Creative TravelSound 500 Notebook Speakers

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/gear/128/1/1/' target='_blank'>http://www.laptoplogic.com/reviews/gear/128/1/1/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"If you’re looking for an alternative to your conventional laptop speakers, Creative Labs has a solution that might attract your attention: the TravelSound 500 Notebook speakers. The unit’s compact size and its light weight make it a great portable upgrade from conventional laptop speakers. The TravelSound 500 also gives users the option to receive power from your laptop’s USB port without additional power adapters, making it a great portable audio solution to complement your notebook."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/creative.jpg" /><br /><br />Looks like a really well though out design but seems limited in applications. I don't think they would have enough power for doing a presentation and if it is just for one person, a nice set of headphones seem like a better option.

[sub_tex]

I would love to get a pair of these.

We recently took a trip and were going to use the laptop as a dvd player. But that usually means lugging around a set of pc speakers to hook up to it since the onboard speakers are so low.

This could be a very nice solution, if they do in fact sound good.

[randalllewis]

Creative also just announced a portable speaker for the popular Zen Micro. There are similar products for the iPod and I have been looking for something like this for my Micro. Unfortunately, Creative is currently selling this product- TravelDock Zen Micro- in the UK and recently announced it would be available this month is Asia. Come on Creative, some of us here in the US might be interested too.