Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers

Advantages lightweight, simple to use, free carrying case
Disadvantages are a bit expensive for what they are

...From the box: Music as portable as a laptop USB provides power and digital quality audio and no other cables are necessary Lightweight for maximum portability High dynamic headroom circuitry for greater volume with less distortion 5 cm Max-X™ high-excursion drivers combined with 7.6 cm pressure drivers maximise bass response Multimedia controls support: track forward/back, play, stop, mute, and volume with many software applications Protective travel case to organise your cables and speakers Full product support 2 year guarantee Using the Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers, you can great great sound from your laptop. The USB port provides power and digital audio and no other cables are necessary at all! There is no AC adapter to be seen. This is really easy to set-up from your laptop. The Logitech V20 Notebook Speakers... Read review

Advantages great sound quality, small, easy to install and cheap
Disadvantages The stands are a bit flimsy

...The sound quality of my laptop has never been the same since I spilt a fine can of Carling over the speakers and being a avid gamer I just could not get into games or let them hold my attention for long enough without sound so something had to be done. Enter the Logitech V10 Notebook Speakers, a delightfully cheap alternative to a laptop overhaul/replacement and all for the cheap as chips price of £20. I won’t beat around the bush here; it will in fact be very short and to the point. I have limited knowledge of speakers, I didn’t do any intensive research and made the decision to buy them because I had heard of Logitech, liked the look of them and thought £20 was a reasonable price so even if they were crap I wouldn’t have wasted that much on them anyway. For £20 I got 2 speakers, which were dead easy to wire up to my laptop... Read review