Seeing as the Arctic Sound S111 is marketed towards laptop users, the speakers are compact. They are also very easy to carry around because of their cubic shape. In fact, these speakers are smaller than a typical 4x4x4 Rubik’s cube.
In terms of build quality, the Arctic Sound S111’s casing feels very strong. The same cannot be said of the loudspeakers, as it will be discussed a bit later. For their size, they do pack quite a weight, but at 494g they are still very light.
The Arctic Sound S111 in all its glory
As far as exterior design goes, the speakers’ casing is made of dark grey plastic that looks quite good next to a black laptop. The Arctic Sound logo is printed on both the right side of the left speaker and on the bottom front of the right speaker. The speakers have a simple yet beautiful look.
The loudspeakers have a rubber frame and a white diagram. These loudspeakers vibrate when sound waves traverse them. It makes for quite an amusing experience when your fingers are touching the loudspeakers.
The left side of the Arctic Sound S111
The Arctic Sound S111 speakers each feature four small rubber feet. These keep the speakers from sliding around on the table, and they do their job quite well. In fact, you can easily stack these two speakers on each other without worrying that the top speaker will slip off. Obviously, pulling on the cables too hard will collapse the tower.
The bottom of the Arctic Sound S111 with four soft rubber feet on each speaker
At the back, we can see that there is a large volume knob with a scale on the right speaker. Looking at the volume scale, intuitively the maximum volume would be at 7 o’clock and the minimum volume, at 4 o’clock. However, the volume knob turns clockwise and it actually increases the volume from 7 o’clock to 4 o’clock. It is quite confusing to say the least.
Seeing as these speakers are meant to be portable, some kind of wire management clip to wrap the cables around would have been helpful to eliminate cable clutter. For example, the wire management feature of the Logitech LS11 speakers would have been excellent for the Arctic Sound S111.
Logitech LS11 Speakers Webpage: Link
The back of the Arctic Sound S111 with three cables and a volume control knob on the right speaker
The two speakers are connected via the white RCA audio plug
The Arctic Sound S111 has three cables that each have a length of approximately 3 feet. More precisely, the male white RCA audio cable is 93 cm long, the 3.5mm stereo cable is 94 cm long, and the male USB type A power plug is 96 cm long.
Again, seeing as these speakers are USB-powered, no AC adapter or power outlet is needed to power these speakers.
The cables of the Arctic Sound S11 (from top to bottom): male white RCA audio cable, 3.5mm stereo plug and male USB type A power plug. All cables are approximately 3 feet long.
