Product Description

External Speakers for use with a Notebook PC / Portable / Powered by available USB connectivity port

Product Details

• Brand: Kensington
• Model: 33130
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.00" h x 4.00" w x 10.00" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• Portable, USB-powered laptop speakers
• Designed for use with digital sources such as CD, MP3, DVD
• No cumbersome power supply or batteries required
• Lightweight and compact for on-the-road enjoyment
• Rotary knob for easy volume adjustments

Amazon.com Product Description
Enliven your laptop listening with Kensington's compact, lightweight, folding portable speakers. Designed with digital media in mind, the speakers (model 33130) plug right into your USB 2.0 or 1.1 port, from which they derive all the power they need--no batteries or power cord required. Adjust volume up or down using the speakers' convenient rotary volume control.

What's in the Box
Speaker, a user's manual, and warranty info.

Customer Reviews

AT THIS PRICE - YOU CAN'T GO WRONG
I bought these speakers to use with my HP Pavilion Laptop computer to by-pass the tinny sounding laptop speakers. I just got them today and I am very pleased! They arrived in 2 days by UPS.

All you do is plug one USP plug into your laptop and the other end into the speakers. That's it! The 5 step installation process for Windows XP users, is simple and fast. In fact, if you just wait a few minutes, Windows XP may install it automatically for you. There are no power cords or anything else to bother with. Each speaker is about the size of a music cassette, so opened up it would be like 2 cassettes side by side.

I am very pleased with the sound since it picks up nuances in the music that the laptop speakers miss. I think most people will be pleased with the quality, unless you are an audiophile. There is an occasional, SLIGHT distortion with some sounds, but not enough of a distortion to bother me. The volume range is just right and you can hear it at the other end of the room. (Just don't expect it to be as loud as a boom box.)

Two very cool things about these speakers. 1) The USB cord self retracts into this little spool to make things tidy. 2) The corners of the speakers have these blue LED lights that glow when you've connected the speakers to your laptop. (They look great at night.) A couple of bonus features I didn't expect.

In summary, for this very reasonable price, you can't go wrong. I only wish I had bought these a year ago, instead of waiting so long.

Not good enough
These really have no bass and very light midrange, can't handle much volume. They sound bad at all volumes, but sound really terrible as the volume gets loud.

They sound pretty much like average built-in laptop speakers SHOULD sound. If you have EXCEPTIONALLY crappy built-in laptop speakers, like I do, these will improve things to where it sounds like just normally crappy laptop speakers.

Waste of money, really. Wish I hadn't bought them. Can't recommend them.

USBeware
When I tried the Kensington speakers on my new Toshiba laptop,
I found the sound quality poor with the sound cutting out. I hooked them into an older Compaq laptop and they worked fine. I
ended up buying portable speakers from Sharper Image that are powered by USB, but the sound comes through the earphone jack--
and they work great with deep, rich sound. USB sound is undependable, unless you already know that your computer puts out good sound this way.