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Summary: These speakers are HORRIBLE
Review: I bought these speakers thinking "hmm... with USB i wont need a soundcard" .. well things dont always work out like they are supposed to. Yea, you dont need a soundcard to use these speakers. What you do need is a 800000 mhz computer with a few gigs of RAM. Seriously, these things ate up so many of my computers resources that I was unable to multitask anything. I couldnt even surf the net when i was listening to music, and if i even had the things plugged in i could forget about burning a CD. I wasted 5 blank cds before i realized what my problem was. I am running a P3 800 mhz with 128 megs of ram.. i should think i have enough power to listen to music AND check my email, but with these speakers its not possible. I finally took them back and bought a Turtle beach Montigo 2 Quadzilla soundcard and Some AWESOME monsoon flat panel speakers.. save yourself some greif and stay away from the yamaha USB speakers.
Rating:
Summary: These speakers are HORRIBLE
Review: I bought these speakers thinking "hmm... with USB i wont need a soundcard" .. well things dont always work out like they are supposed to. Yea, you dont need a soundcard to use these speakers. What you do need is a 800000 mhz computer with a few gigs of RAM. Seriously, these things ate up so many of my computers resources that I was unable to multitask anything. I couldnt even surf the net when i was listening to music, and if i even had the things plugged in i could forget about burning a CD. I wasted 5 blank cds before i realized what my problem was. I am running a P3 800 mhz with 128 megs of ram.. i should think i have enough power to listen to music AND check my email, but with these speakers its not possible. I finally took them back and bought a Turtle beach Montigo 2 Quadzilla soundcard and Some AWESOME monsoon flat panel speakers.. save yourself some greif and stay away from the yamaha USB speakers.
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Summary: Pure and Clean Sound - Excellent Speakers!
Review: These are seriously some of the best speakers I have ever owned. I bought them because they are USB, and a soundcard is not needed. Considering I have a laptop with a not-so-good sound card (as most laptops have), I did my research and jumped on these.It's a three piece system with 80W of power (20W for each satellite and 40W for the sub). The satellites produce the cleanes purest signal ever, and the sub a powerfull, yet not overwhelming, punch. And they're loud! I listen to them with the volume at about 1/5 the maximum. And no you don't need and 800000MHz computer. I have a mobil P3850 with 384MB ram, and the USB seems transparent. There's no skipping and no slowing down of my system. The USB interface is like an external sound card, and the quality is superb. Before I bought my laptop, I had a PC with a SB Live! hooked up to a Yamaha Natural Sound system, and I must say the sound quality of the Yamaha YSTMS55D is about equal. I think these speakers are only *officially* for use with Win98, but the drivers that come with Win2k work great. The only downfalls are the midi synth which isn't great (but who cares about midi?), and the fact that it doesn't have any 3D gaming support (such as A3D or EAX). But I highly recommend the system for listen to music and activities of that sort. Perfect for a laptop.
Rating:
Summary: Pure and Clean Sound - Excellent Speakers!
Review: These are seriously some of the best speakers I have ever owned. I bought them because they are USB, and a soundcard is not needed. Considering I have a laptop with a not-so-good sound card (as most laptops have), I did my research and jumped on these. It's a three piece system with 80W of power (20W for each satellite and 40W for the sub). The satellites produce the cleanes purest signal ever, and the sub a powerfull, yet not overwhelming, punch. And they're loud! I listen to them with the volume at about 1/5 the maximum. And no you don't need and 800000MHz computer. I have a mobil P3850 with 384MB ram, and the USB seems transparent. There's no skipping and no slowing down of my system. The USB interface is like an external sound card, and the quality is superb. Before I bought my laptop, I had a PC with a SB Live! hooked up to a Yamaha Natural Sound system, and I must say the sound quality of the Yamaha YSTMS55D is about equal. I think these speakers are only *officially* for use with Win98, but the drivers that come with Win2k work great. The only downfalls are the midi synth which isn't great (but who cares about midi?), and the fact that it doesn't have any 3D gaming support (such as A3D or EAX). But I highly recommend the system for listen to music and activities of that sort. Perfect for a laptop.
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