By Andrew Liszewski
While most game consoles can take advantage of an already existing home theater setup, the same can’t be said for gaming PCs. So Razer has created a set of PC-specific speakers that not only rival the sound of the ones in your living room, but can easily fit on almost any computer desk.
The Mako 2.1 desktop speakers consist of 2-100W satellites and a 200W woofer (with a built in amp) and were actually developed in collaboration with THX. The problem with most desktop speakers is that they blast the sound straight ahead, which means you have to find the sweet spot and stay in it to avoid unbalanced sound. The Mako’s satellite speakers however blast the sound downward and use the desk’s hard surface as an ‘aural mirror.’ The result is a small set of speakers that produce a spacious, omni directional and distortion free sound for anyone within about 200 sq. ft.
But at $399 I think I’m happy with my headphones.
[ Razer Mako 2.1 Speakers ] VIA [ Popular Mechanics ]
Haha, that’s a good one. Open surfaces on a gamer’s computer desk…
Methinks someone’s totally missing their target group with this product. Come back when you’ve got a system that is able to reflect its sound off of pizza boxes. 🙂
Ha, sad but true. I thought the same thing as I looked across the sea of DVD spindles and loose discs on my own desk. But someday I’ll have a desk like you see in product shots… someday…