Sony Ericsson Portable Speakers for Sony Ericsson W880, W900 Review

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(More customer reviews)Given you have a Sony Ericsson Walkman phone with the dubious distinction of a fastport connector, you might be considering these as a portable speaker solution.
They are cute, small and seemingly well constructed, They come in plastic case about 5 X 2 X 1.5 inches and altogether weigh about 6.4 oz. The case will fit in a large pocket (think cargo pants). The speakers are powered from the phone which is nice because you don't need to lug extra batteries around. They sound a lot better than the built in speaker in my w300i and unlike the MPS-60 and MPS-75 speakers they act as an antenna for the FM radio.
but..
They don't sound that wonderful. I would say on par with a cheap pair of powered computer speakers. Good for their size but nothing special really. Fairly clean but no bass. Good stereo effect if positioned right but the equalizer effects on the phone hardly seem to make any difference to the sound of the speakers which they do with the headphones.
Not loud enough for a party but good enough for some quite listening when you want to give the headphones a rest.
They use up the phone battery quite fast so be careful when using them where you can't charge your phone. On the w300i the battery gets warm playing music for a while and the display and key backlight flickers when using the FM radio phone. I think they even drain the battery just being plugged in (I need to play with them some more to be sure) so be warned if you are thinking of taking these backpacking. The battery powered MDS60 or some other externally powered speakers might be a better choice or a bunch of spare batteries I suppose.
You can't charge your phone while using them.
They have no protective grille over the speakers. While this looks "cool", given their size and shape I think it will be very easy to accidentally put a finger through a speaker cone.
They can't be used with the CDS-65 desk stand (or the CSD-60 I suspect) as I was hoping. The fast port connector appears to be specially designed so that these items can't work together. Think there may be a technical reason to do with power charging but may be a fiendish plot to make you buy more accessories. I suppose this is not a big problem really since you can arrange to play the phone on your PC or stereo though the headset adapter if nothing else.
You also can't use the speakers with the CLA-80 car charger and presumably the CST-75 two port charger since they appear to share the same pass through fastport connector that allows you to use the handsfree headset while charging.
So overall a bit disappointing given the various limitations. Had hoped for better for the price

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They look good, fit in your pocket and you'll be amazed at the great sound they produce. The perfectly easy way to play the music on your phone out loud.The sound from the MPS-70 is tuned for your Sony Ericsson music phone while the cables are an FM antenna for radio. All you have to do is find good music.

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