While that may sound precarious, the unit is cleverly designed with tabs at the front and a twist-down peg at the back which means it fits well on almost any laptop screen.<\/p>\n I was impressed with the sound, considering the modest price of this product, which retails at \u00a314.99 or less. It is a vast improvement on the built-in speakers in the Dell laptop I tried. No, it is not as good as two separate loudspeakers positioned either side of the laptop; but the audio bar takes up almost no extra space and would easily tuck into most laptop bags when not in use.<\/p>\n Unfortunately you do need a laptop \u2013 running Windows 7, Vista, XP, or Mac OS X 10.1 or higher. Apple\u2019s iPad has no USB port, and there is not an option to use an audio cable instead.<\/p>\n The unit is well made, works with USB 2.0 or 3.0, and claims output power of 2 watts RMS.<\/p>\n Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are in the habit of watching video or listening to music on a laptop, you will know that the average laptop has poor sound quality. That is partly because most laptop speakers are an afterthought, and partly because it is not easy to fit speakers of any quality into a laptop case. External … Continue reading Review: Verbatim\u2019s USB audio bar – simple, well made, good sound<\/span> ![\"image\"](\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image_thumb15.png\" "\\"image\\"")
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