Customer Reviews
Surprise! 
2006-02-17
After reading the other reviews, I expected a serviceable product. I was not prepared for the relative richness of the sound emanating from such a compact product. Obviously, certain types of music, esp. w/heavy bass, will strain the system. If you purchase with reasonable expectations, you should be quite pleased. (I since have purchased 2 more as gifts.) Enjoy. (Incidentally, the one star should be FOUR.)
Not their best product. 
2006-01-01
Sound quality is ok at low volumes but speakers "rattle" as you turn up the volume. Bought them for both my notebook computer and cd player. Batteries go dead really fast when turned off. Very short speaker cable (3 ft). Not worth the price!
Great Sound in a little package 
2005-07-16
I bought these speakers to go along with my Audiovox D2010 portable DVD player. These speakers rock for such a small package. You can't expect thundering bass, or a huge volume from small speakers. But for me, using these on travel in a hotel room is fantastick. I bought mine from Buy.com for $57.XX and free shipping. I looked around at Sony, Panasonic and Sharper image for travel speakers. By far these are the best availible for the size and price.
better than the laptop's speakers 2004-12-10
Just bought these at a local store. They are a lot better than the laptop speakers. A whole lot louder, too.
Ok sound 
2004-12-07
The sound is pretty good. It is just a little bit better than Laptop speakers. I use it for my projector and it will be loud enough to fill a room with sound 35x35 feet. Don't expect much bass though unless you turn down the volume alot. It can run 35 hours on battery which I think is really good.
Disappointing 2008-03-11
I bought this, being familiar with the Travelsound 200, and was hoping I would be getting similar quality/sound with the difference being in the features. Well, I can say that the quality just isn't there. Sound distortion is evident at mid to high levels and it has some quirkiness about volume. The unit feels cheaply made too, which this whole thing is something of a surprise because the Travelsound 200 is a very nice unit, and doesn't feel cheap at all. It's like they were made in different countries or something.
would be very nice with AC adapter 
2008-02-18
I bought this item for my mom because she had seen it at a friends house. She really likes it, but the lack of AC adapter is something she could live without. I looked into buying a Creative adapter, but the price I found was over twice what I paid for the actual speakers! So, needless to say, I didn't buy them.
Good product overall, but it would be really nice if it came with the adapter.
Good for the money 2007-07-20
Just got my Travelsound Silver yesterday and have been using it. Other reviews are correct that you can't crank it without static and distortion...but hey...it's a little inexpensive speaker...what do you expect? I bought it on sale from Creative for $20. It was SO worth it! I checked out portable MP3 speakers at Radio Shack, and this out-performs their $40 model.
I figured out that things "sound better" if you use the MP3 player setting for Rock, Acoustic, etc. True, you don't get sweet sweet base, but my regular boom box doesn't either.
I found a nice balance between using the MP3 player volume and the speaker volume to get less distortion. If I crank up the Creative Zen Micro to volume setting 25, I get distortion even on low volumes on the speaker. Conversely, if I crank the speaker and keep the Zen volume low, there's static at the top end of the speaker volume. So...just keep your player at a mid-volume and the speaker at a mid-volume and it's fine.
For me, this is for travel in hotel rooms and my 3 month trip to Europe. I don't like wearing headphones all the time (can't hear phone ring or knock on door). This is perfect. I can also hook it up to my laptop for presentations that have volume or for movies. Headphones ALWAYS get a better sound, but I'm singing along anyway or doing chores...so this is a nice little speaker for that.
The carrying bag is barely padded. The bottom support folds under which is nice. I think for travel (in my carryon) I'll put some hard cardboard as a makeshift cover for the speaker elements in case it gets wacked in my bag.
Good for $20, I'd even pay $40 for it too.
AJ
Great Voice Quality for the Small Size 2006-06-29
Great Voice Quality packed in a small bundle. Small Size makes it easy to carry while travelling. Would recommend to buy an universal power adaptor for home use.
I have used this product for one month now...thumbs up from me. But Guys keep your expectations real based on price and size....do not expect highest voice quality at higher volumes.
It's easy to share the songs on your mp3 player 2006-02-23
One of the problems with an mp3 player is that it is difficult to share what you are listening to with others. You must take off your earphones to let someone else listen to the song you enjoyed so much. With the Creative TravelSound, this problem is solved. Just pop your mp3 player into the Creative TravelSound and now everyone can hear the music together. The sound is quite good and the batteries seem to last for a long time. You can also get an AC adapter if you use it a lot.
I also use my mp3 player to record lectures that I attend or give. I find it easier to listen to the lectures with the Creative TravelSound than using my earphones.
All in all, my Creative TravelSound is a great accessory to my mp3 player.
