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Big Sound from the Creative Labs Pebble Pro USB-C Desktop Speakers
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May 29, 2025
Even owners of small computers and laptops want big sound, and that's just what you get with the newly redesigned Creative Pebble Pro USB-C Computer Speakers. Pushing out 10W, these plug straight into Mac or PC via USB-A or USB-C, and offer 3.5mm AUX in and Bluetooth 5.3, along with mic and headset connectors and swanky, customizable RGB lighting. All at a surprisingly modest price. Tech expert Dave Taylor checks out the Pebble Pro and finds a lot to like... Check it out at: https://amzn.to/4iYw9E0 Visit Dave's Q&A Web site at: https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ 0:00 Introduction 1:05 A Connected Pair 1:55 Control and Port Closeups 3:22 Demos, USB-C and Bluetooth 5:00 Price Point and Expectations 6:08 Included Cables 8:33 Price and Conclusions #creative #pebblepro #desktopspeakers #computerspeakers #usbspeakers #laptopspeakers #askdavetaylor
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these desktop computer speakers will
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surprise you let's check them
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out Dave Taylor here and just because
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you have a laptop and you might even
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have a small laptop doesn't mean you
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don't want big sound enter these These
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are the creative Pebble proo USBC
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computer speakers and I have them facing
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you of course normally they'd be facing
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me because I'd be working with them but
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as you can see they're pretty cool
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design you'll notice immediately that
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there's a 45 degree angle for the
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speakers so when they are facing you
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they're facing your head as opposed to
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facing your chest or something and let
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me give you a quick visible so here you
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can see the speaker on the front there's
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what they call their base Flex on the
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back which gives you more base and then
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underneath there's also an RGB light up
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disc so I will keep them facing to you
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you'll notice that this one doesn't have
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any controls this one does have controls
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there is a wire that runs between them
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you can sort of see it right here and
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that wire is nice and long it's 6ot long
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so you can really stretch them and and
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have them be a little bit more distant 6
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feet probably a little far I will say
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this distance when I'm using these on
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the computer I literally have to pick it
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up to check cuz it sounds so much like
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the audio Source in the center which
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would be on the computer itself so
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that's pretty ideal now on the one with
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controls there's a bunch of controls on
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and I'm just going to tell you creative
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loves to double and triple up their
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controls so there are three controls on
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the front there's a knob that you can
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push and that you can spin it gives you
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various effects then there's a button
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for Bluetooth but that button's actually
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a mode button and then there's another
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button that's RGB so I can watch here at
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the push of a button turn off the RGB if
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I want or at the push of a button turn
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it back on and you'll notice it's a
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different color because it's actually
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cycling through now if I push and hold
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that button and dial the knob then I can
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actually step through different RGB
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modes then I push the button again and
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I'm locked in into that mode on the side
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you can see there are two ports both 3.5
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mm one for a microphone and one for
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headphones so the microphone is an input
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and the headphones are an output on the
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very back there are three ports so
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there's an AUX in again 3.5 mm so that's
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different to the microphone and then
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there's USBC that you'll use if you plug
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them straight into your computer and the
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USBC with the red outline is actually
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for if you want to plug them into the
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wall and just use them as Bluetooth
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speakers in fact let's do some demos and
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then I'll tell you a little bit more
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about it so first off I want to show you
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that when you have it plugged into your
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computer and that's how I have it right
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now so that's how it's powered so I have
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a video and I just want to show you that
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hopefully I can do this upside
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down gunk out of it so let's turn the
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volume up a bit it actually will show
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you the total dissolve solid so it will
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give you and if you look you'll see that
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it's in perfect syn there's no latency
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issues very helpful I'm going to pause
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that we'll spin that around and now I'm
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going to switch to Bluetooth and how do
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you do that well I'm going to close this
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it should stay powered yep and then so
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to go to Bluetooth I'm going to push the
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Bluetooth button and notice here it's
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purple so this light is very important
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in your use of the creative Pebble Pro
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purple means USB blue means Bluetooth
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green means you're listening to Au in
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which was that plug on the back and
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white means you're adjusting RGB so
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we're at purple and if I push the
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button now in pairing mode for
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connection bluetoo connected so it took
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that long to remember the connection it
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had with my iPhone 15 Pro and now let me
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find some music I can play without
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having any issues with
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copyright and I'll turn the volume
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up and remember they're not facing me
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they're facing the
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camera but it's a pretty good sound for
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little speakers that are just sitting on
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my desktop and they are also budget
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speakers um it's pretty loud let's turn
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that volum down a little bit so they're
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also entirely affordable so it's not
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really fair to compare them to 300 500
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$700 desktop speakers but for their
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intended purpose they work really well
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now I'm going to just pause the music so
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you've got Bluetooth demoed you've got
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computer demoed you could see the
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latency is a non-issue they are actually
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sporting a new driver design from
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creative and they have a built-in amp
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giving you $10 Watts RMS so I won't even
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explain what RMS is but that's the
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important number they talk about Peak
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wattage and everything but 10 watts is
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entirely respectable has that bass flex
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and the amp also has a circuitry called
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clear dialogue which supposedly if
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you're watching a movie and using these
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or you're playing a game that has um
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people speaking then that clear dialogue
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should make them a little bit easier to
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hear which is great it's Bluetooth 5.3
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we already talked about that 6t
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connecting cable between the two and let
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me just tell you that I'm going to
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unplug these so the light will go
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out I have this plugged into my computer
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with a USBC to USBC cable included but
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they also include a USBC to usba cable
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and they include here it is a 3.5 mm to
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3.5 mm Au cable now probably you're
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going to use this as AUX input but
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obviously you can use it as aux output
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too though you have speakers I'm not
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sure why you'd want aux out customizable
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RGB lighting that 45 degree angle makes
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them so much more listenable than if
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they were just pointing straight across
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the table and as you see and as you saw
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I should say there's lots of different
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input options for something that's just
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sitting on your desk and is basically
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just a big ball it has a lot of
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functionality and they work Mac or p see
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really obviously with Bluetooth and with
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aux in and everything they'll work with
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anything if you have Linux if you're on
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a Chromebook you should be able to plug
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these in and have them work just fine so
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that's really everything I actually am a
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big fan of these um you got to sort of
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figure out the cabling thing and I will
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say if you're going to use these just as
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Bluetooth speakers or you want to use
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them wirelessly with your computer then
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do be aware that this is what it ships
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with it doesn't ship with the actual
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charging unit so you'll need to B bring
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your own wall charger but you can pick
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one of those up for under $1 or probably
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you already have a drawer where you have
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20 or 30 of them I have probably upwards
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of 50 of those wall chargers at this
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point it's just like I don't know why I
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have so many but that's another story
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just be aware you will need to do that
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and then it does come with instructions
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that you'll probably want to read
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through pretty closely when you first
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get the speakers because there's a lot
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of nuance on how to use the controls to
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get the features that you want I kind of
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wish they had maybe one or two more
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controls or buttons just to make it a
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little easier but to be fair I think
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most people get it set up the way they
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want and then they're done and then the
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only thing they ever adjust is the
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volume so that's definitely one to know
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so if you're looking for affordable
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desktop speakers to up your game whether
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it's with a laptop or a desktop computer
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really running almost any operating
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system these are a solid choice I am
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you found this of value great these are
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the creative Pebble Pro USBC computer
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speakers they come in white or a very
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attractive dark green if white is a bit
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too much for you and then they are
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$54.99 amazon.com so for under 55 bucks
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you can really take your audio game to
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the next level and have that Bluetooth
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functionality and have the ability to
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plug in a microphone if you want to chat
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with people so super flexible really
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pretty nice sound for the size that they
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are definitely very listenable and oh my
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gosh hugely better than the built-in
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speakers on this tiny little laptop so
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that's what I got hope to catch you and
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my next video
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