Well there’s not much that needs to be done in terms of installing the S111’s, plug the USB cable in to a powered USB (either on your computer or a portable power pack like Arctic Cooling’s C1) and the 3.5mm jack into your music device and you’re ready to rock.

Here are the S111’s running from the 3.5mm jack of my iPhone, paired with a Arctic C1 or similar and I’d be able to play music in the park, beach, garden etc

Testing
To test the E361-WM’s out, I listened to a variety of different audio sources, and plenty of different types of music.

The Arctic Sound S111’s perform well for their diminutive size and actually pack quite a punch for their small form factor when it comes to overall volume. Sadly with everything set at this maximum volume, the speakers begin to distort and it’s quite noticeable, so something needs to be slightly turned down to get the best out of them. The non-distorted max volume is still plenty enough to fill a small to medium sized room, and will knock the socks off of any integrated laptop speakers that you might compare it to, so it’s a good overall win for the S111’s here.

In terms of sound quality, the S111’s do quite well with highs and can just about hold their own in the mids too, but sadly for bass junkies things don’t turn out so good. Arctic Sound haven’t tried to hide this fact though, and their own product rating lets customers know right there on the box, but the S111’s can’t keep up when it comes to bass reproduction. The bass is often muddied, and lack any power behind them. Having said that though, you’d have to break the laws of physics to get decent bass in a small form factor like the S111’s are.

Well that about wraps up the testing, so let’s get on to the conclusion.

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