speakers

Speakers' corner: Eclipse 307s

Crave Do you know how to pick a pair of good MP3 player speakers? When some mean looking day-release youth offender barely contained by his ill-fitting Dixons uniform sidles up to you and asks, "what kind of speakers are you looking for, sir?

Tags: response, speakers, waveform, cabinet

29 December 2005, 10:44

Sweex goes sound-card commando with USB speakers

Crave Sweex, purveyor of all things budget, has just sent us a set of its latest speakers. It's almost as if Sweex sent a hoard of homeless urchins to recover the abandoned speakers that once accompanied our long-recycled pre-Pentium computers.

Tags: cent, usb, speakers, managed

13 April 2006, 11:20

Telling it like it is: Eclipse 307 iPod speakers

Crave Eclipse makes speakers like Rolls Royce make jet engines, and we don't just mean both companies are at the top of their fields, these speakers actually look like jet engines. Though the iPod speakers (pictured) are baby versions of Eclipse's £1200...

Tags: recording, engines, fi, speakers

16 November 2005, 10:29

Klipsch iGroove SXT: Horny iPod speakers

Crave How such a technology will work when coupled to a portable set of iPod speakers will be shown when we get our hands on an iGroove for review. Another potential Christmas stocking filler for you iPod fanatics out there is the new Klipsch iGroove SXT...

Tags: klipsch, gear, loaded, sacrifice

14 December 2007, 9:07

Sierra iN Studio 5.0: Studio-grade iPod speakers

Crave At Crave we're very fond of iPod-ready speakers and we're not averse to those that claim to be of a superior quality. How do you think we felt this morning to see a set that look like our studio monitor speakers and claim to be the most dynamic...

Tags: sierra sound, studio, speakers, speaker

17 April 2007, 11:16

Parrot DS1120 Bluetooth speakers: Wire-free music

Crave That's a whole mountain of devices that could benefit from having a pair of Bluetooth speakers. Parrot's latest effort in this arena is the DS1120, speakers which aim to provide a voice for your wireless audio device.

Tags: parrot, volume, bluetooth, hands

31 March 2008, 12:24

Fenda Wii Speaker AM2101C: 2.1 speakers look like a Wii

Crave The speakers resemble the Nunchuck controller, with the system belting out a total of 25W. Here's a fun gimmick for anyone that managed to get hold of a Nintendo Wii this Christmas. It's a 2.1 speaker system designed to look as much like the Wii as...

Tags: speaker, wii, christmas, engines

9 January 2008, 5:14

Gear4 HouseParty Blu: Trendy Bluetooth iPod speakers

Crave So do you really need Bluetooth in a set of speakers if you have an iPod? The £79 system's got a 30W speaker output from its twin speakers, glowing blue LED controls on the front and an auxiliary input if you're stupid enough to buy one of these...

Tags: gear4, bluetooth, speakers, speaker

24 May 2007, 11:15

Hands-on with Gear4's Blackbox wireless speakers

Crave Anyway, it's a solid, well-built set of portable speakers, though it's hella prone to fingerprints and smudges. Wires and wired connections are for old people, the mentally challenged and the Amish -- all the cool people are using wireless stuff.

15 October 2007, 13:09

IXOS XMI308 iPod speakers: Tubelicious

Crave These sort of speakers often boast convenient size over quality of performance, but the IXOS worked surprisingly well, and live material sounded particularly good. The only gripe we have is the slightly disappointing silver finish of the speakers...

Tags: ixos, power, speakers, speaker

13 September 2007, 11:11

iRiver E150, E200 to go aluminium and lose speakers

Crave Sadly for all the teenagers on the 77 to Waterloo -- you know who you are -- the two mini speakers in the back of the E100 are getting scrapped. We've just had some top-secret, hot-off-the-press exclusive news about iRiver.

Tags: iriver, model, kids, lcd

24 April 2008, 11:33

X-mini speakers: Tunnock's MP3 Cake

Crave Mini speakers are a dime a dozen these days, so we rarely give them any Crave loving. They're made by a company called Xm-i and are lovingly known as the X-mini speakers. Actually, there are two versions: the X-mini, a pair of stereo speakers that...

Tags: xm-i, stereo, mini, speakers

15 April 2008, 11:38

Altec Lansing launches first 'Works With iPhone' speakers

Crave Not only are its speakers shielded from mobile signal interference, it's capable of blurting some quality audio, too, as we discovered at our private hands-on today at CES. Both of the system's 76mm (3-inch) speakers are driven by neodymium magnets...

Tags: altec lansing, speaker, iphone, fi

9 January 2008, 11:21

iLuv i9200: Four CDs, two speakers and an iPod

Crave It's iLuv's i9200 iPod-ready hi-fi with four front-mounted CD players, not to mention some sexy detachable speakers and an AM/FM radio. Listen up, Cravetown. It's Monday and we've got a big ol' audio system for you.

Tags: iluv, cds, players, house

25 June 2007, 11:33

LG HT762TZ: DVD upscaler, 5.1 surround and boozy speakers

Crave So when LG offered to send us its new HT762TZ 5.1 system, with a built-in DVD player and the added bonus of some stylish Champagne-flute speakers, we were understandably excited. You get six speakers, including four satellites for front and rear...

Tags: lg electronics, dvd player, speakers, sub

22 May 2008, 11:39