I have to confess that I’m fairly surprised by this: Big Picture Big Sound has posted a review of one of the faux-monitors designed for music games, and apparently came away pretty impressed.
Now, in spite of my befuddlement when I mentioned this product a few months back, I never had doubts that Polk could put out a competent product; I’ve been using their smoking hot bookshelf speakers for decades now. But what’s surprising is that the thing really does sound like it’s legitimately beneficial for players. From the article:
Compared to my TV speakers, the HitMaster is a downright revelation, especially for a penny under a hundred clams. … The bassline at the beginning of Boston’s “Foreplay/Long Time,” for example, comes through with a rich and surprising punch — a shocking amount of oomph for such a small speaker.
And here’s the part I hadn’t thought of: Because you can plug directly into this thing from the audio out on your console, you can completely bypass the lag that often comes with routing your console’s audio through a receiver or even TV. The reviewer claims it’s made a noticeable impact on his scores. Which means it’s legitimately useful.
Who knew?
If you’re interested in checking one out for yourself, have a look at the official product page, or the pre-order page at Amazon
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