Simple Audio Listen Stereo Speakers with Bluetooth

Simple Audio™ Listen Speakers

Just because you’re listening to music on a computer, smartphone, or tablet, you don’t have to settle for thin, lifeless sound. The visually-stunning Simple Audio Listen speakers deliver amazing high-fidelity audio that breathes new life into the music you love.

Great Sound, Beautifully Designed

Created in concert with one of the world’s leading industrial design firms, Simple Audio Listen speakers look gorgeous next to your computer, paired with your tablet, or integrated into any living space in your home. And with a bi-amplified design that's typically found only on high-end audio gear, Listen delivers an audio experience you have to hear to believe.

A Master of Connection

Listen connects directly to your Windows or Mac OS X based PC using USB, or to your smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth. You’ll get amazing sound from whatever source you’re using. There’s even a 3.5mm line-in jack conveniently located on the front of the speakers so you can connect to any audio player with a headphone or line-out connection.

Control at Your Fingertips

Welcome to the 21st century. You won’t find buttons, switches or knobs anywhere. An elegant touch interface lets you brush your finger across the top of the speaker to change the volume, tap to change inputs or mute the audio. You can also use the included infrared remote and stay in control from across the room.

Features

Listen Audio Platform

Simple Audio Listen speakers incorporate technology generally reserved for high-end audiophile systems, including a fully digital signal path, DSP, and bi-amplified design to deliver amazing audio quality.

Typical PC speakers use a common electrical signal that is sent to a single full-range driver in each cabinet. In this design, the driver is forced to try to deliver the full audio spectrum, resulting in lower quality audio. Sometimes, a subwoofer is used to offload some of the lower frequencies to improve the overall sound quality. In higher-end speakers, you’ll often find a tweeter and woofer in each speaker, driven by a single amplifier using passive crossovers to send each driver the appropriate frequencies. This sounds much better than a single driver, but you can still improve on that design.

Listen incorporates a separate ferro-fluid cooled, silk dome tweeter and long-throw woofer with neodymium magnets in each speaker, but uses active crossovers rather than passive and adds a dedicated amplifier to each separate driver, allowing us to precisely control both the power and the frequency range sent to each. We’ve also included a bass-reinforcing passive radiator to boost the low-end response. The end result is a much better sounding set of speakers at any volume level.

Listen User Interface

The right speaker includes a unique touch interface that eliminates knobs, buttons, and switches, resulting in a cleaner, more refined looking speaker. Using capacitive touch, controlling your speakers is incredibly simple and intuitive. Brush your finger across the surface to increase or decrease the volume, tap the mute control to immediately silence the audio, or tap to select Bluetooth or line-in as your source. It’s amazingly easy.

If you’re listening from across the room, touch isn’t the most practical interface, so we’ve included an infrared remote that gives you access to the same functions you find on the top of your Listen speakers.

Interconnect

Because you don’t listen to music only your computer, Listen has a variety of inputs including USB, Bluetooth and line-in connections, so you can connect it to everything from PCs to smartphones, tablets, and even gaming consoles and CD players. It’s a desktop speaker that you can use anywhere in your home.

USB connection for Windows and Mac OS X-based PCs
Bluetooth for iOS and Android-based smartphones and tablets, or any Bluetooth A2DP-enabled device
3.5mm stereo line-in
3.5mm headphone output
Subwoofer output via RCA jack to any powered subwoofer (full dynamic range)

Learn more about the Simple Audio Ltd SH-90S0001-US

Model

Brand: Simple Audio

Model: SH-90S0001-US

Color: Black

Details

Specification: Controls
- Capacitive touch interface controls power, volume, mute, Bluetooth and line-in selects
- Infrared remote control of power, volume, mute, and source select, as well as Play/Pause, FFW, and REW (for USB and Bluetooth input only)

Power supply
- AC adapter with interchangeable power cord
- 12V DC input via barrel connector

Connectivity

Connectivity: USB connection for Windows and OSX-based PCs

Bluetooth for iOS and Android-based smartphones and tablets or any Bluetooth A2DP-enabled device

3.5mm stereo line-in

3.5mm headphone output

Subwoofer output via RCA jack to any powered subwoofer (full dynamic range)

Wireless Technology: Bluetooth

Features

Features: Fully integrated digital signal processor (DSP) and digital signal path

40W per channel Class-D amplifier

Bi-amplified design with separate amplifier outputs for each driver

1-inch ferro-fluid silk dome tweeter

3-inch long throw woofer with neodymium magnets

Dimensions & Weight

Dimensions: Width: 11 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Height: 20 cm

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Nikhil C. 2/4/2016 3:56:09 PM Ownership: 0/5	Rating: 5/5Great Product! This review is from: Simple Audio Listen Stereo Speakers with Bluetooth Pros: These speakers sound incredible, and also have very good bass. They look fantastic, and have a lot of features. They are very convenient to use because they have USB connectivity, as well as bluetooth, and aux in (gold-plated). Cons: DSP might kick in at max volume to prevent distortion Other Thoughts: Yes, i would recommend this to others, as well as buy it again. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Alfredo H. 8/7/2015 6:54:29 PM Ownership: 5/5	Rating: 5/5Amazing sound for bluetooth speakers. Excellent build quality. This review is from: Simple Audio Listen Stereo Speakers with Bluetooth Pros: Purchased these speakers a little over a year ago and they are still working perfectly. No issues whatsoever. I have been using them almost everyday. I'm not an expert when it comes to judging a products sound quality, but these speakers are the best I've owned in terms of build/sound quality. Cons: They have a tendency to power off when connected over Bluetooth on certain devices for extended periods of time. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jacob C. 7/16/2015 11:49:42 PM Ownership: 4/5	Rating: 1/5Broke after four months This review is from: Simple Audio Listen Stereo Speakers with Bluetooth Pros: To my dismay both of the Simple Audio Listen speakers recently ceased to output audio via anything other than headphones. I plugged my Sennheiser HD 380 pro headphones into the auxiliary out port on the speakers (not for the first time). A few minutes later I unplugged the headphones and audio playback stopped. I plugged the headphone back in and audio continued but only through the headphones. They were gently used, never dropped, water damaged, played at an extreme volume or otherwise ill-maintained. They were also plugged into a surge protector that was less than one year old. Lastly, the speaker is recognized by my computer when plugged in and set as the default audio device. I gently cleaned the auxiliary out port. I went through extensive troubleshooting including using new cables, installing new bios audio and usb drivers and connecting the speakers to four different computers, two monitors and two phones. The issue remained constant even when input was switched to auxiliary in, bluetooth and usb. I contacted Corsair who own Simple Audio and handle support for the speakers. A very helpful technician confirmed that I had attempted every possible test to validate the issue was not fixable on my end. I was then informed that Corsair no longer produces or repairs these speakers. I am in the process of receiving a refund which is expected to take four to six weeks to be wired to me after I pay for the shipping of the speakers back to Corsair. Incidentally, what are they going to do with broken speakers that they no longer sell, support or repair? Even if you can find these speakers for a steep discount I would strongly advise against them. Cons: To my dismay both of the Simple Audio Listen speakers recently ceased to output audio via anything other than headphones. I plugged my Sennheiser HD 380 pro headphones into the auxiliary out port on the speakers (not for the first time). A few minutes later I unplugged the headphones and audio playback stopped. I plugged the headphone back in and audio continued but only through the headphones. They were gently used, never dropped, water damaged, played at an extreme volume or otherwise ill-maintained. They were also plugged into a surge protector that was less than one year old. Lastly, the speaker is recognized by my computer when plugged in and set as the default audio device. I gently cleaned the auxiliary out port. I went through extensive troubleshooting including using new cables, installing new bios audio and usb drivers and connecting the speakers to four different computers, two monitors and two phones. The issue remained constant even when input was switched to auxiliary in, bluetooth and usb. I contacted Corsair who own Simple Audio and handle support for the speakers. A very helpful technician confirmed that I had attempted every possible test to validate the issue was not fixable on my end. I was then informed that Corsair no longer produces or repairs these speakers. I am in the process of receiving a refund which is expected to take four to six weeks to be wired to me after I pay for the shipping of the speakers back to Corsair. Incidentally, what are they going to do with broken speakers that they no longer sell, support or repair? Even if you can find these speakers for a steep discount I would strongly advise against them. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!