The computer technologies really advanced in the last decades, and today we can find very small and light computers  (the notebooks ) that are also very powerful and capable of doing advanced tasks. Along with the evolution of the computer, all of its components advanced too. For example the monitors got thinner and thinner, the video cards got more and more advanced, the hard drives became bigger, the mice and keyboards can be wireless and so on.



And it’s the same with the computer speakers. Not only that some models are really small, and also powerful and capable of giving a good sound but some speakers are now wireless. So you don’t have to worry anymore about the length of the audio cable, and you can place the speakers anywhere you want in the room and be sure that you have the best sound possible. But you can go even further and place the speakers in other rooms of your house.

When buying some wireless speakers they will come with a transmitter, which has to stay near the computer. Every transmitter has a specific range (for example 100 feet) and you will have to keep the speakers into that range. So this means that you can even take the speakers outside the house, and they will still work.

There are many advantages for the wireless speakers but there are also negative aspects. Since they are quite new on the market, the wireless technology is not perfect yet. So it may happen that some wireless speakers may interfere with other devices from your home, and the sound won’t be crystal clear. Also specified maximum range of the speakers may vary depending on the environment.

For example if you have thick walls or many other obstacles in the house, it will be more difficult for the sound waves to travel, and they won’t reach as far as they should. But anyway…if you don’t want to be restrained by the wires and you wish to have total freedom when choosing where to place your speakers, then you can buy some wireless ones.

Now let’s discuss about a specific model of wireless speakers, and we’ll choose the mimi Wireless USB Speaker System. This is quite an interesting product but it is a wireless speaker but can also be considered an USB speaker. And this is because the transmitter is actually a very small device that needs to be plugged into an USB port. It looks just like a USB stick. So you can connect this device to your computer or notebook and then take the very small speaker anywhere you want. So you can enjoy your favorite music in the bedroom, living room, kitchen and even in the bathroom.

Simply connect the USB stick and then play your favorite music files. The speaker can last for up to 6 hours so you will have a lot of time to relax and enjoy your favorite music anywhere in the house. And once the battery runs out, you can simply recharge it via USB. The range for the transmitter is 50 m, so if you have it in this range you can even take the speaker outside the house.

As you can notice the speaker is quite really small, and also good looking and the sound offered will be good too. The price for this device is 52 dollars, which is not that much compared to other wireless speakers. So enjoy it, and if you bough a mini Wireless USB Speaker System just share all your opinions with us, no matter if they are positive or negative.

Best Buy is a big retailer from the United States of America that is specialized in consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1983 and since then it continued to grow and to develop. Today it operates in other countries too, such as Canada, Mexico, China and Turkey selling many products and making millions of dollars of profit. Best Buy even has its exclusive brand of products and this is called Insignia.



This brand was made to bring well designed products at affordable prices to the customers of Best Buy. Among the products made by Insignia there are TV-s, Blu ray disc players, home theater systems, speakers and more. Today we’ll focus on just one type of products from this company, and we’ll discuss about some Insignia computer speakers. We’ll begin with the Insignia 2.1 computer speaker system that has a price of 70 dollars.

The design of this 2.1 system is quite very nice, and both the two satellites and the subwoofer are looking good. They look like they are really powerful speakers that will offer a great sound. They are not that powerful to rock your house, but they are not very quiet either. They have a total power of 38 watts RMS, which are divided into 22 watts RMS for the subwoofer and 8 watts RMS for each satellite speaker.

So you will have quite a nice sound, with a deep and powerful bass from the subwoofer and good mid and high range sounds from the satellites. Both of the small speakers are magnetically shielded so that you can place them close to a monitor or TV , without interfering with it. One of these speakers also has the controls for the system, including the button for power, volume and treble. The knob to control the volume of the bass is located on the subwoofer. It can be connected to a computer, laptop, but also to other music sources (CD, DVD or MP3 player) and even to iPods. And it also has a headphones jack for the times when you want to enjoy some music by yourself.

And now here are the technical details for this 2.1 audio system: Warranty Terms – Parts - 1 year limited; Product Height - Satellites: 7.25 "; subwoofer: 10 "; Product Width - Satellites: 3.4 "; subwoofer: 7.25 "; Product Weight - Satellites: 2 lbs.; subwoofer: 10 lbs.; Product Depth - Satellites: 4.25 "; subwoofer: 8 "; Speaker Configuration - 2 satellite speakers with subwoofer; Flat-Panel Design - No

Digital Decoder Included - No; Number of Channels - 2.1; Speaker Power – 8 Watts RMS  each; Subwoofer Power – 22 Watts RMS ; RMS Wattage – 38 W; Total System Power – 38 W; Speaker Controls – Power, Treble, Volume; Location of Controls - On subwoofer and speakers; Frequency Response - Speakers: 180 Hz – 18 kHz + / - 5 dB; Subwoofer: 60 Hz – 180 Hz + / - 5 dB; Impedance - 4 ohms; Standard Auxiliary Input - Yes; Headphone Output - Yes; Brand Compatibility - Insignia®

The overall rating for this system is 4.4 stars out of 5, which is quite good. So this means that most of the users who had this system were really happy with it. So even though Insignia is not among the best audio producers in the world, it had managed to make a very good 2.1 system, at an acceptable price.

There are many big audio producers on the market and here are some examples: Harman Kardon, Altec Lansing, JBL, Bose, Boston Acoustics, Creative, Logitech, Genius, Klipsch and others. Today we’ll discuss about a smaller company, which is not so famous, but which has quite a lot of experience in this domain and which is today a part of a big audio corporation.



And we’ll chose the Infinity audio producer, which is a manufacturer of speakers founded many years ago in 1968. Back then it was founded by Arnie Nudell, John Ulrick and Cary Christie and in 1983 it became a part of the Harman International Industries group. The company was some of the bests in the world at that time, producing very good speakers, some of them really expensive.

There are still today some Infinity computer speakers on the market, and one of these models is the Infinity Cascade Three C speaker. This is a center channel speaker that has quite an expensive price of 800 dollars. With these kind of money you can easily buy a surround sound system or some floorstanding speakers.

This speaker features two patent-pending Maximum Radiating Surface (MRS) flat-panel drivers with Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragms (CMMD®) and a 1" CMMD tweeter mounted in Infinity's proprietary Constant Acoustic Impedance™ (CAI™). This way you will enjoy a great audio experience and you will also have some nice looking speakers. they are available in three colors: real wood cherry venner, high gloss black or high gloss silver.

One speaker of this kind has dimensions of 5-1/2 " x 30-3/4 " x 6 " (140 mm x 781 mm x 152 mm) H x W x D and a weight of 18 lb (8.2 kg). If it seems to big for your desk then you can place it somewhere on the wall thanks to the wall mount brackets that are included. Since it is a center channel it must stay in front of the listener. You can use this speaker just by itself but it would sound much better in combination with a subwoofer and 4 satellite speakers. so this way you will have a good and powerful surround sound system (5.1 system).

And now here are the technical details for the Infinity Cascade Three C speaker : - Frequency Response (± 3 dB): 80 Hz – 20 kHz; 72 Hz – 40 kHz (– 6 dB) - Recommended Power Amplifier Range: 10 – 150 Watts - Sensitivity (2.83 V @ 1 m): 87 dB - Nominal Impedance:8 Ohms - Crossover Frequency:1,500 Hz; 24 dB/ Octave - Low-Frequency Drivers:Dual 7-3/4 " x 3-3/8 " (197 mm x 85 mm) CMMD®, magnetically shielded - High-Frequency Driver:1 " (25 mm) CMMD®

So in case you are not an audio specialist and these figures don’t say anything to you, you should know that in this case they are good numbers. The frequency response that begins from as low as 80 Hz shows that this speaker (even though it is just a center channel) will offer a full and rich sound, with all the sound ranges. So you will even have a good bass, and as we said earlier you can use this speaker all by itself.

The recommended power amplifier range that goes all the way to 150 watts RMS means that this speaker is quite really powerful and can wake up your neighbors in the middle of the night if you play it loud J. This was just one example of Infinity computer speakers, but of course there are others too. So if you used (or at least heard about) some other speakers made by this producer that sound really good, tell us all about them! Have a nice day!

We all know that most of the new computers that you can buy from the store come with some default stereo speakers. Usually they are small and they don’t so good so that’s why many people choose to buy some new speakers for their computer. It’s the same when buying a notebook. This won’t come with some external stereo speakers, but it will have some integrated speakers that some times sound even worse. So if you want to enjoy a good audio experience in this case you will also need to buy some new speakers.



So let’s say that you have just bought a new set of speakers for your computer (or laptop). The installation can be quite different depending on the type of speakers you have bought, but for now we’ll discuss about the simplest of this situations – when you bought a new set of stereo speakers that sound much better than the ones you first had. The installation is quite simple, and all you have to do is plug the speaker’s cable into the audio port from your computer. Of course also plug the speakers into the AC adapter for power and be sure to turn them on, and turn the volume up. And theoretically you should hear the sound now.

But things are not always like you want them to be and it might happen that you won’t hear any sound, even though you have plugged the speakers and turned them on. First of all you must find out if there is a problem with the speakers or with your computer. A good method to find out is to take the speakers at another computer (at a friend or even at the store you bought them from) and see if there you have sound. Let’s say that the speakers worked on another computer.

So in this case you are not able to get sound on the computer but you know that the speakers work. Well here are some things that you might try and hopefully solve your problem. First of all you should find out that your sound card is working. You can do this by trying a different set of speakers or even some headphones. If you still don’t have any sound at all, then there might be a problem with the sound card and in this case you need to buy a new one.

But if there is nothing wrong with the sound card then the problem might  be in your computer, to be more precise in the operating system. Depending on the new set of speakers you bought, some models may need some drivers to work. If you didn’t received any installation CD with the speakers then you might search on the internet for the appropriate driver. But if you still can’t find any kind of driver, then there probably isn’t one. But there is still something that you can do and that might solve your problem.

So go into your operating system, at the “volume control” program. First of all check that the “master volume” is turned all the way up, or at least high so that you can hear the sound. Also be sure that the “mute” box found below the volume isn’t activated. If it is, just deactivate it. There are other channels there in the volume control, and to be absolutely sure that you have sound, just turn all of them at the maximum, and be sure that none of them is muted. Here were just some solutions that you can try to apply in case your speakers are not working, and we hope they will be useful. And if you know some other solutions that worked for you or for your friends, just share them with us.

If you are in touch with the latest technologies and gadgets, you definitely heard about hardware products such as Macintosh computers, iPods, iPhones, iPads and software products such as iTunes or the Mac OS X operating systems. In case you are wondering what all of these products have in common, the answer is: they are all produced by the same company which is Apple.

Apple is a big multinational corporation that was founded many years ago in 1976 in California, United States. Since then it continued to grow bigger and bigger and expand all over the world. In January 2010 it had 284 locations situated on all the continents and around 35.000 employees. It is producing all sorts of electronic devices such as: consumer electronics, computer software and servers.

Since it is producing computers and notebooks, the company also offers some speakers for them. If you’ll visit the official site of the company you will notice that it sells many speakers from other producers (such as Creative, Bose, JBL, M-Audio, Bang & Olufsen etc), but it also has some speakers produced by it.

So today we’ll discuss about some Apple computer speakers and we’ll begin with the iHome iHM79 Rechargeable mini speakers. These are very small and also interesting looking speakers that come at a price of 49 dollars. But even though they are so small they come with a surprisingly big sound. Since they have such dimensions they are highly portable, so you can use them with your iPod or iPhone, but also with other music devices.

They are collapsible speakers, so when you are traveling you can put them together and expand them only when you are using them. So this way you save a lot of space in your luggage. They work with built in rechargeable lithium ion batteries, so when you are going on a long trip, be sure to recharge the speakers before leaving. But you don’t need to recharge them from a socket, because they are recharging from a computer (or laptop) through the USB port.

So if you are traveling with your notebook you can always keep them connected, and use them as long as your notebook is working. They are available in many colors so they are great for any place: home, office, hotel room, for travels, picnics and so on. Each of the two speakers has dimensions of (H x W x D): 1.42 x 2.09 x 2.09 in. / 36 x 53 x 53 mm and a weight of just 1.92 oz./54.43 g.

Now let’s choose some other speakers made by Apple, for example the iHome iP71 BRC Computer Speakers with iPhone / iPod Syncing/ Charging Dock. So these are quite great speakers because they can work with both a computer or an iPod / iPhone. They are a combination of computer speakers with iPod docks. They sound quite good and they have a total power of 15 watts RMS. And this is quite good for some small speakers like this, considering that most of the small stereo speakers have less power.

Each speaker has dimensions of W x H x D ): 3.2 x 8.5 x 7.5 in. / 8.13 x 21.59 x 19.05 computers and they also come with a very useful remote control that has all the functions you need. They are compatible with most of the iPod and iPhone models and they also have pretty good ratings and reviews given by those who already used them. So this means that they were quite pleased with these speakers.

From what we can see on the official site, these are the 2 only models of speakers produced by Apple. But of course Apple is not an audio producer, and that’s why it is best to combine Apple computers or notebooks with speakers made by audio specialists, such as the companies we mentioned before (Creative, Bose, JBL, M-Audio, Bang & Olufsen, Harman Kardon, Altec Lansing and so on).