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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 The Best Little Travelin' Speakers...Jan 21, 2008
By Angele Dookie
"Music Lover"
I travel a lot and love to be able to listen to music once I'm back in the hotel room. Before finding these speakers, the only options I had was to either lug my heavy & bulky iHome with me (which took up precious space in my bag) or listen to music via my headphones, which feels really weird when you're alone in a hotel room. So needless to say, these speakers were both a great find & purchase. You don't need a docking station in order to listen to your iPod. Once I opened the box, I was listening to my iPod within seconds. Great volume, great price, very compact, weighs less than a pound and can run off of three AAA batteries. If you're looking for a rich wall of sound, then this is not the item for you. The sound is on the tinny side and it also doesn't charge your mp3 player, so you will need a separate charger.
All in all, I wholeheartedly recommend these speakers for those looking a valued priced, entry level set of travel speakers.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Small speakers mean small soundMar 22, 2008
By Cookie's mom
I bought these for use with my iPod nano, because I teach classes away from the office and I wanted to be able to occasionally play a piece of music for the class. The size and style are great--they take three AAA batteries and also come with an AC adapter, plus they clip together for transportation--but unfortunately, small speakers mean small sound. I played a John Williams composition and the sound came out tinny, with almost no bass. It was a little better when I placed the two speakers as far apart as they would go (which is not far). Country fiddle music sounded better, but the quality was still not as good as I could get from my no-name $40 boombox. One more note: I bought mine on impulse at a big-box store, and then discovered that they were $2 cheaper on Amazon.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth the money at any priceApr 21, 2009
By J. You
I recently bought these on clearance at a local brick-and-mortar. I'm not an audiophile and my needs were minimal, but ultimately I came to the conclusion that the sound quality from these speakers is pretty bad, especially considering these are active (i.e., amplifying) units.
I use the word "ultimately" because initially I was satisfied, but I soon realized that I was having a hard time really enjoying my music because of the poor sound quality from these speakers. Like others have said, sound from the M30 is best described as tinny and far-off; prototypical of cheap single-driver satellite speakers. Honestly, the only advantage these particular speakers give over passive units is a little more volume- the M30 still produces zero bass.
Also, these speakers have odd footprints that make them easily tipped over. It might sound like I'm knit-picking, but if you go against reviews and buy these, you'll probably find this problem rather irritating, especially if you're setting the speakers up on a small space (say, on a little desk, next to your laptop).
If you're looking for decent quality portable speakers, I'd recommend looking into the following:
*JBL On Tour Portable Speaker System
*Audio Source DB5
*Altec Lansing iM-237 Orbit Ultraportable
*Genius SP-i200 Portable Speakers
*Nokia MD-4
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Beyond disappointingDec 05, 2008
By 1776
Sony should be ashamed to have their name associated with this product. It's absolute garbage. If I could have returned it without shipping fees, I would have, but as it is, I just considered it a $28.27 (with free shipping) lesson. The sound quality was far worse than most cheap PC speakers. "Tinny" would be an insult to tin. You can get far better sound for less or the same money. It's too bad, because I like their size and style.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good enough, not excellentDec 19, 2008
By The Taminator
"There's no going back. You've changed things... forever."
I would have given these speakers 3 1/2 stars, but it's either-or on Amazon, so I'm rating them 3. I bought them because at the time I had a badly designed laptop with the speakers on the BOTTOM of the unit, so even at full volume I could barely hear it. These speakers did what the laptop couldn't do-- deliver the volume I needed. However, if you're looking for theatre-quality awesome sound, you won't find it with these. Even with a slight hearing impairment, I never forget that I'm listening to small travel speakers, and you probably won't either. They snap together for easy transport, but you have to wrap the wire around them since it's not retractable. For something to get you by, it's a good value, but for better quality, you'll probably need bigger speakers.
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