Creative Labs N400 Portable Notebook Speakers with X-Fi Technology | 
| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $69.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 13,113
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 1.8 x 2.9 x 6.8
MPN: MF1605
Model: MF1605
UPC: 054651154131
EAN: 0054651154131
ASIN: B001FWYLLQ
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| Features:
| • | USB plug and play convenience Single USB cable for both power and digital audio - No power adapter required | | • | Two high performance drivers Listen to rich audio playback with great acoustic balance | | • | Built-in control buttons Convenient multimedia buttons for easy access | | • | X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Restore detail to your MP3s - and expands stereo music and movies into immersive surround sound | | • | Compact travel case protects your speakers wherever you go |
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Product Description
The Creative N400 speakers offer an easy, plug-and-play USB notebook audio solution in a compact, portable design. Each satellite has two high-performance drivers that deliver rich audio playback with great acoustic balance. There?s convenient multimedia controls for quick access and easy control of your music. Plus, the X-Fi software suit lets you experience surround sound audio from your movies and games, as well as restoring the detail and clarity lost in compressed music files like MP3 or iTunes.
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 Creative n400 Computer Speakers March 2, 2009
JLS PAC (Reisterstown, MD USA)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
This product arrived expeditiously from Amazon as described. The speakers are lightweight and have their own case. The case lacks a handle(s). These speakers are being utilized for a netbook. Initially, I had difficulty getting the speakers to work because they are USB powered. One must first activate the Creative Speaker program. Once activated the sound is wonderful with many options for customizing. I had contacted the Creative Labs Technical Support for information. The assistance that was provided via E-mail was limited.
works with Windows 7! wonderful speakers! July 23, 2010
musicNerd
I'm not sure why someone else couldn't get these to work with Windows 7. It literally was plug and play for me, and besides, if you just google windows 7 and n400, you find that creative has made a driver for windows 7. These speakers are wonderful! I have an old set of creative speakers (like from 6 years ago), and was hoping to find a more portable set. These are perfect for my needs. Creative sound quality and the carrying case is about the size of a cake mix box, but twice the depth. I'm pretty picky about my sound quality and I like these. I def recommend them!
Impressive, powerful, simple, and compact. August 22, 2010
Michael Wood
These speakers are very portable and come with a nice little cloth zipper case. Each speaker has one cable, and each cable is about 2ft long.
They are at least twice as loud as my laptop speakers and provide a very deep and full sound for their size. I have used them with plug-n-play on about 10 different computers and laptops. They work just as easily on MAC OSX as they do on Windows XP, Vista and 7.
The speaker volume controls adjust the main System volume on your computer (MAC and Windows) when they are connected, which is much nicer than independent speaker volume control. I also LOVE the convenience of power over USB. The secondary speaker plugs into the primary using a standard headphone jack, which means you have the option of plugging that speaker straight into your laptop, but you won't get as much power to the speaker that way (i.e. less sound).
I have been using these speakers on a day to day basis for almost two years now, including 14 months in Afghanistan. I sometimes overdrive the speakers by tweaking the equalizer in VLC media player to make my movies super loud, and still the speakers work as well as the first day I got them. I have never had a single problem with this product.
I sometimes have to tell the operating systems to use the Creative Speaker because the operating systems won't switch over automatically. This is not a design flaw in the speakers, but the result of the fact that I use them on plug-n-play instead of using the enclosed Creative software.
These are the best laptop (and desktop) speakers I have ever bought. I would recommend them to anyone who wants some easy to use, quality, compact speakers with bold sound and power over USB.
Oh my! Big sound in a convenient package May 30, 2009
Bryan L. Wheeler (Kyle, TX USA)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
My main reason for purcahsing these speakers was to not have to deal with any power cords, since these Creative speakers attach via USB cord only.
What I didn't expect was how fantastic they would sound for such a simple set-up.
They have a much smaller foot-print then I thought they would - meaning they don't take up as much space as it looks like they would based on the images, and video-demos of them.
Also, the carrying case is a nice touch, and small enough to fit into my laptop carrying bag, with speakers included.
These are the speakers to get if you're considering adding more and better sound to your laptop computer. Obviously, they will work on your desktop too, but are geared more for laptops.
Wow is all I can say. They were most definitely a great buy!
Good speakers but no W7 compatability yet February 4, 2010
Americo Zuzunaga
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The speakers are pretty good, they sound good, with the X-Fi technology music sounds even better. They work fine in XP with my programs, I don't know why one of the reviewers said the audio switched back and forth, I never had that problem, maybe something to do with the default audio playback setting.
Anyway, the reason I gave them a 4 is because they are not compatible with Windows 7 yet, and it has been a while. The beta driver and the proprietary software don't work well at all, crashed my computer twice so I had to uninstall both.
When I boot up sometimes the system recognizes them, but sometimes it doesn't. I have to plug them in and out several dozen times before they are recognized by the system again (not exaggerating here). All my other USB devices work fine in all the ports, so it has to be the speakers.
If Creative decides to eventually roll out W7 support this product would get a 5 stars rating from me. The speakers are very convenient if you travel a lot, don't need recording studio quality music, and don't like clutter on your desk. Again an excellent product, but it NEEDS W7 compatibility.
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