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.