[Ti] best speakers for travelling

[Mark C. Langston]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:11:05AM -0400, Malcolm Hamilton wrote:
>
> I travel with my Ti, and want to bring along some external speakers.
> I've checked out the tiny compact units that are designed for this 
> very purpose (the Sony model folds flat, for example), but the sound 
> quality is pretty bad.


http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/

I own a pair.  Prior to using these, I was travelling with some rather
heavy Sony desktop speakers.  The Generation2 SI-5's have excellent
range, good volume, and best of all, can be powered directly from your
USB port.

I take that back.  Best of all is the fact that together, they're the
size of a paperback book.  My only gripe is that one of the two included
cables (male stereo headphone jack on both ends) is too short.  However,
that's trivially fixable with a quick trip to any electronics store for
a replacement cable.

I use them with both my iPod and my TiBook.  My back thanks me every
time I have to travel across, or out of, the US.

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