# Speakers for laptop - recommendations?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-laptop-recommendations/313210 "2005-07-19T23:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-laptop-recommendations/313210/1 "2005-07-19T23:19:10Z")

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So, I’m looking for a decent (not ultra-high-quality, but not crappy) set of speakers for my laptop. Small is good, but so is cheap (preferably under $50). Seeing how I have no idea of what’s good in this area, and I’m certain that some of you out there have at least had some experience buying cheapish computer speakers, I ask you this: Anything to look for or avoid? Any specific recommendations?

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-laptop-recommendations/313210/2 "2005-07-20T03:49:32Z")

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Will these speakers be portable or will they remain at your desk at home?

Does your laptop have 2 outputs for 5.1(or greater number of channels)?  
Or does it only have 2.1 output?

the logitech range of computer speakers are generally pretty good. In particular the z-640’s sound great for what they cost.

If it’s portable I imagine the Ipod speakers are half-way decent( but way overpriced).

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**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-laptop-recommendations/313210/3 "2005-07-20T13:18:42Z")

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I bought [these](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00022TNGI/qid=1121865414/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl147/103-0373359-9544657?v=glance&s=pc&n=507846) portable, cheap PC speakers made by Kensington. They plug into a USB port, don’t need batteries, weigh next to nothing, fold up, and they were cheap. I can’t really listen to music when I work, so I didn’t need high quality speakers for my PC. They sound fine for $32.

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**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-laptop-recommendations/313210/4 "2005-07-21T21:40:46Z")

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Maybe what you really need is [Hello Kitty](http://store.yahoo.com/sanriostore/89845.html) speakers