Stereo Speakers All Brands

Published by HqSpeakers, on February 11th, 2010, in the categories: Other

There are many possibilities for you when you want to buy some speakers for your computer. First of all you can choose some simple stereo speakers, that are composed of 2 speakers: the left channel and the right one. If you want a slightly more complex sound, then you can choose a 2.1 system, that beside the 2 stereo speakers it also has a subwoofer.



This device will bring the low and deep sound frequencies (in another word the bass),  and  it will make the sound much better. If you want even more than this, then you can choose a surround sound system, that usually has 4 or 6 satellite speakers, a subwoofer and also a center channel. These system will give you  a complex sound, with all of the sound ranges, a sound that will come from all the directions thanks to the placement of the satellite speakers (one in each corner of the room).



So with these kind of speakers you will be able to enjoy some great sensations when watching a movie or playing a video game, such as the feeling of someone being behind your back. If you are looking for some speakers that are really powerful, then you can choose some floor standing speakers. These are usually very big and heavy, but they will also give a complex and powerful sound. If you don’t want to have wires all over your home, then you can choose some wireless speakers.

In case you wish to enjoy some sound in your garden or back yard, then you can buy some outdoor speakers. If you are in need of some speakers that won’t take any space in your room, then you can choose some in-wall or in-ceiling speakers, that will fit in the wall, so they won’t take any space. If you are looking for some portable speakers to use them with your laptop, then you can choose a set of USB speakers, that are light and portable, and that are connecting with the computer through just one cable. And finally if you want some speakers for your iPod or iPhone, then you can buy an iPod docking device.

So these were about all the possibilities that you have when you want to buy some new speakers. Beside the type of speakers that you want, there are also a lot of producers that you can choose from. Not all the companies are producing all the types of speakers we mentioned before, but all brands have some stereo speakers in their offer. So now we’ll present some of the most famous audio brands in the world, and give a  name of stereo speakers from each company. Let’s begin with Logitech, and some stereo speakers offered by this company are the Logitech X 140.



Bose is also a big audio producer, and some stereo speakers offered are the 161™ speakers. Among the speakers offered by Altec Lansing you can find the “expressionist BASS”, and in the offer of Harman Kardon you can find the GLA – 55 two piece speaker system.  From the many speakers offered by Boston Acoustics, some good stereo ones are the CS 23 bookshelf speakers, and some offered by Klipsch are F 1 floor standing speakers.

So these were just a few big audio producers, and just some example of stereo speakers that they are offering, but of course there are many more to be found. Have a nice day!

Home Audio System

Published by HqSpeakers, on February 4th, 2010, in the categories: Other

The audio market has really evolved in the last decades. Today you can’t enjoy the great sound of a live performance only at a concert, or in a disco, but you can also enjoy it right in your own room. Due to the powerful speakers combined with subwoofers and other components, today you can enjoy a very rich and powerful music experience right at your home.



But this is not all…these days you can also take the great sound of a movie from the cinema, right into your own room. And to do this you might need a home audio system (also known as “home theater system” or “home cinema system”). These devices are meant to bring the video and audio experience from a cinema to a private house. Usually a home audio system is composed out of many components, that combined will bring that great movie experience. Some systems come will all the required components, while others have just some of them…but you can even make your own system and combine elements from different producers.



For the video experience you will need 2 things: a TV and a movie player device. You can use a regular TV for your home cinema system, but it will be much better if you will use a HD (High Definition) TV set. If you have a room big enough, and you can afford it, you can even buy a video projector and a projection screen, and this will really look like a cinema right in your own home. But a HD TV will be enough, and you can enjoy a great quality of the image with it.

Of course you will need something to play the movie from. You can use a computer, but if you have the home cinema system in another room rather than the room with the computer, you can use a DVD player. Usually a home cinema system has an included device like this, that plays a lot of video and audio formats, such as CD, DVD, R 5, Blu Ray, MP3, WMA and others.

So now you have your big and flat screen just like the one at the cinema, but for the experience to be complete you will also need a powerful sound…just like the one from a cinema. And at this part the home cinema systems are quite good, and they usually have 6 or 8 speakers. The one with 6 speakers is a 5.1 system. This one is composed out of 4 satellite speakers, a center channel and a subwoofer. The satellite speakers will focus on the mid range sound, and because of the way they are placed in the room (a speaker in each corner), they will give you some great surround feelings.



So when watching a movie you can feel what the actor is feeling, for example that he is attacked from behind. The center channel will focus mostly on the high frequency sounds, such as the voices of the actors. The center channel will be placed in front of you (usually under the flat screen), so you will hear the voices very well. And finally, for the audio experience to be complete, you will also need a subwoofer. This speaker will focus just on the low and deep sound frequencies, in another word the bass. So whenever it is an explosion in the movie, an earthquake, a gun shot or something like this, the subwoofer will bring a deep sound. And if you have a powerful subwoofer, turned at a loud volume, you can easily make your room and your windows shiver. If there is an explosion in the movie, your neighbors might think that something exploded in the building :)

New Computer And Old Speakers Don’t Work

Published by HqSpeakers, on February 3rd, 2010, in the categories: Other

No matter what type of activity you do on your computer, you will also need some sound. Whether if you watch a movie, play a video game or listen to some music, you will definitely need some computer speakers (or headphones, but today we are going to talk just about speakers). Usually any new computer comes with a default set of speakers. But these are not so powerful, and they also don’t give such a good sound quality.



So that’s why many people are choosing to buy a new set of speakers. Some are choosing to buy some new stereo speakers, while others choose to buy some more powerful speakers, for example a surround sound system, or some floor standing speakers. So let’s say you bought a computer, then you bought some new speakers for it and you used them for a few months, or even a few years.



But after some time it is possible that you have some problems with your computer. Some times you may be able to fix it, but in other cases you may need to buy a new computer. And an issue encountered by many users is when they have a problem, such as new computer and old speakers don’t work. No matter if it’s the case of the original old speakers from the old computer, or the new speakers you bought, they might not work when you connect them to a new computer.

Here are some solutions that you can try to solve this problem out. Some of them may work for some users, but they may not work for others. But anyway it is the best to try them all, and see which one is the best for you. And if you know some other solutions please share them with us, and maybe you can help someone who is in trouble!

First of all you might check if the new computer has the appropriate sound card. Maybe you are using a surround sound audio system, and your old computer had a 5.1 sound card. But the new computer may have just a regular sound card, so that’s why your system might not work at all, or the sound quality may not be so good. In this case you can take the sound card from the old computer (if you had one), or buy a new one and place it on the new computer.

But placing a new sound card may not fix your "new computer and old speakers don't work" problem. You must also install the appropriate drivers for the sound card or from the speaker. You may find them on a CD that came along with the sound card or with the speakers, or you can find them on the internet, by typing the exact model you have. After installing the drivers, open the software and see if all the volume levels are at maximum. Also check out if none of the channels is muted. If the “Mute” option is checked, please uncheck it.



Another problem may be if you didn’t plug the speakers into the appropriate jack. Maybe the new computer has a slightly different configuration, and you may placed the speakers in the wrong hole. So check this also, and also be sure that the speakers are turned on and working properly. Well, these were just some solutions that you can use, but of course there are many more others. And you can find them in other articles from our site. Good luck!

Mini Computer Speakers

Published by HqSpeakers, on February 2nd, 2010, in the categories: Other, accesories

The computers have really evolved in the last years, and today they are advanced devices capable of doing many complex operations. And along with the computers, all of their components evolved too (the video cards, sound cards, monitors, processors, hard disks etc.) and also the computer speakers.



These days you will find some advanced models of speakers, that are capable of delivering a very good sound. And they don’t even have to be big to accomplish this. Actually you can find a lot of speakers on the market that are quite really small, but they still give a good and clear sound. Today we are going to talk about some models of mini computer speakers. Usually the smallest models of speakers are also USB speakers. This means that they connect with the computer (or laptop) through the USB cable, and they have only one wire which is both for the audio signal and power. So this means there is no need to plug them in a socket, or to worry about batteries, because if your laptop is running, these speakers will work too. And this way you can use them anywhere you go…in a plane, in a train, at a picnic, on top of a mountain and so on. The first model we’ll choose is the Lenovo mini USB speakers M 220.



As you can see, they have a very small design, and they also look quite good. They are not expensive and you can buy them for about 20 dollars. Unfortunately we weren’t able to find any technical details for this model of speakers, so if you are already using them, please tell us more about them.

Let’s discuss about another model of mini computer speakers, for example the SRS A 201 speakers from Sony. They don’t have the classical “box shape” of most of the stereo speakers, and they look quite nice. Each of the 2 speakers has dimensions of 2.8 inches in width, 3.6 inches in depth and 5.6 inches in height and a weight of 7.2 oz. Each speaker has a power of 1 watt, meaning that the total power is 2 watts RMS. This is not much, but it can be quite enough for when you are traveling and you don’t want to disturb the others around you, or to use them in the hotel room, or when having a conference or a presentation.



The speakers are magnetically shielded so they won’t interfere when placed close to a TV or a monitor, and they sound pretty nice. The have a frequency response from 150 to 20.000 hertz. They won’t present such a good bass note, but what can you expect from such small speakers? The price for this model varies between 16 and 26 dollars, depending on where you buy them from. So that’s why before buying a product it is best to search for the best deal on the market. Good luck on finding the speakers you like the most!

Pro Sound 2000 Stereo Speakers

Published by HqSpeakers, on January 29th, 2010, in the categories: General information, Other

The personal computers had evolved quite a lot in the last decades. Many years ago they were just some big and unpractical devices capable of doing just some simple calculations. They were called mainframes. But in time they have become smaller and smaller, and also much better. Today you can find some very small and thin laptops, that are featuring some state of the art technologies.



The computers these days are capable of many operations and activities, and most of them also require some sound. And for this you must have some computer speakers. Along with the development of the computers, the speakers also evolved. Today there are so many types of computer speakers, with all sort of shapes, colors, sizes and specifications. There are also audio systems, and by the numbers of speakers they have, they can be: 2.0 systems, 2.1 systems, and surround sound systems (5.1 or 7.1). A 2.0 system is not quite a system…it is made out of 2 simple stereo speakers. A 2.1 system is composed out of 2 stereo speakers, but beside this it also has a subwoofer. The subwoofer will bring a deep and powerful bass, giving a new dimension to the sound, and completing the sound brought by the 2 speakers.



A surround sound system not only has all the sound ranges, but it is also capable of giving a surround sound. Some of the feelings that you can experience with such a system are the feeling of a bullet passing next to your head, or feeling like someone is attacking you from behind. As we said there are 2 types of surround sound systems: the 5.1 system which is composed out of a subwoofer, a center channel and 4 satellite speakers, and the 7.1 system that also has a subwoofer, a center channel but 6 satellites instead of 4.

But we are not going to discuss about a surround sound system today, and we are going to focus on some small stereo speakers. There are many big producers on the market, and some of them are: Altec Lansing, Harman Kardon , Creative, JBL, Logitech, Bose, Boston Acoustics and others. But today we are going to choose a producer that is not so big and famous, and this is Inland. This company is offering just a few models of speakers, and some of them are the Pro Sound 2.000 stereo speakers.



As you can see in the image these are some simple, black classical speakers with a simple but elegant shape. They are not quite rectangular like most of the cheap stereo speakers, and the top of the speakers is quite different. So between some classic cheap speakers that you see with most of the new computers and these ones, you will probably choose the Pro Sound 2000.

As we have already said these are cheap speakers and the prices are different depending on where you buy them from. We found these speakers with the lowest price of 6.99 dollars and with the highest price of 14 dollars. So that’s why it is best to always check for the best offer. First check out many retail sites on the internet, and also auction sites such as amazon.com or ebay.com. But if you don’t trust these sites, and you don’t want to buy the speakers from the internet then you can visit about 3 or 4 retail stores and see which one offers the best price. In this case, for the Pro Sound 2000 speakers you can save just 5 or 7 dollars, so it will probably not worth the effort, but when you are buying a product that costs hundreds of dollars, it is really indicated to search for the best deal, and you can save up to 100 dollars and who knows, even more. These speakers are compatible with all PC sound cards and also with portable music devices such as CD, DVD or MP3 players.

They are also magnetically shielded so you can place them close to the monitor, without interfering with it. On one of the speakers you will find the volume knob, and also the power on and off button. Here you will also find a headphones jack, which is very useful for those times when you want to enjoy some music on your own, without disturbing the others around you. Both speakers are covered with a cloth speaker grill.



There are not so many reviews about these speakers, and they also don’t have any ratings on most of the sites. Actually we have found just one rating on a site, and this is of just 1 star out of 5. So we don’t know exactly what to believe about these speakers. Maybe they sound really bad, and not many people have them, and the ones who have bought them are not pleased at all. But from what the producer is saying they sound really good.

We should consider that every producer tries to sell the manufactured product, so he says only good things  about it. The producer is even trying to attract the buyers by telling them that these speakers have a great power of 100 watts PMPO. But don’t get fooled by this number, because this is not actually the real power. The real (RMS) power for the Pro Sound 2000 stereo speakers is 3.6 watts. So this means 1.8 watts for each speaker. This is definitely not much, but it’s not so small after all considering that most of the speakers at this price have just 1 watt RMS per speaker (so a total power of 2 watts RMS).

Each speaker has a 3.5 inch full range woofer, so the frequency response is quite a good one, from 70 hz to 20.000 Hz. They have an input sensitivity of 600 mv and feature high impact ABS enclosures. They also have a 6 inch speaker to speaker wire and a 6 inch speaker to audio source wire (that is 3.5 mm).



So after all these are some classical, cheap stereo speakers. They are not really special to stand out in a competition, but they are not bad either. If you already have a set of stereo speakers at your computer, we think it doesn’t worth to spend money on others that sound pretty much the same. But if your speakers are broken, or you have bought a computer without speakers, and you are looking for something simple, for the day to day music, then you can definitely choose the Pro Sound 2000 stereo speakers.