There ARE lower-cost alternatives to Apple iTunes Store to build your music library - Affordably

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Ipevo's got a great solution for high fidelity stereo listening on the go: The Ipevo Tubular A2DP Bluetooth Speakers for Apple iPad, iPhone and Mac computers. The Tubular speaker system features a USB rechargable lithium-ion battery, easy Bluetooth Pairing and onboard Volume controls. Integrated cable management for the satellite speaker and USB recharging wire wrap securely inside. A smart snap apart design enables wide stereo separation when needed, and when used as a desktop computer speaker angle towards your ears for optimum listening. It all adds up to a great portable Bluetooth speaker solution - around the house or on the go.

Ipevo Tubular BlueTooth

Charges via USB, 6-8 Hr Playback
3+3 Watt Travel Speakers

Tags: ipevo bluetooth, ipad speaker, apple ipad bluetooth, rechargeable speakers, portable computer speakers

Macbook users rejoice: There's finally a great full-range portable speaker option to pump out the low-frequency audio you've been missing from your Mac laptop. Twelve South's new USB bus-powered sub-woofer recently hit the shelves - the BassJump Portable USB Subwoofer for MacBook. Not since the original Harmon Kardon iSub for slot-load iMacs have we had the missing piece - a USB woofer to complement the total sound spectrum your Mac laptop wasn't delivering.

Order at the Apple Store Online:


Shape the sound with its EQ Software Control Pref Pane for OSX

Featuring a 3" - 77mm bass frequency driver - it combines audio from your MacBooks internal speakers to provide balanced frequency response from 50Hz to 20kHz - all powered from a single USB cable. Special software lets you customize the Bass Jump sound output and volume to your liking and it comes with a neroprene case for safe travel.

Tags: usb woofer, portable woofer, subwoofer, twelve south

So, you thought Apple's er, INNOVATIVE concept of REAR-FACING speakers in the original MacBook wasn't enough? Well, with the recent intro of the new White Unibody $999 MacBook - speaker technology gets buried UNDER THE KEYBOARD and takes barely-audible barely-audio to the next level.


Is this progress?!? Thanks to the disassemblers at iFixit.com - we can see:
1. The new speakers at least face UPWARDS towards the customers ears. That's an advancement.
2. They now live INVISIBLY under the Caps-Lock and Return keys.
3. They're barely the size of a man's thumbnail, to prevent unwanted volume or annoying frequency response.
4. The speakers are over 3" CLOSER to your ears than ever before, that should kinda, sorta help.

http://www.macbook-speakers.com

Tags: tiny speakers, crappy speakers, tinny speakers, Micro-speakers

In a world of endless and relentless technology change - it seems few products stand the test of time. So too with speakers for your Mac or PC, with new iterations and meaningless model numbers every 6 months, like clockwork. Suprisingly, MacWorld.com recently (re)did a review of a 2.1 speaker system Mac users have loved for nearly 5 years: The Harman-Kardon Sound Sticks.



Harman Kardon's SoundSticks


Sometimes tech companies GET IT RIGHT the first time around. Like H-K did with the SoundSticks. Its well balanced speaker response comes from 2 satellites with 4 Odessy drivers each for midrange and highs - to the instantly recognizable acrylic subwoofer illuminated by a blue LED. It's quirky styling that has pleased a tens of thousands of ears - and delighted the eyes. And it still does to this day: A well-balanced speaker system that delivers the same great sound and style it did the day it was introduced. Tech, Done Right, in the first place.

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