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Logitech has the Logitech N550 Speaker Cooling Lapdesk for $60 - $22 off with coupon code logi_n550_41311 [Exp 4/16] = $38 with free shipping. Features USB powered fans, 2W audio speakers, on/off/mute switches and volume control, 10 degree angled riser, and padded base.
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How are 2W speakers going to be any better than the dinky ones your laptop already has?
I've heard these speakers and they are much better than most laptop speakers. Still no where near the quality of headphones but some people just want better music without having something on their head.
There's an old saying in the audiophile world that the first watt is most important / first watt counts.
Wattage means nothing if you don't need loud sound, it's the speaker driver itself and enclosure that makes all the difference.
For example, I used to have a 200W amp in my garage driving bookshelf speakers. Granted, it was probably only about 120W, honest RMS watts, but I swapped in a self-built 14W amp (7W/channel, LM4752 based, mostly that chip because I had a spare lying around)(so I am sure what its true wattage @ input voltage used is) and had higher quality and sufficiently loud music because I was never turning the music up enough to annoy neighbors more than a couple houses away outside.
There is another reason why this is only 2W though, because with a typical class A/B amp chip that's all you can get out of 5V USB power without a voltage boost circuit and that would be self defeating to some extent because you're still stuck at 500mA USB current limit to power the amp and fans simultaneously (or does it have a battery too, I am assuming not??).