{"id":675539,"date":"2010-02-25T07:10:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Gizmodo-5479950"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:57:40","slug":"orb-pc-speakers-come-with-an-amplifier-and-a-choice-of-metal-finishes-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/675539","title":{"rendered":"Orb PC Speakers Come With an Amplifier and a Choice of Metal Finishes [Speakers]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_orb-speakers.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/>Orb&#8217;s first <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #pcspeakers\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/pcspeakers\/\">PC speakers<\/a> come with a 15W Class T amplifier, so even if you&#8217;ve got them paired up to a crummy Dell your audio output won&#8217;t be too compromised.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a couple of options for the speakers&mdash;choose the Mod1 which costs $299 for the two speakers and amp, or spend a bit more ($359 in total) if you&#8217;d rather an antique copper, bronze or polished steel to match your steampunk set-up. The next step up is the Mod2, which has two ball-shaped parts to each speaker for more bass. These cost $149 more if you want the standard black color, or $209 more if you want one of the fancy metallic shades.<\/p>\n<p>My personal opinion is that the cheaper black option looks dead cheap and no better than your average Logitech pair, so it&#8217;d be worth springing $359 for the copper, bronze or steel models. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbaudio.com\/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&#038;ProdID=73\">Orb<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/orb-pc-audio-system-pairs-tiny-speakers-audiophile-amp-2575474\/\">Slashgear<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a768521ab195af9d5fdfbd238f3476dc&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=a768521ab195af9d5fdfbd238f3476dc&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=XdDGJylxkag:u2Clp1kYbOk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/XdDGJylxkag\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orb&#8217;s first PC speakers come with a 15W Class T amplifier, so even if you&#8217;ve got them paired up to a crummy Dell your audio output won&#8217;t be too compromised. There&#8217;s a couple of options for the speakers&mdash;choose the Mod1 which costs $299 for the two speakers and amp, or spend a bit more ($359 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2PJN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776706,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675539\/revisions\/776706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}