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
