C Crane Company PS2 SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker (Blue)

by C.Crane

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AL6NVO
• Item model number: PS2
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The SoftSpeaker is the first pillow speaker designed, not just to go under your pillow, but to sit right on your pillow closer to your ear so you can keep the volume really low where only you can hear it. Designed with a high-quality pillow speaker and encased in a soft, padded foam. All covered in a teddy-bear soft cover that is so plush you can rest your ear right on it. Just plut it into the headphone jack of any radio, put the speaker on your pillow, and enjoy some of the highest music and voice fidelity available in a pillow speaker.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

77 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Gone through 4 of these... they keep breaking, September 2, 2007

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Michael Dutch "Mike" (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C Crane Company PS2 SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker (Blue) (Electronics)

They sound OK for talk radio and you can place it near your ear as well as under the pillow if you want. The downside is that they break easily... I've gone through 4 of these over the past year which is getting rather annoying. One pair just stopped working after about 3 months. The others have cords that don't connect to the speaker well... you can get sound out of them if you hold the wire just right but there's clearly a break in the connection somewhere. I like the design but after 4 of these I've decided I should spend my money on something that actually lasts longer than a few months!

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March 31 2010 Update
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I've got to hand it to John at CCRANE. He called me up, told me they changed manufacturers, and sent me the new version. I've had it for over a month now and so far so good. I'm extra careful now when taking the speakers out from under the pillow in the morning so as not to strain the speaker/cable connection. I've tried other brands of speaker pillows (my wife doesn't listen to Coast so I've got to keep it quiet at night!) and this is the best design I've found (small/soft cover... could listen to it directly on the ear) so I'm glad I tried it again. Until a better product comes along I'll now recommend this brand... just be sure to put it away each morning so it doesn't get damaged by pets or house cleaners running a vacuum! Thanks John!

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great product, October 22, 2007

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Chris Ruwoldt "Audio book fanatic" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C Crane Company PS2 SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker (Blue) (Electronics)

I have been using Softspeaker Pillow Speakers for a few years now and I have found them far superior to any product, and I have tried a few. I use them to listen to audio books on my iPod each night. This is a great technique for distracting my mind from thinking about all those day-today worries that used to keep me awake.

Mind you, it has to be an audio book that I have already listened to in the car or whilst out walking - its no good falling asleep whilst listening to a new book and waking up having to find the exact same spot in the book you were at when you fell asleep!

The weak point in the design is thcable connection to the speaker, which is where the unit ultimately fails, but hey, that connection does get a fair beating over time. In this respect using this in bed is very different than wearing headphones whilst out walking. The cable connection does suffer with all that tossing and turning. I always have a spare so that when one fails I have a new one to switch to, because as I said before, this is by far the best product of its type on the market and I couldn't be without one!

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great start, poor finish., May 11, 2007

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Eric (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C Crane Company PS2 SoftSpeaker Pillow Speaker (Blue) (Electronics)

Loved this pillow speaker for a couple years up to now. It has superior sound quality, even through a pillow, but I have no choice but to question the quality of the cord and connection to the speaker itself. My cord has recently "snapped" from the base of the speaker, leaving it worthless. It has not been subjected to anything other than general use and good care, so it's ultimately a disappointment.