GOgrooveLaptop Computer Speakers - SonaVERSE O2 USB Powered Desktop Speakers with Dual Passive Bass Woofers, Built-in Volume Dial, Sleek Compact Design for Small Desks and Mobile PCs (Black)

I've been watching more movies and TV shows on my MacBook Pro laptop. Mostly I've been using headphones, which is fine for YouTube and short videos. However, it gets uncomfortable to wear headphones for long periods of time, like with movies. To give my ears a break, I looked into buying computer speakers.My criteria:--Audio quality. I wasn't expecting surround sound, just to sound as good as a TV.--Cheap. I wanted to spend less than $100. Although I dismissed speakers cheaper than $20, because I was worried they'd be no good.--Small. Wanted to easily place them on the sides of my laptop. I decided to go for just two speakers, and discarded any speakers that had a separate, big subwoofer.I hesitated to buy GOgroove, because I wasn't familiar with the brand. Actually, I came very close to getting the Altec Lansing BXR1220 2-Piece Desktop Speaker System, because I know Altec Lansing has a good reputation for audio.In the end, the good reviews of the Gogroove convinced me to buy (and they looked cooler). Especially the reviewers who said these speakers worked well in classrooms for presentations. If the speakers are loud enough for that, they should fulfill my more modest needs.When I got the O2i speakers, I was excited to try them out. I plugged them in and immediately went on YouTube to watch some movie trailers for big-budget action movies. My favorite way to test out speakers.The GOgroove speakers are great! Loud, full-sounding, and clear. As a bonus, they're very detailed; I can hear little things in the audio tracks that create the atmosphere and mood a movie is trying to evoke. Music sounds awesome as well. There's no distortion unless you crank up the volume really high, and by that point it's too loud anyway for most ears. I was in a second-floor bedroom with windows, facing the backyard. My parents sitting out in the backyard below said they could hear the movie trailers I was watching! The O2i's are that powerful.There is decent bass to sound full and catch the low end, but not enough to rumble the room. The black circles on the sides of the speakers are for the passive subwoofers. You can touch them and feel the vibrations. Anyway, the O2i speakers are perfect for watching movies and TV shows on your computer.As long as you have reasonable expectations and don't expect these to be a surround-sound home theater system, I think you'll be satisfied too.Other thoughts:--The volume control is weird, as other reviewers noted. The dial is on the back of the right speaker. You have to rotate it down to make the volume go up. I usually have it rolled down to the max, and mainly control the volume through my computer's settings. I usually put the it between 20% to 50%.--The two speakers are wired together, and you cannot unplug the wires. The wire that connects the speakers is also partly covered with a white paint, kinda gross, but I'm too lazy to scrape it off.I wouldn't travel around with these, for fear of damaging the wires. However, there is a GOgroove SonaVERSE USB Clip On Soundbar. If it's nearly as good as these O2i speakers, I'd look into that if you want speakers for travel.--There's no headphone jack. Not a problem, since I got these to avoid wearing headphones.--There's another version of these same speakers, the GOgroove SonaVERSE O2. They look the same with fewer features than the O2i.The only differences: they're gray instead of white like these ones, don't have the O2i's blue indicator lights (I keep them turned off because they're distracting). I went with the O2i since I thought the white speakers went better with my MacBook Pro.--There are two plugs: one USB plug to draw power, and an audio plug that goes into your computer's headphone jack to get the audio data.--If you want to use these with your smartphone, I think you still need to have the speakers plugged into your computer for power, or get a USB wall adapter and plug it into a wall outlet. Then plug the audio cable into your phone. A little cumbersome, might be better to get Bluetooth speakers like the Ultimate Ears MINI BOOM if you want speakers for your phone. The O2i is for computers.--These are USB speakers, so by using them, you'll lose one USB port. The MacBook doesn't have many USB ports. So when I got the GOgroove, I also bought the Sabrent Premium 4 Port Aluminum USB 3.0. This USB hub will give your computer four more USB ports for any other accessories you want to plug in.I'd advise getting a USB hub, useful for things like if you want play movies from an external hard drive. Maybe you'll want to use the speakers along with a webcam for video-chatting. I'm excited to try these out with Skype or Google Hangouts. I'm betting the O2i will make my friends will sound like they're in the room with me.--There are multiple sellers for these speakers. I got them from Beach Audio, which has a good reputation and many more reviews than other sellers (over 150,000 at the time I write this). When you're on the main product page, look at the right side for "Other Sellers on Amazon." You'll see an entry for Beach Audio. Shipping was fast and efficient, and the item was intact.However, the only shipping option was a 1-3 day expedited shipping that cost $34.77 . Combined with the price of the speakers ($29.99), it more than doubled the cost to $64.76. I was a bit annoyed about that, but it was nice to get the speakers sooner. You may want to go with another seller to save on shipping. But I was more concerned about dealing with a reliable vendor, so I just accepted the expense. I'm wary of most non-Amazon sellers.This has made me a new fan of the GOgroove brand. For a step up in quality, there's the GOgroove BassPULSE 2.1 Stereo Speaker Sound System with Powered Subwoofer. I don't want to deal with a subwoofer right now, but I'll keep that in mind for later. Overall, I'm happy with the O2i speakers and plan to get a lot of use out of them.

These are so affordable yet the sound quality is amazing. I love them so much and they look great highly recommend!!!

Nobody said you can't mix and match! I had a Cyber Acoustics (CA) 5.1 system (4 small speakers with a sub-woofer bass box), but I thrashed the sub-par CA woofer speaker and replaced it with a beefer woofer speaker...now the box KICKS right behind the flat screen monitor. Also got rid of the 4 "tinny" CA satellite speakers and replaced them with these GOgroove SonaWAVE O2 (GS02) speakers.I set the computer sound system to 6.1 speaker system (dis-abled rear speaker output via software), in the back of computer (ASUS motherboard) I plugged CA sub-woofer into center sub-woofer jack/port and GOgroove SonaWAVE O2 speakers to Front Left/Right jack/port. So now the front speakers of the GS02 act as highs, the side mounted GS02 bass speakers act as mids and the CA subwoofer unit is the bass. Wasn't necessary but after leveling the sounds with equalizer, bass management, enhancements, room balance adjustments and all the other bells and whistles via audio software that comes with motherboard, it's all balanced the way I personally like and I'm Rock'n!Unlike other speakers, the sound isn't blasting you in the face and give you hearing fatigue, kinda like Bose speaker design, the side speakers fill the room so you can still enjoy the music while you go get a cup of coffee.Since these GS02 use USB power they don't require a electrical plug which comes in handy because my CA sub-woofer is using the last opening of my power strip, so that makes this setup possible without having to add more electrical outlets.Even without the sub-woofer box the side bass speakers of the GOgroove SonaWAVE O2 have a tight "Thump" to them, they actually sound as if they could handle more power than they are given with the internal amp (they aren't your typical "wishy-washy" paper cone speakers) but maybe this is a limitation of USB power. Wish the side speakers had some open-air grill protection though (scary, one desktop mis-hap or throw them in a bag one day and...pop! Thus 4 Star). Having a 3 year warranty is cool (shows Accessory Power believes in their product).In conclusion, I'm a electronic drummer and a DJ but my 1100 Watt 15" woofer/horned speaker cabinets wouldn't fit on my desktop so I had to settle for these solidly built, Not "tipsy" (like some top heavy stand models), compact design with wide range sound speakers at a great deal and with Free Amazon Shipping. These USB speakers aren't going to blow your hair back but by adding the extra power of the subwoofer with these GOgroove SonaWAVE O2 and some minor software tuning I'm happier than a woodpecker in a lumberyard! Game-On! & Rock-On!HINT: If you get these and you don't get any sound out of them...make sure you check the volume dial in back of speaker.

For my desktop computer. very effective.

気に入ったところ☆スピーカーのサイドに付いているウーファーから力強い低音が出る。☆この価格帯のスピーカーにはない、高級感ある外観。安っぽくないアルミ調。☆思っていたよりもコンパクトで、重くもない。☆余裕のある配線長。思っていたよりも長いが、二つのケーブルがくっついているので必要なだけ裂けばOK。☆ホワイトノイズが全く無い。気に入らなかったところ★高音がシャリシャリしていて、音を大きくすると低音より目立ち始める。最終的に、この価格帯では非常にバランスのとれた良製品という評価になりました。2.1chのようなサブウーファーでは場所をとってしまう…という方におすすめできます。

左右1スピーカーとBOX両サイドにパッシブラジエーターを装備する構成。ポップスからクラッシックまでそつなく鳴らしてくれる。またパッシブラジエーターによりそれなりに低音を響かせてくれる。但しB○SEの様に意図的な低音はなく、聞いていて疲れない。価格からするとバランスの良いスピーカー。USB電源によっては雑音を拾う事があるためその時は接続先を変更すると改善する事あり。

デザインと価格に惹かれて購入。Macminiと接続して音出し。当初は良かったものの、Youtube再生で一部のコンテンツを再生すると、音がビビって聞くに耐えない。キャビネットに鉛のシートを貼ったり、なんとか対策を試みたものの改善せず。結局直ぐに撤去。価格が安かったので、心理的ダメージが少なかったのが唯一の救い。

Good but there is a huming coming from them tryed them in other pc same thing started happeing after a while so not great