Customer Reviews

COBY CS-P44 Amplified Stereo Speaker w/DBBS

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I bought this speakers two days back for my laptop. I normally watch movies on my laptop and wanted to have speakers which are not expensive as well as they should have decent voice output. So I looked here in Amazon and found out about this product. I have Coby's handsfree for my cellphone which was excellent so I decided to buy this Portable Amplified Speakers.
Lookwise its pretty cool as well as its extendable speaker is also very neat. It has DC (6V) input as well as 4 AA batteries compartment (Batteries are not included).
So I charged my AA batteries and started listening the speakers and was surprised with the quality. I mean ofcourse you arent going to get Boss Speakers quality but for $11 bucks ?? oh well.
The only down side of this spearkers are they dont provide Power Adapter for the DC input connection.

Other then that.. I would definately recommend this item.

I purchased these not expecting much at all due to the low price, however, they're much worse than I could ever have imagined. The static makes them a burden to listen to. I tried adjusting the WMP's equalizer for about an hour to no avail. Unfotunately, I'm stuck with them because the shipping to return would almost be as much as the price. Oh well, lesson learned!!

Might I say, however, this rating is for the Speakers and not Amazon - Amazon would get a 5 Star from me everytime!!

I bought these at least 6 years ago, and they still work like they did when I got them. They have survived a 600 mile move, and several 100 mile moves, because they have a metal grill covering the speakers. I can't say the same for a $30 pair of creative speaker I have that died after 100 miles because their cones were exposed.

These speakers can work without battery power, but your volume will be controlled only by the volume of your device if you do so. For $10, you can buy a universal AC adapter that can work with this. The sound quality isn't great, it's missing a lot of lower end, and middle could be better. Hey, I bought it for 5 or 10 bucks at the time, I can't complain. They still sound better than laptop speakers could ever hope to, and provide enough volume for personal use.

I recently got a THX certified set of speakers with a sub, but they could use more upper end. My solution? Continue to use these via a splitter so I get perfect sound quality. I also use these at night, when I don't need the boomy bass set of speakers that suck energy, I just need 8 watts of background sound (for a penny a month's worth of electricity).

If you want great sound quality, don't be such a cheapo and go buy some real speakers with a sub that's bigger than three inches wide for $100+. If you want something to listen to on a budget, these aren't bad.