Portable Audio: Creative's TravelSound Travel Speakers

[rhmorrison]

Originally Posted by ekkie

I have the exact same speakers... I assume that putting the speaker into passive mode (with iPaq volume turned further up) puts out sound that's not loud enough?

I tried to buy those Sony speakers but it was impossible to get here in Germany and the Creative TravelSound I could order from Amazon GERMANY.

But I do think that it is nicer to have a volume control on the speaker unit itself instead of having to play with the volume on the Pocket PC.

[rhmorrison]

Originally Posted by ekkie

I have the exact same speakers... I assume that putting the speaker into passive mode (with iPaq volume turned further up) puts out sound that's not loud enough?

I tried to buy those Sony speakers but it was impossible to get here in Germany and the Creative TravelSound I could order from Amazon GERMANY.

But I do think that it is nicer to have a volume control on the speaker unit itself instead of having to play with the volume on the Pocket PC.

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Originally Posted by rhmorrison

I tried to buy those Sony speakers but it was impossible to get here in Germany and the Creative TravelSound I could order from Amazon GERMANY.

They're actually not that easy to find here in the US either. I live in the US but I actually bought mine while I was abroad in Japan.

But I do think that it is nicer to have a volume control on the speaker unit itself instead of having to play with the volume on the Pocket PC.

Agreed. But the passive mode on the Sony units do provide other listening options, and that's all I was pointing out.

That said, I'm actually quite curious as to the sound quality difference between these two units. The Sony's that I have is impressive. My only complaint is that the unit itself is a little on the larger side... and with the 4 AA batteries, it can be a bit heavy too.

If this Creative unit can match or surpass my Sony's in sound quality, I'll seriously consider purchasing it.

[rhmorrison]

Originally Posted by ekkie

That said, I'm actually quite curious as to the sound quality difference between these two units. The Sony's that I have is impressive. My only complaint is that the unit itself is a little on the larger side... and with the 4 AA batteries, it can be a bit heavy too.

If this Creative unit can match or surpass my Sony's in sound quality, I'll seriously consider purchasing it.

I had read such a comparison on the web between these two units and for the author of the article (that I can't seem to find) he thought the sound of the Creative unit had a little better bass and he liked the volume control. Both units had excellent stereo sound.

You micht take a look at the following links:

• Creative TravelSound portable speakers
• Creative TravelSound MP3 Titanium Review
• Creative TravelSound
• Creative TravelSound Review
• Honey, I shrunk the speakers!
• Sony SRS-T57
• Creative TravelSound - CNET editor's preview
• Sony SRS-T77 - CNET editor's preview

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