Choosing speakers for a laptop or how to inexpensively improve the acoustics of a laptop?

The laptop in recent years has significantly strengthened its position in the market, largely "pushing" its older brother - a stationary PC. But, despite a number of advantages, including mobility, compactness and the ability to work from the battery, laptops have a number of shortcomings. Refers to them and a mediocre, and very often, and does not suit the sound anywhere.

Undoubtedly, some notebook manufacturers have solved this problem due to quite powerful and high-quality built-in speakers in specially designed music playback devices. For example, a laptop ASUS N75s or a laptop HP Envy 14 on the sound quality can compete with some "boombox". But for the most part, to get a good sound from the laptop, it is desirable to attach portable speakers to it, thereby amplifying the sound by a minimum of several times. On how to choose speakers for a laptop and will be discussed in this article.

The speakers for the laptop can be divided into two categories: portable speakers, which can easily be taken with you to nature or a small trip with a laptop, and stationary speakers, mostly bulky and not as compact and mobile as the representatives of the first category . On the shelves of modern stores, you can find other options, for example, "monitor speakers" - powerful speakers, built directly into the case of the monitor. But this option is more suitable for a stationary computer, not a laptop.

When it comes to such things as notebook speakers, the most commonly used are mobile portable speakers. By sound, they can outperform the built-in acoustics of the laptop at times, and many places will not occupy and easily fit in a laptop bag. Particularly in demand on the market are inexpensive compact audio 2.0 systems, the price of which does not exceed ten or fifteen dollars. One of the leaders of manufacturing companies in this segment can be called "Defender". Columns SPK-220 and SPK-530 produced by this company were created specifically for laptops and have proven themselves, having received numerous positive feedback from users. These models are equipped with good speakers (their total power is 4W) and are powered by a USB connector, which will allow you not to think about which outlet to connect them or how many batteries to take with you on the trip. Both variants of the speakers have a volume control, and the "SPK-220" is also equipped with a headphone jack.

The main competitors of the speakers from the company "Defender" can be considered the speakers for the laptop from the company "Microlab", especially the model "MD-520", which is slightly larger than its competitors in size. The "five hundred twentieth" model is also powered by a USB connector. It has a volume control, but there is no headphone jack.

The company "Logitech", known for the production of various accessories and peripherals for computers, went further than its competitors and released notebook speakers for more than fifty dollars. The model in question is called "Laptop Speaker Z205". In addition to better sound and refined design, this option differs from competitors in that it can be mounted directly to the laptop screen, while saving space on your desktop. The Z205 is controlled by the buttons on the top panel, and is powered in the same way as the models described above - via USB. To ensure that the smooth surface of the speakers is not accidentally scratched during transportation, the manufacturer decided to equip it with a stylish soft case.

In addition to the options described above, there are still a lot of proposals, but the lion's share of the market at the moment is precisely behind these models. Also, before choosing the speakers for a laptop, you should understand that only the stationary audio system can provide full sound.