On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 12:52:01PM -0400, Mark O'Brien wrote: > On 7/4/03 12:23 PM, "Mark C. Langston" <mark at bitshift.org> wrote: > > > 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. > > > Is the USB connector optional? Your link says it's powered by 4 AAA > batteries, and mentions nothing about USB. > Yep, it's optional. I ordered it from the manufacturer after receiving the speakers. The default power source is 4 AA batteries, as that page states. I've never used it with batteries, tho. -- Mark C. Langston Sr. Unix SysAdmin mark at bitshift.org mark at seti.org Systems & Network Admin SETI Institute http://bitshift.org http://www.seti.org