Logitech S120 2.0 Stereo Speakers, Black

I bought these probably 15 years ago and they still work fine.

Here was my criteria for buying computer speakers:- Budget friendly speakers for my work computer.- Best quality possible for the price point.- Must work right out of the box and be easy to use.- Volume control a must.- Headphone jack also a must since most of the time I will be using headphones as not to distract my co-workers.Originally, a co-worker gave me a new Logitech S150 USB Speakers with Digital Sound. However, I ended up purchasing the S120 speakers here on Amazon, and giving the S150 USB speakers away to another co-worker. Here's why:- Obviously the Logitech S150 does not come with the volume control knob, nor does it have the headphone jack. (But the S120 has both of these features).- The Logitech S150 model is USB. The S120, which I prefer, have the plug that goes into the green jack in the back of most computers. I consider my work computer a dinosaur (it is Windows XP). It had problems with the USB speakers. The volume, which could only be set by the computer's volume meter in the control panel, was all over the place. Like other comments I read, I had issues with the USB speakers since I primarily use my headphones. These issues involved the headphones not silencing the USB speakers. With the Logitech S120, when I insert my headphones, the speakers go silent (as expected). The USB S150 are "buggy" at best. The S120 works as you would expect them to.- One more note about the S150 USB speakers. I often found myself having to reboot my computer after inserting or removing the USB speakers. They really are buggy and messed up the sound settings on the computer. Rebooting, of course, seemed to fix the issue until I unplugged or replugged the USB speakers in again. Such a hassle.- Since I primarily use my headphones to listen to music while at my work computer, I am more comfortable with the Logitech S120 model. Like most headphones, the cord is really short. Before, I had to plug my headphones into the computer, which sits on the floor. This gave me a short "leash" of movement. Now, I bring these speakers out close to my computer keyboard, and plug the headphones into the speakers. I don't feel like I have short-leash syndrome anymore.- The S120 speakers, in my opinion, sound better than the S150 model and also cost a little less too! Since I'm in a work environment, I'm not going to be BLASTING these speakers (not ever). However, I did "test" them at home, and they can put out a decent amount of volume. I imagine if you BLAST these speakers often, they might not sound as good as they do at lower volumes.- One small "issue" I have noticed with these speakers only occurs when I am using my headphones plugged into the headphone jack on the speakers: In the left channel of the stereo headphones, I sometimes hear a small humming noise. It doesn't happen with the right channel. I've noticed if I move these speakers away from my computer monitor, the humming noise can be eliminated. I assume there must be some time of interference. I consider this a small issue since I can rectify it and also because these are not an expensive home theater entertainment speakers. They are budget speakers. They are what they are.If you need decent sound from small budget computer speakers, these are great. I'm thinking about getting another pair for my wife's laptop (for the times when she's using her laptop at her desk). These speakers are definitely a huge step up from the small speaker in most laptops.

I have to give a tip of the hat to Labtec, I finally retired the set I've had for, I'm pretty sure, 22 years.They started to drop a channel out fairly often and I'd have to fiddle with the connectors to get it back for a while, the connectors were staticky when touched or moved, it was time (ya think) to replace them. But, damn, gotta give it to them for how long they served me.Now, on to these speakers...Ok, I'm not a gamer, so I don't need/want a 27 channel, surround-sound, system with a bass able to empty all the shelves in the room, or tweeters capable of shattering wine glasses at 10 paces.While I'll occasionally play some music, my volume is more for background than for hosting a rave.I'll watch movies, but I don't need the theater experience, I don't need to be knocked back in my seat when something blows up.I just want some speakers that are clear and I can understand what people are saying in anything I watch.I am very pleased with these speakers, the sound is very clear and sharp, the small backgrounds sounds in scenes are reproduced nicely and can be heard cleanly. Turning the volume to maximum the sound didn't distort too badly, but did get a little buzzy at 100%, not real bad, but noticeable.I can't say it has a lot of bass to them, though, to be fair, for the size of them, it would be unfair to expect a lot of bass. As I said, the sound does have depth and clarity, and that's more what I'm looking for, so I like them. I set the volume at 100% and use my windows volume slider to control how loud I want them, and my PC has a few presets for different sound styles - movie, gaming, voice, music, auto - so I can get different tones from them, and words comes through clearly.I liked that the transformer is built in so I didn't have that clunky transformer that takes up 2 plug spaces, just a normal plug at the end of the wire. You only have about 6' wiring between the two speakers, so you're not going to be spacing these out very far apartThat being said, find the designer that chose the wiring pattern and beat him with a stupid stick!My computer, power strips, and everything, is on my left, so I would be plugging the speakers into my PC, and power strip , on my left side.The speaker with the volume control knob and connector to my PC goes on my left, but the right speaker is the one with the power cord. It JUST reaches my power strip.What? Ya couldn't put both wires on the same side?Other than that little snafu, I'm happy with the sound.