The revolution will not be televised - XMI X-mini II Mini speaker

Advantages: Great sound, bargain price, sleek look.
Disadvantages: The kids listening to happy hardcore at the back of the bus might find out.

...Revolutions: they aren?t usually very good, are they? Big promises by ego-crazed dictators, resulting in the butcher of millions of innocents. No, I?m not a massive fan of revolutions, so I was sceptical when the X-mini arrived on my doorstep, promising ?audio revolution in a box?. On the back, the big promises continued: ?Delivering on the promise of ?sound beyond size?, the X-mini II capsule speaker is petite in size but massive in sound?. By this point I was becoming very suspicious. The look of the thing worried me a little too. Not because it looks bad - it has a very slick look; the vivid red of the speaker poking out from the round, black casing like some demented 8-ball. It?s also very small, which is obviously handy. It?ll easily fit in your back pocket. The packaging too is very attractive (although if you lose sleep over...

Timi_Hendrix 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of XMI X-mini II Mini Speaker

Speakers which might do the job?

Advantages: Cheap, good sound
Disadvantages: reliability

...Hello, Welcome to my review. I had these speakers included with my lovely hp computer which I purchased back in 2005. These speakers came in a rather blank box, with HP written on it, they came nicely packed with a lovely and very easy to use instruction booklet. They looked very professional and they are a nice grey/silver colour with a tint of blue, you plug these into the back of your monitor and they run off the monitors power input which is very useful, they do not have a power cable themself because they use the monitors cable for power, meaning theres a saving of plugs when it comes to your two point plug way! The speakers are prevented in dark blue plastic, with a silver/grey with "Hewlett-Packard" on the front, with the soft cotton above covering the speakers themself, tinted at the top with a silver/grey strip. These...

Heretohelpyou 18.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hewlett-Packard PC multimedia speakers

iPod speakers

Advantages: Portable and lightweight
Disadvantages: You have to be very careful with them.

...I received these speakers as a Birthday present in March from a friend. I was thrilled with them as I had been desperate for a docking station or speakers to play my iPod on. The speakers: The speakers are very attractive and compact yet produce a rich deep bass sound, which is not always present on speakers of this size. They are very lightweight and fold to close at 15 ounces and 8 inches wide, 5.4 inches deep and 1.2 inches thick. The box the speakers come in quotes "With four AA batteries your speakers will play continuously for twenty-four hours" which sounds brilliant but in my experience on 2 x AA batteries they will play for 19 hours. As well as built in controls there is a wireless remote but you do have to be quite near to the speakers and at the right angle for the remote to actually work! The speakers also act as...

xxnatashaxx 28.10.2006 (29.10.2006) · Read review
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Review of Altec Lansing IM3 Ipod speakers

Champagne Speakers

Advantages: Looks stylish and produces excellent quality sound
Disadvantages: Price

...If you have a pc or laptop and are interested in music, you've probably got some computer speakers. Well I brought a desktop pc and I managed to break the speakers so had to purchase some more. I can't surf the Internet or write reviews unless I'm listening to music or the radio. That?s the great thing about pc's and the Internet is that you can listen to any radio station in the whole wide world! Or you put all your cd collection on to your hard drive and use your pc as your hi fi. Well, these speakers look the part for starters. The two side speakers look like champagne glasses hence the name, very sleek and ultra modern style unlike the normal box shape speakers. They don't look like computer speakers, as they are black in colour. Most of the computer speakers are either beige or a grey colour. You also get a super...

redballoon 20.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Harman International PC multimedia speaker system

Good replacement speakers

Advantages: Sound Quality
Disadvantages: Not very sensitive, crossover difficult to fit

...Firstly these speakers are known by various names, but they are basically the 6 1/2" or 165mm fit component speakers from Infinity. eg REF605CS or REF6500cs are two other names used. These are the cheaper component - the Kappa range are more expensive, but look very similar. Prices are generally between £90 and £120 I paid just under £100 including carriage from an internet reseller. The speakers came with a large amount of fitting accessories, including grills and tweater flush mount kits, I needed very little of this as I was replacing original fit speakers in a Vauxhall Omega - which were burnt out. Other things I needed were Vauxhall to 6 1/2" speaker adaptor kits, self adhesive pads, wire and a lot of time. There are not many instructions as fitting speakers is different in every car, I had to use the Haynes manual...

MartinImber 06.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Infinity 605cs Component Speaker System

Portable speakers with a kick

Advantages: Relatively powerful
Disadvantages: A bit big

...You know how it is ? you go away from home for a week or so, but you can hardly lug your 6 hi-fi separates to the coast with you, so you take your tape/CD/minidisc player as a kind of more minimalist approach. It?s not really the same when you?re in your room though is it? So, what are your options? Well, you could go out and buy some of those little sports speakers, but quite frankly, the sound quality of those things is like playing your music with a plastic cup and string, and you could very easily break wind and drown out the music, so pitiful is the volume. What you need are some active(powered) speakers, which will plug into the wall and give you the quality and volume that you need. The Goodmans Active 45 Speakers are a godsend. 20 watts PMPO, they?re not exactly going to blow out any windows, but they sure do pack a punch...

Excelle 10.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Goodmans - Goodmans Active 45 Speakers

Speakers

Advantages: Goopd sound
Disadvantages:

...Well I had seen a review on this kit in what hi fi and fell in love with the speakers purely on looks and others opinions. Big mistake, after saving the required £600 I bundled them into the car without a full demo from my local dealer, when I unpacked the sats I found a few badly finished edges and a lack of detailed set up instructions for the sub. Still full of excitement I continued with my quest and set the speakers round the room and wired them up to my amp. I spun a first disc with my heart racing for joy, then it dropped like a bomb. The speakers sounded like something pinched off a matsui mini system. I fiddled with the settings on my amp, then the array of controls on the back of the sub but to no avail, I contacted the supplier who said I needed to run the speakers in for about 36 hrs. 48 hrs later of continual running in...

itchylegs 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pioneer SV-50-A Home Cinema Speaker System

HI-FI SPEAKERS THAT LOOK GOOD AND SOUND GREAT.

Advantages: SUPERB LOOKS AND SOUND
Disadvantages: ABSOLUTELY NONE!!

...Castle acoustics,a british company based in skipton,north yorkshire,have been designing and producing high quality speakers inhouse, for many years now. What sets them apart from other manufacturers is,i feel,the ability to produce consistently good sounding and superb looking speakers. Every castle speaker that i have seen always looks like a piece of furniture. The company seems to take pride in their product and when you see the speakers,it is not difficult to understand why. Even though these are quality products,castle still manage to keep the prices affordable! On the down side,it is more difficult to find a dealer,although a quick browse through "what hi-fi" will help you to locate one. And when you do find a dealer,i think you will agree it was worth your trouble. Onto the subject of the review: castle pembroke...

iiyama1000 20.10.2004 (13.02.2005) · Read review
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Review of Castle Pembroke Floorstanding Speakers

ET Sounds Great - Sony Pascal Speakers

Advantages: Excellent value (£129), Lovely sound
Disadvantages: could scare you in the night

...OK.. So they may look like ET when lying on their side for centre use; and like an Ostrich egg if stood up on end for front or rear use, but the new Sony Pascal speakers really are a revolution in high quality sound. Beautifully crafted from solid aluminum, they are heavy little buggers. They are also magnetically shielded to prevent them damaging the TV or suchlike. I know its sad, but I really like my sound to be good, and these little eggs really let you believe that you are back in the movies. The sound is crystal clear and spine chillingly sharp, and the combined atmospheric effect they create lulls you into the movie completely. They have a 120 watt max handling power that makes them ideal for main speakers, however they would really have to be complimented by a subwoofer to reproduce the lower frequencies and give a well...

simon.page 30.01.2001 (18.01.2001) · Read review
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Review of Sony Pascal Speakers

Are you after some new speaker's?

Advantages: Looks, sound, build, just about everything really
Disadvantages: You can't buy them new anymore, Monitor Audio has replaced them with a newer model the RS1

...how well they are built. With a beautifully crafted real wood veneer, a very modern looking silver alloy driver and a gold coloured metallic tweeter protected by silver mesh they manage to mix the old with contemporary perfectly. Too many speaker's within the S1's price and performance range have a very bland, old fashioned appearance. At the other end of the spectrum very modern and exotically styled speakers do so at the expensive of looking a bit cheap and plasticky. The S1's balanced appearance of old with new was what first attracted me to them . One of the unique features I like most about the design is the fact that the round metal mesh protecting the tweeter can be removed, in the same way you would remove the speaker cover's. This is a feature that will help improve your ability to hear the tweeter accurately and you may...

consumerpower 21.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Monitor Audio Silver S1 Bookshelf Speakers