These kind of speakers are usually very small, and light weighted, so that you can carry them with you anywhere you go. They also don’t have a lot of cables like the regular speakers, they have just one cable. This is used both for the audio signal and for power. So the speakers are getting energy from the laptop, that means they won’t need batteries or a mesh to be plugged in. You wont have any problems when installing or connecting them, because there is just one place where you can connect them : into the USB port. That means you wont have color codes to be careful of, or other stuff like that (problems which you can have when installing a surround sound system). They don’t need any software, because they will be automatically recognizes due to the “plug n’ play” tool from your computer. So just plug them into the USB port, and enjoy your music wherever you want. They can be used by students who are traveling a lot with their laptops, or by a business man who has many conferences in different places.

Some people may consider that it is best to get some headphones for your laptop. Yes that is true…the headphones will give you a better quality of sound, but this can only be enjoyed by yourself. So the portable speakers are recommended for the times when you want to share your music or movies with friends, family or other people (for example other business men at a conference). It is up to you to decide which is the best solution for your laptop.

Now we’ll talk more about some portable computer speakers. We’ll begin with the Sound Bite Xtreme Black USB speaker. It is very small and compact, and also the price is affordable (35 dollars). The dimensions for this speaker are just 4.73 ” x 4.73 ” x 1.78 “, and it has included 2 small satellites and one little woofer, all in the same unit. That means it will give a pretty nice and deep bass, which is quite unusual for this class of speakers. Just plug it in the USB port, and enjoy, no need for installation. It also has a 3.5 mm jack that allows It to be connected to an MP3 player. It also features a carrying pouch and a volume control unit. The volume can go pretty loud, without too much distortion of sound. Like we said before these kind of speakers have just one cable, and the cable for this speaker has about one feet. So you will have to use it close to your laptop, but if you want a bigger distance, you can buy a USB extender cable. After the sound quality  and the great portability, makes it a good speaker that worths its money.

If you are looking for some stereo portable speakers, made out of  2 pieces, you can choose the Creative Labs N 400. They are more complex than the “one piece” speakers, so the price is also bigger (70 dollars). They feature the Xtreme Fidelity technology which will make them sound good and balanced. Also due to this technology the sound will not seem just like a regular stereo sound, it will seem like the sound from a surround system. The dimensions for one speaker are 1.8 x 2.9 x 6.8 inches with a weight of 2 pounds. With the speakers you will also get a travel case. That means you will be able to easily carry them with you, and to enjoy your music wherever you are, at a good quality, a much better quality than the one from you integrated laptop speakers.

Some other portable computer speakers that are coming in 2 pieces are the Logitech Z5 Omnidirectional USB 2.0 speakers. As you can notice in the image, or in the name, they have a special design which will bring you the sound in all the directions. The price is pretty good – 30 dollars, and they also feature a remote control with volume control, play / pause / forward / back controls and also the on / off button.

The last set of portable speakers which we’ll talk about today are the XT2 speakers from Altec Lansing. The official price is 150 dollars, but if you search you will be able to find them much more cheaper in the internet. They a cool and powerful sound, and they also have an integrated microphone. This is a feature that just a few portable speakers have. So that means you will be able to talk with your friends over the internet, or use them in a conference to communicate with your business partners. They also have a cool design, so they will worth the money. Enjoy!

There are also many types of sound systems, depending on the number of speakers they have. You can find 2.1 systems (2 speakers and a subwoofer), 5.1 systems (5 speakers and a subwoofer) or 7.1 systems (7 speakers and a subwoofer).

The most common 5.1 audio system, that is used by many people all around the world is the Genius 5.1 SW-HF 5000.

It is made out of wood, and it has a simple but nice appearance, and it can bring the club straight to your room. If you are using the right sound card, you’ll be very satisfied with this system, and you won’t need anything else. It has 150 W RMS, and this is more than enough for a room. Sometimes you won’t even have to turn the volume upper than it’s half, because it would be too loud for you and the persons you are living with. It’s the same thing with the sub woofer, if you turn the volume up above the middle level, you will start to feel the windows pumping, and the neighbors knocking on your door So it has a good quality of sound, a good power, and also the price is really attractive. It doesn’t cost more than 100 or 150 euros, and that makes him so available and so demanded by most of the home users.

Of course, there are many other computer speakers producers, and you have a wide variety of products to choose from.

The biggest company worldwide in the production of entertainment products for the personal computers is Creative. It offers many good products such as computer speakers, sound systems, sound cards, mp3 players, headphones, digital and web cams, and also revolutionary music keyboards.

Like we mentioned before, another big producer of computer speakers for personal computers is Genius. It produces many kinds of devices for your computer such as keyboards, mouse, web cams, but it also has great quality audio devices such as speakers, surround audio systems and headphones.

Another famous and respected producer of audio equipment is JBL. Besides the production of computer speakers it is also making car speakers and professional equipments for the entertainment industry. Either if you knew it or not, you might have enjoyed the quality of JBL products at a concert, as a part of a big crowd. Some big events that used JBL sound systems were: the rock concerts of Eric Clapton, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, the 2008 Olympics and many more.

Logitech is also one of the leaders on the audio equipments market. Just like Genius it produces other devices for computers such as mouse, keyboards, joysticks or gaming wheels, but it also has many good audio products. First of all there are the simple, stereo speakers, and also sound systems such as 2.1 or 5.1 systems. The company also builds headphones and speakers for iPod-s.

These were the biggest producers of computer speakers, but of course there are many others. Some examples would be: M Audio, Harman Kardon, Altec, Klipsch, or Boston Acoustics.

The company became famous for it’s sound cards, called “Sound Blaster”, which give to the users an unique audio experience. The latest generation of this sound card it’s called “Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatality Champion series”, and it costs 200 euros. But it really worth the money, because it will give you some amazing gaming feelings. It is highly recommended for the professional gamers, but of course you can also use it for watching a movie or listen to your favorite music. It is approved by the Championship Gaming Series, and it gives you maximum control, performance and connectivity. It can be connected to your headphones , audio speakers and also to your surround home cinema. It even has retractable volume control buttons on it, so you can turn the volume up or down while you are in the game, but in a very simple and fast way, so you don’t make a mistake in the game. It has LED buttons so you can immediately switch between it’s 3 presets: Game mode, Headphones mode or the standard mode where you can listen to music or watch movies. It can be connected in your computer on a CD / DVD drive bay, or even intro a floppy drive bay. And finally, it is approved by Fatal1ty, the biggest gamer in the world, so if you are a professional gamer, you must have this sound card!

In time, the Creative company gain more and more users and made its products with better and better quality , so now it is widely recognized as the global leader for product innovation in the audio segment, and also on the Personal Digital Entertainment (PDE) market. Finding the perfect balance between form and function, Creative is offering it’s customers a complete and high quality experience with it’s hardware and software products. In other words, the Creative products are a sensory feast for your eyes and ears. Among the products offer, we can find MP3 players, audio speakers and headphones, sound cards, digital cameras and webcams, and also revolutionary music keyboards.

It has sales all over the world, so you can find its products in the computer stores of many countries, but you can also but Creative equipments from the Internet.

It won many awards in time, the recent ones were for the innovation brought to public with it’s MP3 players, or its music keyboards, and also for the sound card we mentioned before. The company made  big investments all over the world for it’s production plans and headquarters, and it was even listed in the Singapore Exchange.

You can find a wide range of Creative computer speakers, and the most important ones are the audio systems. . The systems can have different sizes such as 2.1 system (2 speakers and a sub woofer), 5.1 (5 speakers and a sub woofer) or 7.1 (7 speakers and a sub woofer).

This is one of the best Creative computer speakers , and it is called the GigaWorks T3. It brings music to you as you never heard it before. It has a nice and simple design, but an outstanding technology, and it gives a new level of quality in music listening, whether you play it from you Personal Computer (PC), MAC or MP3 player. The two smaller satellites offer a good quality to the mid range and high sounds, and the subwoofer brings you the lower sounds. The combination of these three levels will bring a new dimension to your music. By turning the bass really loud, it can give you the feeling that you are in your favorite club or disco, even though you are in your own room. But you have to be careful with the neighbors, because the deep bass will really make their windows pump and would get them really mad The system also has an eco-friendly low stand by power technology for reducing the electricity consumption in stand by mode.

Another cool product of Creative is the GigaWorks T40 series:

It is made out of two, gloss black pieces and it is designed and tuned to bring your desktop high acoustic fidelity. You may think that this two speakers will only bring the high range and mid range sounds, but you don’t have to worry about that! Each speaker has a woofer driver included, with woven glass fiber cones to bring warmth and a cloth dome tweeter for clarity. It has such a high quality so you can have dynamic bass, without even having a real sub woofer. It can be connected to your PC or MP3 player, and it has front mounted controls for easier access on the volume, the bass or the treble.

Another innovative product of Creative is the Inspire S2 Wireless.

The biggest advantage of this kind of sound system, is the freedom that it gives you. It is wireless, so you have the freedom to place it wherever you want. It also Bluetooth technology, so you can listen to the music from any Bluetooth enabled wireless device, such as your mobile phone, or your ipod. Even though the two satellites are really small (they can fit in your palm), they still have a lot of power and performance. And the subwoofer is really good too, and can bring you a heart thumping bass. To enjoy it at it’s maximum intensity, it is recommended to place it in the corner, under your desk. The subwoofer has it’s own conveniently located knob, and it’s easy for you to set the desired volume of the bass. Also one of the two speakers has volume control buttons, the power on/off button, and two jacks for headphones or other devices (aux-in).

This system is ideal for notebooks or laptops. All you have to do is to connect the included USB Bluetooth transmitter into your computer, and enjoy wireless audio through the speaker system.

It has the “Energy star” logo on it, and that means it is qualified by Energy star to have low consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Among the Creative’s computer speakers you can also find portable speakers. One example is the Travel sound 400 which can be connected to a MP3 player. It is made in one piece, and it includes two 1 inch titanium speakers, which can be rotated out of the way, to give you protection when you are traveling. It delivers 4 watts RMS, but this is enough for you to have when you are traveling, because you don’t want to disturb the people around you from the train, bus or whatever transportation you are using. It has a cool and blue LED so you can know when it is powered-up, and it is running on batteries. The batteries you need are the standard AAA, and it can run up to 35 hours of continuous playing. It is compact, elegant, and light, so all you have to do is connect it to a portable audio device, and enjoy your favorite music!

The mp3 player devices specific to the Creative company are called ZEN. And if you are tired of listening to your mp3-s on headphones, Creative is offering you an alternative. You can choose the “Travel Sound ZEN” speakers, which are specially designed for the ZEN mp3 players. They have a very nice style and looks, and they complement your mp3 player. All you have to do is integrate the player into these kind of speakers, and enjoy the sound with your friends, wherever you want because the device is highly portable.

But if you don’t have a ZEN mp3 player, and you have an iPod, this won’t be a problem, because Creative also produces speakers for iPod-s. And they have  the same good looks and quality as any Creative product.

The king of Mp3 players is the iPod, with such a range of iPod’s available to the public, Apple have made the most of these technological times. With ranges such as the Nano, Touch and mini out there has been plenty of choice for all those looking to find an iPod.

One of the advantages of these is also the choice of sound systems that are compatible that makes your iPod even more enjoyable. When you mention mp3 players iPod’s are normally the answer you receive but the likes of Zune which has been released in USA are now competing for some of the success Apple has seen.

The Creative Zen X-Fi 16GB is also a real value for money model with photo, video, audible and subscription music support. The quality of sound is second to none and it has a sizeable memory which means more room for songs. If you are unsure which one to buy then you can compare cheap Mp3 players online.

Coming from the worldwide leader in digital entertainment solutions, including the Sound Blaster computer sound cards and web cameras producing sharpest images, the Creative GigaWorks T40 speakers are from the best systems used to boost the sounds while playing PC games or listening to the music. Why? Because the speakers integrate high-grade woofers with woven glass fiber cones, and high-quality tweeter with a cloth dome for crystal clear sounds, increasing the resistance at humidity and temperature changes.
The midrange-tweeter-midrange driver configuration, which enhances the sonic spectral balance, delivers original natural sounds with deeper and richer bass effects. Known also as the D’Appolito Configuration, MTM consists of 2 woofer drivers placed vertically above and below the tweeter and the 18dB/octave crossover, to eliminate sudden changes in directivity with frequency.

With the BasXPort technology, the lower mid range tones and the front-mounted controls are significantly enhanced by channeling sound waves from the inner chambers of the speakers, making it easy to adjust the volume, bass and treble. It basically eliminates the need for a physical subwoofer.
Creative computer speakers also feature a headphone output so you can listen high-bass music privately.

Creative GigaWorks T40 desktop speakers have a power of 14 Watts RMS per each of the two channels, and 50Hz ~ 20kHz frequency response.
Their design is slim and compact, with a stylish black finish, so they won’t occupy too much space on a desk, near your monitor, and support connectivity with gaming consoles and television.

Creative computer speakers measuring 15 x 11.6 x 32 cm are available at a price of $150, together with a 2-meter stereo-to-stereo cable, Dual RCA-to-stereo adapter for the TV, the power supply adapter, a quick start guide, and 1 year warranty.

The Creative GigaWorks™ S750 7.1 speaker system is THX compliant, and this alone could explain everything. OK, these speakers aren’t exactly new, but they are quite ahead of their time, incorporating Titanium Super Tweeters for high-frequency response and superb results with DVD-Audio ever since 2004. When used with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 7.1 card, the speaker’s potential is truly unleashed, delivering an astonishing surround experience in movies and games. With the aid of the advanced CMSS up-mix feature, they can also be used with 5.1 and 6.1 sound cards to create a powerful acoustic environment.

For extensive connectivity you get a line-in input, a headphone jack and Creative M-PORT for use with compatible MP3 players. You even get a handy wireless remote, which gives extended control over volume, tone and surround settings.

Here are some more details:
• Use with Sound Blaster cards sound cards for breathtaking 7.1 results with Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES movies and EAX ADVANCED HD games.
• THX approval assures acoustic excellence and state-of-the-art technology.
• Creative CMSS function up-mixes 5.1 or 6.1 content to 7.1 surround.
• Speaker Specifications:
o 70 Watts RMS per channel (7 channels)
o 210 Watts RMS subwoofer
o Frequency Response: 20Hz ~ 40kHz
o SNR: 99dB

You can find this system for about $400 at e-tailers across the Internet.

Although they are desktop speakers in a small shape, the new GigaWorks HD50 from Creative are powerful enough to deliver a high definition sound allowing you to feel every sound in detail.

They are compact, stylish, don’t occupy much space o your desk and are capable of offering an outstanding bass in 2-inch diameter with titanium tweeter for high frequencies and the BasXPort technology which improves the bass extension, eliminating the need for a physical subwoofer.

Available for pre-orders at $150, the GigaWorks HD50 desktop speakers feature a high-frequency amplifier of 7W RMS, a low frequency amplifier of 11 W RMS and each has a dimension of 9.1cm x 7cm x 14.1cm.