Hands-On with the Altec Lansing RM3010 Stage Gig Speaker for Rock Band/Guitar Hero
If you like to rock out in your living room to Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero, or another rhythm game, you may sometimes wish you had a little more oomph in your sound than your TV's standard speakers. But you can't hook up a real montior/PA system like an actual band, either (and who could afford it?).
In between these two extremes is a great-sounding, handy little speaker: the Altec Lansing Stage Gig. Shaped like a traditional stage monitor, it's self-amplified with 40 watts of power with a horn-loaded tweeter, two mid-range drivers, and a subwoofer for full-range sound. Connection is via RCA component cables and multiple Stage Gigs can be daisy-chained using the existing outputs. Volume is controlled via an analog knob on the side--I checked and there's no setting for "11"--and there's even a hard switch to configure whether you want it to handle both stereo channels or an individual one (useful when you have more than one). It also has a carrying handle if you want to be your own roadie and haul it to a party or friend's house.
And for the record, you probably don't need more than one. This thing is loud. It sounds way bigger than it actually is. Connecting it to an XBox360 with Rock Band 2, the sound completely filled the apartment we were playing in. Said setup was unhooked from a Boston Acoustics MCS100 5.1 speaker system in order to connect the Stage Gig...I was worried the Gig would sound a bit wimpy in comparison. I shouldn't have. It rocked.
Now, audiophiles might acknowledge the horn tweeter's crisp highs but nitpick about slightly muddy bass at high volumes. Remember, this is essentially a karaoke speaker for a video game with a street price of under a hundred bucks. It's not meant to complement your brand-new Blu-ray system. If you already have your console connected to a complete 5.1 or 7.1 surround system that you love the sound of, you don't need this speaker. But if you're still rocking your HDTV's dinky stock speakers, or you play games in a different room than your main system, or you want something to carry to friends' houses for Rock Band Night, this type of accessory can really amp up the experience (sorry for the pun). And for its specific application, you can't do better than the Stage Gig at the time of this writing.
The Altec Lansing Stage Gig has an MSRP of $99.95 and is available now.
--Aric A.
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