We all know that laptop inbuilt speakers are rubbish, and not very good. So I decided to take the plunge with these as this product had the most customer reviews.

To use them you just plug them into a USB port on your laptop, or a USB hub, and they are just plug and play. They are even certified to work on Microsoft Windows Vista.

The speakers are light and ultra portable. They look pretty decent as well, and they are small in size.

Sound quality is good as well - it's not the best in the world but you're not going to get good quality sound with USB speakers anyway but it's decent. Unless it's a brand name like Logitech or Creative Labs like one reviewer mentioned that's his preferred choice. But the sound is better than inbuilt laptop speakers nevertheless.

I have only one issue with these, I listen to podcasts (mainly gaming, wrestling and music podcasts) in iTunes, and the sound doesn't come out of these speakers. Maybe I have to ajust something in the… more »

We all know that laptop inbuilt speakers are rubbish, and not very good. So I decided to take the plunge with these as this product had the most customer reviews.

To use them you just plug them into a USB port on your laptop, or a USB hub, and they are just plug and play. They are even certified to work on Microsoft Windows Vista.

The speakers are light and ultra portable. They look pretty decent as well, and they are small in size.

Sound quality is good as well - it's not the best in the world but you're not going to get good quality sound with USB speakers anyway but it's decent. Unless it's a brand name like Logitech or Creative Labs like one reviewer mentioned that's his preferred choice. But the sound is better than inbuilt laptop speakers nevertheless.

I have only one issue with these, I listen to podcasts (mainly gaming, wrestling and music podcasts) in iTunes, and the sound doesn't come out of these speakers. Maybe I have to ajust something in the options of iTunes but if I want to use these speakers to listen to podcasts I have to listen to them in Windows Media Player. It's a bit annoying.

I'm also thinking because these are USB you could use them on anything that has the USB input e.g the PS3. I don't know why you'd want to do that but you never know. I haven't tried this myself so I can't confirm it.

Packaging for the product is a cardboard box and more inner cardboard inside. The wires come wrapped up in plastic, too. Pretty well packaged and protected.

Very good speakers if you're on a budget, and don't like the speakers on your laptop. I would say these aren't a PC speaker replacement though - you'd be better off with a wired set up for that.

Great service from play.com once again, thank you.