speakers without power lead.

[MinorBidoh]

hi, im looking for the best pair of speakers for my mac that dont need an external power supply. the speakers need to be powered by my mac as im having a mini socket war with my flatmate . does anyone know of some half way decent speakers of this such? cheers.

 

[superbovine]

Get a bigger power strip?

 

[stridey]

It's not going to happen with any halfway decent speakers, because your Mac's audio out is at a line level, which means that it needs to be amplified if it's going to power any speaker bigger than headphones.

 

[MinorBidoh]

ahh, i see. could do power strip but would be nice if speakers could power ipod when im away as well camping. i know there are docks speaker stations for ipods but i thought i may be able to kill too small birds with one stone. alas. thanks anyhoo.

 

[jalagl]

How about USB speakers?
I've never used one of them, so I cannot say anything about their quality, sound, etc

You can look at something like this: Altec Lansing XT1 Laptop Speaker System.

 

[myshoeshurt]

How about USB speakers?
I've never used one of them, so I cannot say anything about their quality, sound, etc

You can look at something like this: Altec Lansing XT1 Laptop Speaker System.

USB delivers great sound... the signal is digital and isolated from interference from the other electronics... and Altec Lansing really does make very high quality speakers.

 

[CanadaRAM]

USB delivers great sound... the signal is digital and isolated from interference from the other electronics... and Altec Lansing really does make very high quality speakers.

Ummm... yes, you can get digital sound signal out the USB port, at CD quality, but you're still faced with the limitation of 5V maximum 500 milliAmps from the power buss on the USB port. In order to power an amplifier with such a paltry electrical source, the speakers have to sacrifice most of the bass and much of the accuracy for sheer volume. So -- the USB signal is grand, right up until the moment the speakers start moving the air, then it goes all pear shaped.