Speakers for MP3 player - suggestions?
 

My current speakers have a very weak bass (like 200 Hz minimum response frequency or something rather high), and are too strong with frequencies around 1000 Hz. I would like to get speakers for my MP3 player (Creative MuVo2 4.0 GB model). What would you suggest that meets these, in order of importance (importance on a scale from 0 to 10 where 10 is critically important):

1. It runs using electricity from the power grid (plug it in rather than using batteries (even rechargables)) - they'll be used about 18 hours a day every day and batteries would just be a pain then. Importance: 10
2. It must use the earphone jack and not be of the dockable types (since my MP3 player is not of those types). Importance: 10
3. At most 120 Hz minimum frequency response (80 preferred) on the low and and anything is acceptable for the high end (10,000 minimum, far lower than most any speakers I've seen, even dirt cheap ones). Importance: 8
4. A 2-speaker setup is highly preferred unless there's a 1-speaker system (unlikely) since all my music is mono rather than stereo. Importance: 5
5. Costs no more than $100. This case is highly unlikely since speakers are rarely beyond $50. Importance: 4
6. Portability and weight do not matter - they almost never move since I have my MP3 player running while I sleep, it's primary use. Importance: 1

What would you suggest?

This seems like spam.

I've got the answer to my original question in another forum and I've long since got them.

Lol

What did you get in the end?

There was originally spam posted between my two messages but it was deleted. I got the VS2320 speakers from Altec Lansing, but found that the bass was too strong. I swapped the speakers used for my computer (BX1020 speakers from the same company) and found they were otherwise perfect for my MP3 player. I'm using my VS2320 speakers for my computer since I can use an equalizer to turn down the bass. It's actually about 4 dB louder than expected. It's, at least for 150 Hz, about 15 dB louder than my previous MP3 player speakers, a significant difference.

I put my current song's speed at 60% true speed, where the 125 Hz frequency band on my computer's EQ (at +12 dB) has a very strong effect, but it's otherwise inaudible on my previous speakers. I can now hear the 125 Hz frequency band while my MP3 player plays. Drop the speed to 50% true speed, the slowest I have, and I can still hear the lowest of the bass. I took out OWTLI which still sounds good at 20% true speed and I can barely make out the 90 Hz frequencies even though at 20% true speed, it would go down to about 45 Hz. It's completely inaudible at maximum volume on my previous speakers (probably a 60 dB difference or more).

Without having any idea of what the technical specifications are, I would recommend the JBL Creature II. I think I paid about $35 at Costco.

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These sound really nice, at least for the $$$. They look good, the controls are positive and solid. It's very well built. I think they look cool too. People have asked me what it was. It's a Creature :) It's only 24 watts, so you're not gonna break windows, but they sound very clean. Good bass without being brash. Very pleasant.

Really, for computer speakers or an MP3 player... Get's my :up: Way impressive for the cash.

Klipsch all the way.

Works with devices other than the iPod...

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roh post a pic with the red subwoofer on your head as a hat. That's a fine looking beanie.....

i have a cable to my hi fi system. the sound is good, but you can't take it with you.

It does look like a helmet. It really looks kind of cool. The picture really doesn't do it justice. Comments from friends make it sort of a conversation piece and listening to it impresses them for what it is.

My serious music player is Old Skul. The best Kenwood reciever I could get in 1995. 160 watts X 5 Prologic, and I just run it into some Yamaha speakers. I have a Yamaha amplified subwoofer and I use a Linaeum driver for the center channel.

Old skul. But I'd still put this setup up against most of the 7.1 systems I've seen. I have a db meter and the reciever has a built in pink noise generator, so while the speakers aren't "flat", I can adjust an eq I have to make them that way and even account for room acoustics.

Really, my living room is like stepping inside the nicest set of headphones you ever heard.