Sheesh. Just days after Altec Lansing shocked the gaming world with
a dedicated stage monitor for Guitar Hero, Rock Band or any other gaming title you'd care to pump through a mini-wedge,
Polk Audio has stepped in to do the same. As we witness the beginning of a curious, um, beginning, the HitMaster has stepped things up for anyone else thinking of joining the fray by packing 60 watts of RMS power, a pair of 2.2- x 5.5-inch horns, twin 1-inch tweeters and a booming 6.5-inch subwoofer. The whole cabinet weighs some 13 pounds, and aside from line level inputs and outputs, you'll also find a 1/8-inch jack for connecting iPods and the like. Oh, and did we mention that you can daisy chain these things? Because you can. Look for this one to rock your face off (or something to that effect) in early 2010 for $99.99.
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posted Oct 24th 2009 3:37PM
another one? wow...
inb4
If you play Guitar Hero/Rock Band to make you feel like you're a rock star, then you are Rehtarded.
Because using it negatively like you did is extremely offensive towards anyone who actually is mentally challenged and doing so just proves how ignorant you are.
@Jimmy
...is there a positive way to use it?
There are positively fun ways to use it!
@Jimmy: mentally challenged people read engadget?
Stop having fun!
yeah you say that now, but when you put on an official Rock Band stage costume, step into my Rock Band room on my Rock Band stage and bust out a sweet solo on expert difficult with my aged mahogany Rock Band guitar, one foot on my Rock Band monitor, and the Rock Band pyrotechnics/smoke machine unit blowing the virtual crowd away, you will feel like a real rockstar
@ONLY: mentally challenged people read engadget!
As logic is applied to Call of Duty MW2...
"Stop having fun and go into a real war!"
Yeah, that.
using the word "rehtard" is only offensive to relatives of rehtards. The rehtards themselves can't care because they are rehtarded.
If you play Call of Duty to feel like you're actually murdering people, I'm very certain you have a problem.
incredible... never thought there would be a product that would let me monitor the music i'm NOT playing
Let me know when gay stops getting gayer.
I really don't get it? Why is this needed in your living room?
Because having your TV speakers reflecting sound back at you isn't enough of a stage monitor-like experience. Apparently.
most useless way to spend $99 ?
Nine Inch Nails spend less on their onstage gear than the average nerd on Rock Band peripherals.
Seriously?
@ONLY: mentally challenged people read engadget!
meant to respond to lowdeff ^^^
talk about hi fi
I was going to mention how senseless this device is, but I remembered that I recently ordered an Italian floor lamp for $2,190.00.
Regards,
Dan
I wouldn't consider this "another one." Polk Audio is in a different league than Altec Lansing.
Could I get less 'suck' in the monitor, please?
This fantasy musical instrument playing is getting out of hand. Remember the old days when people who wanted to take up music bought a real instrument, signed up for lessons, and practiced?
Next we'll be giving our kids video game Lincoln Logs and virtual Tinker Toys. They've already done it for Lego.
EXACTLY
Holy crap.. they're really going for the whole fake rock band experience... i bet there's going to be a groupies edition next with a whole bunch of http://www.blowmeupsexdolls.com/ these..
people who play this suck... they just suck. that's it. buy a guitar and do some work you donkeys.
A 60-watt polk audio cab with a 1/8th jack should be any college house's dream. Forget Rock Band!
I don't play the games that this seems to be marketed at, in fact I don't own a game console. However, it looks like you get an good amplified speaker for $99. And the daisy chain ability could rock my backyard parties right from my netbook.