Verbatim Portable USB Speakers

by Verbatim

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EA3MUQ
• Item model number: 95221
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2007

Product Description

Portable USB speakers offer a simple and sleek audio enhancing solution. Amplify your favorite MP3s, CDs and DVDs. Use the easy touch volume buttons to increase, decrease and mute your music or sound. Powered by a USB retractable cable. No batteries or power cords are required. The LED status light indicator will alert you if the speakers are properly connected to your notebook. If the LED is blue, the speakers are activated. If the LED is red, the speakers mute button has been activated. Just plug and play.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great solution for a blown audio circuit on a laptop motherboard!, January 20, 2008

By 

Craig Clontz (Metaluna) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verbatim Portable USB Speakers (Personal Computers)

The audio went out on my son's laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100) and since audio circuit is integrated with the motherboard, the only solution at first seemed a complete motherboard replacement. Fortunately, I found these USB speakers that provide a workable solution. Beware - many *other* "USB" speakers are only USB-powered and you still have to plug an audio cable into the analog audio output jack of your computer. That was not a solution in our case because the audio output was fried. However, *these* speakers are purely USB connected, incorporating a USB-interfaced digital to analog audio circuit right in the speaker housing. The speakers were automatically recognized as an external USB audio device by Windows XP as soon as we plugged them in, and he once again has sound output from his laptop!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, August 10, 2007

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K. McQuade (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Verbatim Portable USB Speakers (Personal Computers)

I bought this speaker for my laptop. When watching DVDs, the volume has never been sufficient. The speaker is great and really enhaces the sound. You can also control the volume right from the speaker itself.
I would recommend this to anyone.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Design, Loud, ok sound, January 30, 2008

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A. Tatarsky (Portola Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Verbatim Portable USB Speakers (Personal Computers)

I bought these speakers for my MacBook.
1) The design is great, with the retractable USB cord that can be hidden totally inside. They're very light & seem sturdy.
2) The volume is very good. The internal speakers at full volume are the same as these at 1/4 volume.
3) Sound quality is ok. The internal speakers sound slightly better at the same volume. These are fine for casual listening but they sound a little more tinny than the internals. That said, the extra volume more than makes up for this. With these speakers one can hear music right across the house.
4) Mute key & volume controls on the speaker are good. Curiously, on the MacBook they work even when the built-in speakers are selected.

Also, after selecting these speakers, unplugging them reverts to the internal speakers, then reconnect the USB and they're again automatically selected which is nice - rather than having to go to System Preferences every time. Also very nice, the Mac remembers volume and mute separately for the internal & USB speakers, so re-connect them and the volume is where you left it for these speakers, not where you had the internal speakers set.

Bottom line: not for audiophiles, but for casual music, Skype/iChat, etc. these things are great and provide all the volume, portability and convenience one could want.