Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers (Black)
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Customer Review: Find Something Better
Summary: 2 Stars
I haven't done my research in USB speakers, so I don't know how these compare to other ones on the market, but for the $70.00 or so I paid for them, it's not worth it in my opinion. Two things I could say. The first is that I had a pair of $14.00 dollar speakers that were louder than these, so I'm not satisfied with the sound capability. The volume is not bad, you can get just shy of loud if you're in front of your computer, but when you really want to rock out a song, or listen to your computer from the other room, they are just not up to the task. Probably not good speakers for anyone in their 20's who likes to really play their music. And furthermore, when they do get loud they start to shake and travel. They'll move right off your table if you're not careful. I find that very annoying. If you buy these speakers, be prepared to weigh them down with sandbags or something heavy. The second complaint I have is that after they rattled off the table one day, the speaker inside both came loose and made all sorts of horrendous noise afterward when trying to play them. I had to open them up and superglue them back together. Not very good construction if you ask me.Customer Review: Perfect laptop Speakers for Presentations
Summary: 5 Stars
A unique product that does what is was designed for very very well. Most laptops have horrible sound, no bass, easily distorted, and insufficient volume.
There are tons of portable speaker choices that require batteries or an AC power supply, but as someone who makes frequent sales and training presentations always worry if my batteries will die or if I will forget the adapter or can find an outlet close by. When setting up for a presentation I want everything to work with as little hassle as possible. Why worry about your speakers?
These work with no external power, and the bare minimum of wires for quick set up. The included case is very tough. The speakers are not tiny, but are very light weight.
The sound, Outstanding for voices, dialog, sound effects, pretty good for music too. Plenty of undistorted volume for a good size classroom or conference room. The controls for volume/mute/pause are right on the speakers so their is no hunting for keyboard shortcuts during your presentation. These are the perfect companion for folks who use portable projectors.
Highly recommended for those who have the need.
Customer Review: Excellent for what they're meant for
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't think i've ever been moved to write a product review before, but i love these things. They're the perfect addition to a laptop. No bothering with a transformer and a bunch of wires...you can plug in just one, if you're working with mono or both if you need stereo. Run off USB power. Plug it in and go. The carrying case is cool, they're light (and if you want really light, just take one), the sound is pretty good (though obviously this isn't audiophile stuff), and they can get loud. Decent bass for something this size and price range. You'll get some distortion if you drive them too hard, so don't. I use my laptop for a lot of digital audio editing, and i picked these up to help teach a class on editing, and i really needed a way that the class could hear what we're doing, and these fit the bill perfectly...be nice to have a tone or bass adjustment, but that's no big deal (you can use an equalizer on the cptr). Overall, a great product. One funny thing...if you have them loud, on the right surface, playing something with a lot of bass, they'll wander around like those clay-mation figures...set them on a magazine and you're fine...Customer Review: Not great but...
Summary: 3 Stars
So far I've been underwhelmed by the product, but I'm not at all sure it's because of the product or my laptop. After listening to a variety of small portable iPod speakers in the Apple store, I expected a similar result from this unit but did not find that to be true. Also, I get a bit of popping and noise from the USB supplied audio, and I've read in other reviews that this can be a problem with laptop computers and USB sound. Using the headphone jack to supply the sound while still tapping the USB port for power would likely eliminate this problem. But that may not be fair criticism of the product given that ANY USB fed audio device might suffer the same problem on my set up. Of more concern to me was the near total lack of ability to produce bass that these, comparatively LARGE, portable speakers seem to suffer. Now I didn't expect much so please don't count me a fool! But I did hope for a listening experience that would match what I was hearing in the Apple store with the portable iPod speakers. Nope, I don't think Logitech has managed it. In the end, these ARE much better than the laptop speakers however, I must honestly admit that.Customer Review: Good Portable Speakers but not Stellar by any means!
Summary: 3 Stars
I travel quite a bit and I needed something easy to carry around to add a little oomph to my laptop. You can only listen to laptop speakers for so long! I work for the railroad, so I have limited space in my grip. These speakers fill the bill--nice case, not too large, and in the hotel room, they sound pretty good. They do lack considerably on the bass end of things and they are not that powerful. I had originally been using Bose Companion II speakers, which are not as easy to tote around, but they sound great and have great bass as well, but let's be fair, Bose CII are bigger speakers and have their own power supply, and they are considerably heavier. I gave those to my son and purchased these. For the frequent traveler, these USB powered speakers do the job, just don't expect audiophile quality. They do seem to sound better run through Winamp as opposed to other Windows based players as the sound can be "fine tuned" through various plug-ins offered by Winamp. Overall, for what they are--portable, small speakers--they do the job, just don't crank the volume up too much or you will certainly get distortion.