12th Feb 2010
Cheap Speakers in Uruguay
Last year when I was in Argentina, I began to learn Tango with an American girl I met in Rosario. We became obsessed with Tango, and we wanted to practice anytime we could. One weekend, we decided to go to Uruguay for a few days, but we didn’t know if we would have a chance to practice dancing until we got back. While we were in the Bus Station of Buenos Aires, I noticed some small speakers in a little kiosk. I went to check them out and discovered that they plugged into the headphone port of an iPod. I had brought my iPod, but I was very skeptical of the battery life of the speakers. Well, I tried them out right there in the kiosk, and to my surprise the sound was crystal clear and the volume of the tiny system was seriously impressive. I just knew that the battery life couldn’t be very long. But they seemed to work well enough, and what really attracted me to them was their portability; I could take them anywhere; the beach, the roof, etc. because they didn’t need to be plugged into a wall. The speakers did come with a built in rechargeable battery, which is charged through the USB port of a computer.
I spent 80 pesos on those cheap speakers (about 20 bucks) and can honestly say that that was one of the better investments I have made. They are so small; two little speakers in a box about 3”x 5”x 2” and I can take them anywhere, and they last forever on a single charge. I would say that they average about 3 hours with volume as loud as it can go! It doesn’t take them very long to charge at all either, probably 30 minutes at most.
These speakers were seriously the cheapest speakers they had in that booth, and they came in a little cardboard box, with virtually no information on it whatsoever, and not a brand name anywhere. So, I’m sorry that I can’t give you any more specific information about these particular speakers. But I will say, that if you find a tiny little boom box that charges from a computer and plugs into the headphone jack of an iPod, don’t pass them up! They’re loud, clear, and last an awesome amount of time!
