Archive for March, 2008
Alesis M1 Active
Returning to more studio-oriented loudspeakers, I figured out you could be interested in a pair of monitors. Not just some pair of monitors. OK, these are from Alesis. Great, another obscure brand name! Where do I find them? Don’t worry, Alesis’ speakers won’t bite. I promise.
Alesis’ new M1 Active Biamplified Reference pair of monitors offers [...]
Creative GigaWorks S750
I used to think that Logitech’s Z-5500 5.1speakers were the cream of the crop for desktop PCs. 505 W RMS of power seemed noisy already. But this was before I found out about Creative’s Gigaworks 7.1 speakers. OK, you can’t really compare 5.1 with 7.1, but Logitech’s brand name is enough to allow this.
The Creative [...]
Celestion SoundStyle300
Time for some more obscure brand names. Celestion is a UK/Chinese speaker manufacturer, but at least these guys have interesting designs in their offer. The SoundStyle 300, for example.
This is a 5.1 surround system that actually combines two different series. It includes one center channel, two surround back channels and the subwoofer from the AVP305 [...]
Razer Mako 2.1
These Razer guys are everywhere. They make exceptional mice and keyboards, they even made some nice soundcards. What else could they manufacture? A cool THX certified 2.1 speaker system, that’s what.
The Razer Mako 2.1 is a bi-amplified multimedia speaker system, a result of the joint venture having audio scientists of gaming audio leader Razer and [...]
TRW-17 Rotary Subwoofer
The 500 W subwoofer doesn’t sound that satisfying anymore and you got big plans for your neighbors. Then the TRW-17 rotary subwoofer is the thing for you.
TRW-17 is nothing like any subwoofer you’ve seen. It’s more of a fan-like device: check out those cool rotating fins! Inventor Bruce Thigpen from Eminent Technology says this [...]