I recently bought an M-Audio Keystation 88es MIDI keyboard (I’ve wanted to learn to play piano for years, but strangely have always been drawn to strings – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, violin, and, for a short while, cello).<\/p>\n
It works brilliantly with Garage Band, but the speakers in the Macbook are small and tinny.\u00a0 So I plugged it through the hi-fi.\u00a0 It sounds fantastic.\u00a0 However, I really wanted to leave the keyboard set up in the spare room, where there’s no hi-fi.\u00a0 So I started to think about getting some computer speakers…<\/p>\n
It was a bit of an impulse purchase.\u00a0 I went into Curry’s and picked up a pair of Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers -the box made them sound great.\u00a0 USB powered, so no external PSU required.\u00a0 Blooming expensive though, for such little speakers – \u00a350.\u00a0 Still I thought, they are small and neat and would be unobtrusive in the spare room next to the keyboard.<\/p>\n
Well, imagine my surprise when I plugged them in and THEY WERE NO LOUDER than the Macbook’s speakers.\u00a0 OK, so the bass sounds better, but the volume is just completely weedy.\u00a0 What’s the point????
\nI’m going to put it all back in the box and see if I can get a refund.\u00a0 Caveat Emptor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I recently bought an M-Audio Keystation 88es MIDI keyboard (I’ve wanted to learn to play piano for years, but strangely have always been drawn to strings – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, violin, and, for a short while, cello). It works brilliantly with Garage Band, but the speakers in the Macbook are small and tinny.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n