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As something of an audiophile and after reading the earlier reviews, I ordered these speakers with some trepidation. (Alert readers will wonder how I could play DVDs and use the speakers at the same time on the single MacBook Air USB port. They produce more than adequate volume, reasonable base extension for their size, and good clarity and definition in the mid and high range. (LaCie includes a padded case for safely transporting the speakers, easily worth $10 on its own).Just plug the primary speaker into your laptop USB and connect the secondary speaker to the primary speaker, then set the iTunes equalizer to "small speakers" and turn on medium sound enhancement in preferences, and sit back and listen to what I found to be satisfying and surprisingly immersive sound.
Power can be from a 9V DC source (not included) or via the USB cable. The trick is to first rip the DVD on to the hard-drive using the MBA USB DVD player, unplug, then plug in the speakers to play). There is a Line In socket for audio from iPods and other MP3 players. Yes, I discovered you can plug the USB cable into a small (Sonnos) iPod USB Power Adapter and it works. LaCie thoughtfully includes a white mini-jack to mini-jack cable for this purpose. But after auditioning them connected to a MacBook Air I have to say these are dynamite little speakers and very good value.
But you don't even to have a computer to benefit from these speakers. How's that for a complete, portable powered iPod sound system. For casual listening, they are a fine upgrade for subpar built-in computer speakers, but with no heavy power adapter to lug around, these compact speakers are especially great for taking on trips. Great for when watching DVDs.
I like the looks and the sound is adequate - however they fail to stay on and go to a loud static every few minutes - I gave up on them.
My solution is that I look for third party voice coil with comparable size. The sound is unclear and dull. The result is useless and I truly want to return it. You will feel more relaxing if the distance between you and speakers is 5-10m.
I really like the look and design of this speaker and Lacie brand sounds promising to me in terms of product quality. Then I will disassemble it and replace the core driver by myself (I don't want to throw it away as I still like the design on the speakers).All in all, if your priority is design, go for it. Unfortunately, I am back to Thailand now so returning it is impossible to me. So, I design to get the item though I had never done research about its performance before.After I received it and spent an hour with it.
I tried burning the speakers for 2-3 days with the hope that it might help. But if sound quality is your concern, at this price point, you will certainly get much better sound quality from any other brands. The sound quality is unbelievably bad. Mine even has noise spikes every 2-3 minutes noticeable esp when you sit 1-2m far from it.
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