Looking for decidedly better music and audio quality for your Apple MacBook Pro or Air? Check out Edifier's design on a 1-piece USB powered laptop speaker system that's engineered better than most. This portable computer speaker features dual 1.25" Tweeters and Midrange drivers as well as a 3 x 1.25" bass driver that's lightyears ahead of the tiny micro-speakers Apple deems good enough for your Mac laptop audio experience.

Edifier USB Soundbar Speaker

Multi Driver Travel Speaker

The Edifier Sound To Go is approximately 10"x1.5" right-sized for even the smallest MacBook Air on up - in a slim design that's easy to carry in your Mac laptop bag. Additional features of this speaker include an on-board volume control button and 3.5mm audio input jack for other devices you may want to connect.

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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 2nd generation USB bus-powered sub-woofer recently hit the shelves - the Twelve South BassJump 2. 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.

Special system software lest you shape your MacBook Pro or Air 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. The software lets you customize the Bass Jump sound cross-over frequency and volume to your liking and it comes with a neroprene case for safe travel.

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For more discriminating ears - and looser wallets - nobody delivers well designed and engineered audio products like Bose. They're the kind of company you pay premium price for, and enjoy their products for years to come. For portable audio - the Bose SoundLink wireless mobile speaker gets A LOT of things spot-on right.

Bose Bluetooth Portable Speaker

Wireless High-Quality Audio

Featuring up to 8 hours of playback time on a battery charge - the SoundLink's Bluetooth supports and remembers up to 6 different Bluetooth pairings for quick connectivity. You can set up your MacBook, iPad, and iPhone - and more - and it instantly remembers it's relationship with all these devices. On-top speaker controls let you easily control power adjust volume and track/playback directly from the unit itself. A 1/8" Aux input for non-Bluetooth audio devices is also supported.


Ah but it's the GUTS of this mobile speaker that set it apart: Here, you see a pair of very high-quality speaker drivers for EACH channel combined with a front and rear bass radiator design that delivers a frequency range no other wireless, portable speaker of this size can match.

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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

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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

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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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