Excellent Sound without a Sound card!

[GetInMyFatBelly]

I just purchased a pair of Philips DSS 350 speakers that attach with a USB cable. There is no sound card required. I have never heard of this, but am amazed at how good these sound and blow away my DTT 2500! I paid 39 euros in Amsterdam, but believe that these 2 year old discontinued speakers can be had for $30 to $40 range in the U.S. if you can find them. They are rated at 15watts each RMS and 360watts peak. They also have a regular input 1/8" plug as well as a mini-sub to add a Subwoofer (or you can get the DSS 370, with Sub), also have bass boost and faux surround sound, volume control (only for USB input), and earphone out. This is a great alternative if you don't want to spend money or use a PCI slot for a sound card. The USB signal is digital, so you will be impressed for the money.

These work with Windows 98 and newer!

 

[Woodchuck2000]

<< The USB signal is digital, so you will be impressed for the money. >>


As opposed to an analogue USB signal
Ah, the good old Digital=Good story...

You won't get anything vaguely resembling EAX or A3D on it though - it'll be fine for listening to music and for any sounds in the OS, but I'm willing to bet that it has a rather high CPU overhead and is completely unsuitable for games.

 

[Eug]

<< I just purchased a pair of Philips DSS 350 speakers that attach with a USB cable. There is no sound card required. I have never heard of this, but am amazed at how good these sound and blow away my DTT 2500! I paid 39 euros in Amsterdam, but believe that these 2 year old discontinued speakers can be had for $30 to $40 range in the U.S. if you can find them. They are rated at 15watts each RMS and 360watts peak. They also have a regular input 1/8" plug as well as a mini-sub to add a Subwoofer (or you can get the DSS 370, with Sub), also have bass boost and faux surround sound, volume control (only for USB input), and earphone out. This is a great alternative if you don't want to spend money or use a PCI slot for a sound card. The USB signal is digital, so you will be impressed for the money.

These work with Windows 98 and newer! >>



You DO have a sound "card". It's just that it's now located outside your PC in your speaker system. Personally, Ideally, I'd avoid the the USB method for 2 reasons. 1) They can cause conflicts with certain systems. 2) They eat CPU cycles (which is important on slower machines only if you're a gamer, etc.). Otherwise, if it works fine for you, great.

 

[easystreet]

They sound good on my Iopener which is CPU "challenged"....but I don't play games on it either.