Didn't meet expectations from these reviews

I purchased this product based on the reviews here. I needed cheap USB speakers that are shielded so they don't emit interference from nearby cellphones. This pair fits the bill.

These speakers are _not bad_ but the other reviews make it seem like they're great sounding, loud speakers. The fact is that they are not great, but they are probably better than what came with your computer -- or maybe not. Samsung makes quality products. These are compact, attractive and well built. At their price, they represent a good value and they do work either via speaker output (headphone) jack or USB, which is a great benefit. They are split from a single 1/8" headphone jack that plugs into an included USB dongle (which actually provides the sound card functionality; Vista instantly recognized and I did not use the included software on CD)

So buy them with the understanding that they are NOT surprisingly loud, as so many of these 5-star reviews made me believe. They are simply an above-average  more

Excellent output for the size!

Just got the speakers and hooked it up to my vista laptop and it worked immediately without the need to install additional drivers (windows might have done it in the background). The sound is awesome! Had expected flattish sounds from these two speakers but it is rich! Very happy with the purchase :) Volume is loud too and I could hear the music clearly from the living room with speakers hooked up in the study).

Surprisingly Powerfully for Their Size

Despite their small size(4.5h*2.5w) and low power(0.4watt) the Samsung Pleomax PSP-7000XB USB Crystal 2.0-Channel Speakers sound output is quite loud and good quality.These speakers plenty powerful enough for tv, games, and music for most people, though as a previous reviewer stated I doubt they'd be loud enough if you would like to be able to hear music throughout your whole house.

I setup our old computer as an secondary tv but I needed better speakers so I tried these. When I first took them out of the box I didn't think they would be powerfully enough because they were so small but they produced surprisingly loud and good quality sound.These speakers are also very portable because they use very little power and they receive both there sound and power from one USB port making them great laptop speakers.Though they clam to produce virtual 7.1 I didn't notice much difference when this was turned on or off but you might have to be in a very small room for this to work.