Yes. It is ok to plug in and disconnect speakers while the computer is on and running. Most operating systems today also show a pop-up notice when speakers are connected to and disconnected from the computer. Test the speakers Why? Because I like what he's saying in this video. However, unlike Steve, I don’t care to have a laboratory of different equipment in my listening area. I value visual peace — and a little nature — in my listening environment, and I don’t want equipment to disturb this sense of peace. This is the ideal speaker choice for your microbit projects as it will work directly with the Audio cable for the BBC microbit. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Receivers and Amplifiers:Amplifiers and Preamps

To connect a set of USB (universal serial bus) speakers or headphones, insert the device's USB connector into one of your computer's open USB ports (as shown in the picture). The device should be automatically recognized by the computer. For additional information, consult the user manual for your device. Laptop users The plants and furniture (as well as the Persian rug) help to soften up the room, but in my experience they don't affect imaging in any way (they certainly don't affect soundstage!). I move plants in and out throughout the year to change things up (some plants just need to summer outside). It does take a while to figure out the placement of new speakers in the space, but everything I have owned seems to work within a certain few inches within what you see in the photo. Moving speakers just a half of an inch left or right in this space can make a very noticeable difference to the overall presentation, so patience is a virtue.Like many audiophiles, I had been growing weary of the sound of metal dome tweeters anyway. The MA8900 was just so amazing in every way that I thought it needed a better, but less analytical, partner. Mini Bluetooth speakers are impressive devices for on-the-go entertainment, especially with your family and friends. Imagine, on a cloudy weekend afternoon, you and your gang, best friends, or bae are going on a long drive and the destination is a lush, green, and secluded place. You are driving your car at a high-speed on an empty highway and the only thing missing is your favorite music blasting out of a powerful speaker. Or, imagine that you are going to your best friend’s place after college or work to just sit and chill with some good music for company - occasions like this require mini speakers so you can enjoy uninterrupted music whenever and wherever you want. These are portable audio devices that you can easily carry along and conveniently connect to your smartphone, tablet or laptop to play your favorite playlist. The (nee) SoundScape 8’s were always a design that intrigued me, and it seemed that their combination of size and driver selection (especially the RAAL ribbons) might be the right mix for my sunroom. For whatever reason, it sounds kind of glorious. It's a happy accident, really. When we moved in many years ago, we used that room as a staging area, and I happened to plop my speakers into that end of the room. After clearing it out - before the room looked anything like it does today - I hooked up my amp to the speakers just to play some music, and went - wow! - this sounds good. A lot has changed in the room since then - painting, furnishing, redecorating, etc. - but it has remained a remarkable-sounding room. I think it sounds better than many highly tweaked "listening rooms" that I have heard. Is it Carnegie Hall? Certainly not. And, here's the thing: I like my music space to look wonderful, because I need to keep my eyes open while listening. I don't know about you, but if I close my eyes while listening to music, I fall asleep!

I've tested hundreds of mini Bluetooth speakers over the last 15 years, and because there are so many good ones, it's hard to declare one model as the best overall. That said, a couple of models do stand out, including the Bose SoundLink Flexand two speakers it inspired: the Anker Soundcore Motion 300 and Tribit StormBox Flow. The Hamburger Mini Speaker is a 3W economical speaker option for any project needing stand-alone sound with a small footprint. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Other Home Stereo Components

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Home, Furniture and DIY:Smart Home and Surveillance:Smart Speakers, Hubs and Accessories:Smart Speakers Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Record Players/Home Turntables You're only seeing about half the room. It's 11x22. Arguably, the Totem Hawks were a tad too small for the space. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:TV, Video and Audio Parts:Record Player, Turntable Parts

Some motherboards may also have the following connections (not pictured) for 4, 5.1, and 7.1 speaker setups. Electronics:Home Audio Stereos, Components:Speaker Parts and Components:Other Speaker Parts and Comp. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Stereo Component Combos Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:TV, Video and Audio Accessories:Home Audio Accessories:Audio Cables and Interconnects

But: Jim was in the process of designing a new speaker that he felt might be a worthy replacement. He had no name for it, but he had been experimenting with a mixture of drivers from the SS 8 (the Accuton midrange), the Song 3 Encore (the Eton midrange) and the Song 3 BeAT (the Satori beryllium tweeter and the Audio Technology Midrange), among others. But…I had to ask Jim: with a 9.5” woofer (and a single one, at that), were these speakers going to be distractingly large in my room? As it turned out, they were a fair amount taller than the SS 8s. I hemmed…I hawed. I wondered: with a baffle supporting a 9.5” woofer, what was going to happen with diffraction effects from the diminutive tweeter and midrange? Jim was a little coy, but he shared, “We are likely to chamfer the cabinet edges so that the wider front baffle will be no issue.” I never knew what this chamfer was going to look like until he revealed the initial design several weeks ago. To connect speakers to a laptop with no sound out port, insert the mini plug into the headphones port. Speakers with a subwoofer Now…I reported on my initial impressions a couple of weeks ago. But two weeks in, I thought I would share greater insight. There are two modes in the room - one about halfway in, and one at the far end opposing the speakers. The ceiling has two skylights (with ~2' spaces leading up to them) that add to volume (which you also cannot see in the photo). I have a (not very scientific) theory that the skylights' breakup of the ceiling space is key to how this room sounds as good as it does. If you sit halfway in, you get a surreal, in-your face performance experience. If you sit at the far end, where I sit 99% of the time, you get a rather "large-scale" performance.

I am not John Atkinson, and don’t have any sort of scientific measuring equipment. The design is so free of distortion at any volumes that it is remarkable. As expected by a design with this sort of focus, your brain will be focused on the sound of the humans behind each recording, rather than the speakers themselves. While the speaker drivers remain the same, the Qualcomm chipset that powers the speaker has been upgraded (the speaker uses Bluetooth 5.1), bumping the sound quality up a tad, particularly at higher volumes, with better digital signal processing. It remains one of the best-sounding mini Bluetooth speaker models, with richer more tonally balanced sound than other Bluetooth speakers its size -- and it should sound good, considering its elevated price point. Oh, and this just might mean that the chamfers on this design that Jim and I talked about last year – more than just a new design language for Salk – are indeed a successful element. Electronics:Home Audio Stereos, Components:Speaker Parts and Components:Speaker Building Components

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I reached out to Jim…and then he called me. I shared a diagram of my sunroom, with the current placement of my Totems (worked out to a millimeter), and noted that it was a very “lively” room, with lots of windows and hard surfaces. I explained the predicament I was in with my MA8900 and Totem combo, and told him that I was looking for a speaker with a smoother top-end. Generally, everything that is good sounds good – if not better than good (edit: by good, I do mean amazing, I hope you know) – on the SS 9.5s. Very little sounds bad. Sure, there are recordings that sound bad. But they are still listenable on the SS 9.5s. You might not want to crank them up, but you can enjoy what’s there. These are the times when I am glad for the MA8900’s tone controls. Pity those who don’t have tone controls. I could go on, but I don’t have much more time to write. I have yet to find a classical disc that sounds bad with the SS 9.5s. The full range of instruments and delicacy on each of my classical recordings is well-presented. Vehicle Parts and Accessories:Car Parts:Interior Parts and Furnishings:Other Interior Parts and Trim