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Creative Throws in a Little X-Fi into USB Speakers

  September 4th, 2008



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When shopping for a portable speakers for on the go presentations for work or solitary entertainment in a hotel room, Creative N400 USB notebook speakers will have you covered. Compact bus-powered speakers give you the much needed convenience during transport while boosting enough power for most tasks. Granted, there's a bewildering array of choices already.

What makes the $83 N400 somewhat newsworthy is the integration with Creative X-Fi software that is also found on HS-1200 wireless headset. It seems obvious that X-Fi as well as EAX 4.0 Advanced HD and OpenAL support are host-based, not that it matters anyway with today's powerful multi-core CPU. Each of N400 satellite speakers is equipped with a dual 2-inch active driver, and boosts 1W RMS per channel for a total of 2W. (This is usually what you get out of USB.) Lastly, you'll find multimedia controls on top of the right speaker, a pouch and a two-year warranty card. We think the N400 would have been better if it has a headphone jack though.

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