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The great: The Olasonic TW-S7 PC speakers have an eye-catching egg-shaped design and tend to be USB-powered, so you don't have to worry about dealing with an AIR CONDITIONING adapter.
The bad: Like most USB speakers, there's no volume control about the speakers and they just don't handle heavy bass well (they distort from higher volumes). Also, there's no headphone jack or line input.
The main point here: While the Olasonic TW-S7 speakers have some sound limitations, they have a good eye-catching design, sound decent enough at close range, and offer the ease of USB power from your notebook or desktop computer.
Review:
The first thing you'll notice about the compact Olasonic TW-S7 PC speakers is they have a unique, eye-catching egg-shaped design. As far as colors go, you can opt for black or white, and both versions have a nice glossy finish and include circular rubber stands that keep the speakers standing (they cup the speakers as an egg holder does). They stand a shade less than 6 inches high.
We liked their design and also liked the fact that these tend to be USB-powered speakers, which means you just plug them into a USB port in your Windows or Mac... Expand full review
The first thing you'll notice about the compact Olasonic TW-S7 PC speakers is they have a unique, eye-catching egg-shaped design. As far as colors go, you can opt for black or white, and both versions have a nice glossy finish and include circular rubber stands that keep the speakers standing (they cup the speakers as an egg holder does). They stand a shade less than 6 inches high.
We liked their design and also liked the fact that these tend to be USB-powered speakers, which means you just plug them into a USB port on your Windows or Mac PC and you're all set, no power adapter required.
However, they also come with all the disadvantages of USB-powered speakers. USB just doesn't provide much power to drive the actual speakers. Also, there's no volume control on the speakers themselves; you control it through the volume control on your pc.
For most people, this won't be a problem (a lot of people now adjust volume exclusively via the amount control on their computer's keyboard), but for folks who like to control their PC speakers' volume in the speaker itself, it's worth mentioning.
We should also note that there's absolutely no headphone jack or line input either. That means these really are PC-only speakers--don't expect to use them to hear an iPod or smartphone, for instance.
As far as sound goes, the actual speakers sound fine at lower to middle volumes, but they tend in order to distort at higher volumes, especially when you present them with bass-heavy materials.
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