Macally Speakers
Macally Speakers are awesome little appliances. If you haven’t seen one before, take a look on Google. They are tiny portable speakers which plug straight in the top of an iPod or other MP3 Player. They are not designed for entertaining in louder rooms, or rooms with a large number of people, but rather just an alternative to wearing ear plugs. I find earplugs are good, but they can be incredibly annoying if you are working, and they are not always so kind to your ears!
Wires on earplugs get in the way all the time, and they can be damaged easily. After using them for a long time you will find that they develop spots that can stop a speaker from working, and they aren’t cheap to replace. These Macally Speakers are designed as an alternative, and besides annoying anyone else who doesn’t want to hear your music they are a great product. If you just want to have a bit of music when you are outdoors then these are a great option. They aren’t much bigger than an AA battery, and they only have a small speaker at the end.
What this means is a few things; they are not going to be the best quality sound that you have ever heard, and they are not going to be the loudest either. However, considering most other Portable Speakers don’t even fit in your laptop case you are well ahead. Price wise as well, these are incredibly cheap. Of course, you can go and get a set of Logitech Portable Speakers which have multiple speakers, good bass and treble, whilst being able to be loud enough to entertain a huge room of people. However, you will pay a much greater price for this, and they are not half as portable.
In saying that smaller speakers don’t produce good sound, the Macally Speakers do a good job. They only aweigh 2.8 ounces and they allow you to listen to music at any time. I know there have been many times that I have been frustrated with head phones, and having Macally Speakers would have been very handy. A lot of people don’t know about products like these, but that doesn’t mean that they are not popular.
The Macally Speakers are designed with a 3.5mm male ended jack, which means that it can plug into any MP3 player (with the exception of a few that are designed with jacks that are in hard to get to places). The battery will last at least 8 hours under continual use, but it depends on how loud you have the music. A simple on and off switch allows you to turn the speakers off when you don’t want them. The speakers are powered by a single AA battery which fits inside the unit’s sleek cylindrical housing.
If you got a few of the rechargeable AA batteries then you would be able to listen to music for a long time. The good thing about these batteries too is that they are easy to get a hold of, and fairly cheap compared to the lithium ion ones which have to be a specific size to fit!