One last journey into the land of audio yields curious results; when last we spoke with Logitech they gave us the Z515 wireless speaker set, a curio that seemed destined for a niche market. Today we have on hand the Z305 laptop speaker, a far more practical solution to the common problem of dismal notebook speakers. The Z305 is essentially a long barrel that clamps on to the lid of your notebook, plugs in to the USB port, and threatens to improve your listening experience. At $59 it's fairly reasonably priced, so the question is...just how well does it work?

Laptop speakers are notoriously terrible. With the odd exception, very few notebooks have speaker systems that can do any kind of justice to music, movies, or even video games. All of us are aware of it, but how do you fix a problem like that? Logitech seems to think they have a good solution in the form of their Z515 wireless speaker set. At an MSRP of $99 it's not exactly cheap: does Logitech offer enough to part you from a crisp Franklin?