INSMART Computer Speakers, Speaker for Desktop Computer, 3.5mm Audio Interface and USB Powered PC Speaker, 10W Wooden Stereo Computer Speaker with Volume Control (P100)

I love these speakers they match my desk. They are loud. I have the main volume on the speakers at 40% and use the pc volume and it is plenty of sound. They are clear and crisp. One side note, I tried to use my pc to power them and the speakers were buzzing. That was because I plugged them into a generic computer. I switch to a 5v ac adapter and no buzzing even with volume up to 100%. Super clean.

Just returned these. These are definitely not $50 speakers. Maybe $20 speakers. When the speakers are turned on, there is this high pitched whining noise that comes from them. I adjusted the input to the speaker, and the volume on the speakers, and it was still there. I was hoping to have these on all of the time, because they would be the output from my Amazon Echo, but the whining sound will drive you crazy when music isn't playing though them. You have to turn them off. The output sound is not great either. I've had much cheaper computer speakers that sound way better. The only upside is the wood paneling makes them look kind of neat. I guess that's why they think they can sell them for $50.

I... Regret buying these. They look good, but they slant downwards and sound pretty bad. No place to plug headphones in, lots of static and it has almost no bass to it. I was thoroughly confused when I heard these working. I thought I did something wrong. That's how bad it is. Also, the cables are super short.Overall, neat for the price but there ARE better options for the price in terms of sound quality.

The media could not be loaded. I was looking for something wood-grained and inexpensive, yet amplified; so that I could stream music during the workday in my home office. I placed two product options in my wish list: this very product for ~$20, and another wooden pair for ~$80. I figured I'd start with these, since they were priced so well.The net result: I'll be keeping these and they meet my expectations perfectly. They serve the very purpose I had planned for them, and they perform and look quite well, at an excellent price point.Some buyers are reporting "hissing" sounds from theirs when no music is playing on them; however my speakers don't seems to exhibit that behavior; even when cranking the volume to it's max and stopping the input. Mine work flawlessly.Some niceties:* Front-accessible volume control; handy for quick, "analog-style" adjustments (it's incredible the amount of amplified speakers that place the onus in the input source for this exclusively).* All cables are jacketed in a robust, cloth-like mesh, and they seem quite durable.* Dynamic response and frequency range is better than I had expected.* The wooden enclosures are attractive and quite robust.My (personal) gripes:* I do wish the speakers had removable cloth-like speaker covers/grilles, reminiscent from the nice speakers of yore.* The volume knob has a printed "-/+" markers beside it, on the nice woodgrain. Unnecessary and clutters up/devalues the nice wood enclosure.* YAEDWABBLED ("Yet Another Electronic Device With A Bright Blue LED"). I cannot even fathom why this ~25-year-old practice/fad is still a "thing." It's superfluous, redundant, tacky and severely overused. Again, it devalues the look of the nice woodgrain cabinets.For $20 and the decent looks and good sound yielded, these speakers are a no-brainer if the retrol-like style tickles your fancy.In the meantime I'll be carefully erasing the silk-screened volume indicators on the nice wood, as well as internally disabling that blasted bright-blue LED.

Bought these to go on my desk at work, where I'd be playing them at low volume. They emit an audible high-pitched white-noisy sort of whine the entire time they're on, which overwhelms the sound at low volume and makes them unusable for close-quarters listening. Might be fine if they were up on a shelf on the other side of the room, but in that case you'd have something you plugged into the wall not directly into USB. Definitely not a good choice for a desk speaker. They're also a bit cheap looking. There's only one speaker per box, i.e. the top circle is meant to look like a tweeter but is just a piece of plastic, not a real speaker. Can definitely do better at this price point.

Really not bad for computer speakers. Don't expect them to sound like being at a club. The set is analog only, no USB audio and no tone adjustment. The USB cord is just for power. The sound quality is equal to that of a portable cd/radio/cassette boom box that were more common around the early 2000's, which is great for just using as computer speakers. The bass is modest and present, the middle is super clear and accented, the highs sound like a gentle ping, not like a nasty SHKASSSSHHHHSSSSSHHH. It's hard to tell if the material is really wood or not. Only goofy thing about them is that the tweeters are fake. They are just plastic pieces made to look like tweeter speakers. I don't know why some manufacturers decorate speakers with fake tweeters... JUST DON'T! It makes people feel stupid for buying speak with fake tweeters.

I realize that I could not expect much for $50, however these speakers are horrible. I was looking for something that had a 3.5mm plug (check), looked retro (check) and that could be USB powered (check). However, immediately after plugging in the power you will hear this awful electronic, high pitched whine. It is clearly audible when the speaker volume is dialed all the way up or all the way down but in the mid-volume range the noise is load enough to give a person an instant headache.This is not due to the audio source or the quality of the power. The whine is present whether or not the speakers are plugged into a computer, a phone or not at all. Getting power from a computer, a monitor or a USB power brick also all yield the same annoying results.