing in a pair of good headphones doesn't hurt, or you can look around for some of those USB-powered options (look a few pages back on this forum)..they are pretty nice.
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post #3 of 11
8/12/04 at 8:17pm
FYI, Nice bass and portable do not go well together.
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post #4 of 11
8/12/04 at 10:56pm
Aye, you need a sub for good bass. Adding a sub to a system means two things:

1) More wires
2) xportability.
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post #5 of 11
8/12/04 at 11:37pm
Abf has the right idea. Get some good headphones. (Grado or Seinheiser)
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post #6 of 11
8/13/04 at 10:51am
lol you guys always push headphones when people ask for speaker solutions.

Here's the thread http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=35782 on mobile speakers. I don't pretend that they have perfect bass, but some actually do sound pretty good.

If you're mostly going to be in the dorm room, though, get a 2.1 solution, like Creative's SBS350.
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post #7 of 11
8/13/04 at 11:05am
Ya! Thats because the moblie type speakers just sound so pitiful =(

I guess im a quasi sound nut though, so im biased.
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post #8 of 11
8/13/04 at 1:02pm
HotAir Stereo subwoofer system
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post #9 of 11
8/13/04 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by Azazello
Of course, you can't trust specs like that. They didn't give the RMS power output, so the 35watt rating is peak output. Also there is no rating of THD, so you can expect a lot of distortion from these at high volumes. The frequency response is not measured at all, probably. They simply put 20Hz-20kHz because that it seems ideal. No 5 inch convention cone speaker in the world can produce a flat frequency response across the entire range of human hearing.
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post #10 of 11
8/13/04 at 1:57pm
For portability the only real solution are headphones. My laptop bag already has paper, pen, mouse, cd case, power cord, usb memory card... etc... its much easier to throw into that mix some headphones than actualy speakers... Plus my headphones sound better than any speaker ive ever listened to...

Oh and im guessing your roomate will appreciate headphones more than speakers as well...

I do have a three set Altec Lansing speaker system i bought for $130 like two years ago that i use for external speakers.
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post #11 of 11
8/16/04 at 1:32pm
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Originally Posted by angrytimmah
i was looking for portable speakers for my notebook, something small but still gives out a nice bass

i was thinking of the creative travelsound
but i was just wondering what else was on the market

any ideas?

thanks!


im goign to college and i just want speakers that can juice out enough sound to sound nice but wont be a whole lot of cords in my room
thanks!
those aren't too bad, and for the price, i don't think you can beat it. altec also has one (designed for the ipod) which sounds even better.
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