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The good: Supercompact portable stereo speaker set; Mega Bass; folds for compact storage; plays even after batteries are depleted.
The bad: Sounds more like Micro Bass.
The bottom line: Sony's cheap 'n' cheerful portable speaker sounds awfully thin.
Specifications: Type of speaker: portable speakers ; Dimensions (WxDxH): 2 in x 3.9 in x 3.3 in ; Amplification type: Active ; See full specs
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- Reviewed on: 06/10/2004
The SRS-T57's sound quality wasn't great; even by portable-speaker standards, its output is awfully thin and weak. Sony claims the T57 features Mega Bass, but it sounded more like Micro Bass to us. Wilco's trippy Yankee Hotel Foxtrot CD was steely and harsh at moderate volume, but it grew more tolerable when turned down to background level. We conducted our initial listening tests with an Apple iPod. Switching over to our Jens of Sweden MP-300 made the T57 sound--gasp--even worse, though it still creamed the pathetic RCA FSP200 speaker set. Even after the T57's batteries are spent, the speakers can still play passively at much lower volume, using power from the MP3 player itself.
The T57's sound is really, really small. If portability is all that matters to you, then this system might fit your needs. But if you care about sound, we'd strongly recommend spending a little more and getting either Sony's SRS-T77 or Creative's TravelSound speaker sets.
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