COBY CS-P14 Personal Mini Stereo Speakers

List Price: $19.95 Discount Price: $2.55

Features:

• High Efficiency Mini Stereo Speakers
• Lightweight and compact for easy carrying and space saving
• 3.5 mm Mini Plug for all types of portable audio use
• No external power adapter necessary

Customer Reviews:

Lame--avoid [Posted on 2007-11-20]
I bought these babies concurrently with the battery-powered Coby CS-MP23 and a similar generic version from Walgreens "GoStereo" brand, all for the same price. At the electronics store, I noticed at least two, possibly three, packages of this model (CS-P14) which were obvious returns, which made me leery. Mine certainly became the third or fourth to be put back on the shelf... and they WEREN'T "defective"... just a "bad design", I told the customer service counter.

So getting to try two "mini" but battery-powered versions, along with these hugely larger yet unpowered speakers, side-by-side, was eye-opening, if disappointing. Believe it or not, these speakers were the quietest of the bunch. However, the volume of all 3 models were in similar range. These CS-P14's were worst in terms of sound, though--quite a disappointment. I would think that unpowered speakers which nevertheless had a decent amount of surface area, would be the best performs in terms of straight fidelity, if not volume. Nope. Sound was, well, VERY muddled. Voice (the primary usefulness for a product like this) was not clear. Voice through this model was the most difficult to understand of the three (add that to the lowest volume, too, and we have a clear loser). Highs just weren't there, I mean almost at all. And "bass"... well, you know. Not enough to make it in any way make up for its deficiencies.

The product packaging advertises how the speakers can be put together (as if "kissing") for more compact transport, but the way it is illustrated, with the speaker wire wrapping around the bases to keep the pods together, the laws of physics don't work that way; the wire wrapped at the base would actually serve to pull them apart like a clamshell. I envisioned a way that, with a slightly better design, that this would've been a possibility, but these speakers were just an exercise in lackluster design all around.

The speaker cord length is adequate; that's about the only positive thing I can say. With a complete redesign, and some battery power (goodness knows there's plenty of space in there), these things could have promise, but as they are, are losers all around.

Eh... [Posted on 2007-12-01]
Don't listen to the people who complain about the 'lack of sound' from these speakers; aside from the lack of bass, they sound essentially identical to your average one-piece radio unit. I used them with my iPod Nano at work, and they were loud enough for me to hear them fairly clearly all the way on the other side of the building. The fact that I neither needed to plug them in, nor pay the absolutely outrageous amount of money Apple wants for iPod speakers, even if they do have matching fascias and color-identical whatnot was just icing on the cake.

So why the two star review? I was very happy with the sound I got from these; however, they broke within two months of regular use. As I said, I used them at work, so they were being used every single day. In about two months, the right speaker completely failed. With only one speaker, the unit becomes much harder to hear anywhere, and since the iPod Nano has no way to set its sound output to 'mono' from 'stereo', every song sounds bizarre and surreal, with half of its output missing.

That being said, it may be useful for 'casual' use, or to leave them immobile on a surface. But this unit won't stand up to heavy usage.

Coby portable speakers [Posted on 2008-01-12]
I bought these for my work place to bring in my ipod, and though it's a little noisy in there, you can still talk to people, and yet I couldn't hear anything out of the speakers. I ended up blowing them turning them up all the way. Very cheaply made.

Waste of time [Posted on 2008-03-16]
This is a complete waste of time. I regret buying this item. You can barely hear anything when u even bring it close to your ear. Dont waste your money!

Excellent product [Posted on 2008-04-23]
I have bought this product already 4 times as it is an excellent gift. Good product and very reliable.

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