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Peripheral and accessory maker Logitech has announced four new sets of PC speakers that promise omnidirectional acoustics, meaning the speakers generate a bigger “sweet spot” for accurate reproduction of audio because they have drivers that face both forward and backward. The idea is to provide better sound for folks who might be moving themselves (or their computers!) around a room or an office, but don’t want the hassle of moving speakers—or juggling between sets—just to get decent audio.
Vista launched earlier this week and Apple’s PC vs. MAC campaign has already been addressing it with spots showing the PC guy in a hospital gown in need of surgery for Vista. Given that better than 95% of the Windows users who move to Vista will get it with new hardware and that Apple systems that run Vista will also probably require some surgery, this is a little misleading but all is fair in love and advertising. I do get a big kick out of those ads and if you get to see the English ones you’ll find them just as funny.
The five satellite enclosure are constructed out of aluminum housing, which still being functional and stylish. They have been designed to match the most current plasma, LCD, DLP projection andwidescreen video sources.
The act6 has a versatile mounting system. For example, if the speakers are mounted upside-down, the logo’s are reversible due to their magnetic mounting system. The act6 has a downward firing, 80watt powered 8″ subwoofer, designed to handle both home theater and music reproduction, and has a frequency response from 30Hz to 22KHz.
Energy is also packaging individual satellite speakers, called the act1, which would allow customers to upgrade to a 6.1 or 7.1 surround sound system.
Quote from the review at 3dGameMan.com:
“The Realworld Sicuro RW-360XL 2.1 Gaming Speakers have very distinctive features and looks. The satellite speakers and subwoofer light up when you crank the audio. The overall power on the system is 42 watts; 12 from the satellites and 30 from the subwoofer which is more than enough for most audio needs. Watch the Video to find out more…”
Quote from the review at PC Extreme:
“”The idea behind 5.1 surround headphones is to reproduce the 3D audio in a non-intrusive way, so you can enjoy surround sound without disturbing those around you with a thunderous sub and 5 satellite speakers shaking the pictures off the walls. Zalman does a fairly good job of this with the ZM-RS6F headphones. They do deliver crisp 3D highs, and a solid middle channel. Where they are lacking is the “thunderous sub” category.”
Quote from the review at Modthebox.com:
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