Benwin MG-USB-P 2 Speakers
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- Max. Power Output: 1.5 Watt (RMS)
- Number of Speakers: 2 Speakers
- Connection Type: Cable
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No More Audio Boards for My PC?
Pros
Small, cheap, get their power from the USB port and work very well.
Cons
A software, rather than hardware, system - puts a very small burden on system resources.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
I would recommend thse speakers to anyone who just needs to hear the sounds - without needing a more expensive, home-theater experience.
I bought these cheapo little speakers because I didn't really care about the audio quality.
I have an old, beat-up, home-made PC that I've been loaning out to family members for years. I ended up needing it for myself after I spilled a cup of coffee on the keyboard of my snazzy, little Tablet PC.
One thing I didn't have in the junk closet where it was stowed was a set of speakers. That was okay by me, but I needed to be able to watch some online lectures for a Communications class I was taking at the local community college. I didn't want to spend any money at all - so I bought the cheapest thing I could find on Amazon - these USB speakers.
Because the PC had passed among so many users over the years, I decided to start with a fresh installation from the Windows XP OEM disk I bought with the ASUS motherboard, around which I originally built this system. Fortunately, I always tape the install DVD to the inside of the case for just such occasions. I wiped the hard drive, popped the OEM CD into the DVD drive and booted up to do a fresh installation.
After the installation, I experienced something I've never seen before in doing a fresh install of Windows XP - the audio. In every single installation I've ever done, the drivers for the audio hardware drivers don't install until after a reboot. Even then, I have to load up the motherboard CD first.
With these USB speakers, Windows didn't have to deal with the audio hardware at all. It just piped the audio out through the USB ports. No driver installation necessary.
The audio is decent - considering the fact that there's no sub-woofer, and thus no super bass sound. I keep expecting something to cause choppy, garbled and otherwise pixelated audio - but that hasn't happened yet. I know, way back in the depths of my techie mind, that using this kind of software audio, instead of hardware audio, puts an additional burden on the memory and processing power - but since my 1GB RAM and 2GHz processor seem to be handling it just fine, I don't care. It works.
I have an old, beat-up, home-made PC that I've been loaning out to family members for years. I ended up needing it for myself after I spilled a cup of coffee on the keyboard of my snazzy, little Tablet PC.
One thing I didn't have in the junk closet where it was stowed was a set of speakers. That was okay by me, but I needed to be able to watch some online lectures for a Communications class I was taking at the local community college. I didn't want to spend any money at all - so I bought the cheapest thing I could find on Amazon - these USB speakers.
Because the PC had passed among so many users over the years, I decided to start with a fresh installation from the Windows XP OEM disk I bought with the ASUS motherboard, around which I originally built this system. Fortunately, I always tape the install DVD to the inside of the case for just such occasions. I wiped the hard drive, popped the OEM CD into the DVD drive and booted up to do a fresh installation.
After the installation, I experienced something I've never seen before in doing a fresh install of Windows XP - the audio. In every single installation I've ever done, the drivers for the audio hardware drivers don't install until after a reboot. Even then, I have to load up the motherboard CD first.
With these USB speakers, Windows didn't have to deal with the audio hardware at all. It just piped the audio out through the USB ports. No driver installation necessary.
The audio is decent - considering the fact that there's no sub-woofer, and thus no super bass sound. I keep expecting something to cause choppy, garbled and otherwise pixelated audio - but that hasn't happened yet. I know, way back in the depths of my techie mind, that using this kind of software audio, instead of hardware audio, puts an additional burden on the memory and processing power - but since my 1GB RAM and 2GHz processor seem to be handling it just fine, I don't care. It works.
