Customer Reviews

Altec Lansing RM3010 Stage-Gig Amplified Speaker for Rock Band and Guitar Hero (Black)

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I purchased this to listen to my music from my Zune while at work. It is very portable and rugged. The quality is top notch, and since I registered it, it now has a 2 year warranty. This was important since I am in the construction industry and my equipment gets abused.
The sound is top notch. Very clear highs without being "piercing". And the bass is rich and full without being "thumpy". I purchased 2 of these because you can daisy chain them together. Each speaker can be easily switched from a blended stereo coming from one speaker or you can configure the speaker to be a left or right channel. Very nice feature, plus each speaker has an outlet to power the next speaker. Two of these speakers configured as a stereo sound amazing.
I have been showing it off to friends and they are impressed.

I play guitar and sing in small venues and have been looking for some small self powered speakers to use for small gigs. The other day I saw these speakers made for guitar hero and thought I'd give them a try as part of a small p.a. system. I bought two speakers, unpacked them, and was impressed with sturdiness of the cabinets. There is no wall wart to contend with and there is even an external ac jack on the back of each speaker.

I initially hooked an ipod up to the speakers and was disappointed with the lack of volume. After that experiment, I hooked up a small pa mixer, plugged in a mike and guitar (to the mixer) and hooked up the stage gig speakers - not bad! I got fairly good volume for a small venue. The sound was not what you would get from a $500 plus pa system, but it projected well in a small room and was very clear. It was not muddy, muted or mid-range sounding.

A couple caveats - you have to have a small pa mixer to plug in mikes and guitars and you need to make sure that the mixer has out jacks that will work with the speakers. Almost any mixer made for podcasting or related activities will do. The stage gig speakers have no guitar or mike jacks on them which requires the mixer.

I see these speakers as durable, jack of all trades devices that I can use for very small one man gigs, enhancing tv sound, or hooking up to radios and other devices.

Solidly built with sound quality that is suprisingly good, for the price outstanding. Run some jazz or classical through it to see what it's really capable of. The sound is clean and very enjoyable to listen to. This is a "real" speaker, not harsh, tinny or piercing, competitive with a small home stereo. Puts ipod docks to shame!

I am impressed. Surpassed my expectations. Quite the plain jane review I guess but there is nothing else to say except for that these speakers are superb!

I was looking for something not too expensive that would serve as floor monitors for my 4 piece acoustic band. I read all the reviews for the Stage-Gig speakers, and decided to take a chance and ordered 2 units. When I got them, I hooked them up to my mixing board, fired them up and WOW, for such small speakers, they put out a ton of sound, and the bass response is fantastic. I set them up with a dual RCA cable, male on both ends (Stage-Gig does NOT come with this cable, you have to get one separately, by the way), and plugged the power cord from the second one into the back of the first one, per included instructions, thus requiring only one outlet to power both.

Because I am running the output out of a mixing board into the Stage-Gigs, I can adjust the EQ settings for a great natural sound - the speakers themselves do not allow any such adjustments.

Well, I was so impressed, I ordered two more. Not sure if this product will be available in the future when I might need more, so I now have two as backups... the price is ridiculous, so it's a no brainer. If I had gotten "real" floor monitors, I probably would have had to pay twice as much for just 1, never mind 4.

The only thing I do not like is the big bold white lettering on the front of the mesh grill! I have solved that with a small bottle of flat black enamel paint from the local hobby store (the original paint is not flat or glossy - something in between. But I didn't want something shiny, so flat works wonderful. I just painted the entire metal grill.) Now the speakers look great and I am very happy to have a set of 4 great sounding floor monitors for the band!

I would buy these again in a heartbeat if any of the 4 failed, they are that good. Definitely NOT toys.

I am very pleased with my latest purchase, Altec Lansing RM 3010 Stage Gig Amplified Speaker. I purchased it to be used with my Sprint EVO cellphone. I thought it would be nice to hear my movies streamlined via Netflix thru this speaker from my cellphone. I was so impressed with the sound that I began using it with my Apple iPod. It gives you the right amount of clean sound that you would need if you were relaxing on your patio or porch.

I bought this to be a stage monitor for my little 2 man acoustic show. Its reasonably loud for a house, but it doesn't have the pop I was hoping it would have for on stage, especially outside. But for the rock band and guitar hero, it works really well. I'm thinking I'll get another one though so I can have true stereo. Its a good option to have on this unit and makes it that much more valuable for high performance rock band.

In this era of tiny 2"-3" speakers being driven by massively equalized and tricked audio using tortured reflex porting, we tend to forget just how good a well designed set of acoustic suspension speakers sound. Sure, all those little boxes that put out "amazing" sound are a nice addition to our listening options, but they don't have the smoothness, transparency and effortless of top notch design of more conventional nature.

These speakers are sold as being appropriate for gaming systems. They surely are, but they are far, far more capable than that. The sound of these speakers trace their lineage to the great designs of Henry Kloss; Acoustic Research, KLH, Advent. They are clear, crisp, clean and uncolored. The bass is smooth and musical with no boominess. This isn't the rather contrived and strained somewhat boomy and thumpy bass you hear from the likes of Bose Wave Radio II or Polk I-Sonic radios. The bass doesn't get down to the sub-woofer territory, and if you want that for gaming, add a simple powered sub. For music and just plain listening, the speaker is great by itself. To my ears, the speakers sound so clean and smooth that I use the bypass switch on my EQ and drive them "flat."

I saw these at a big box club store in the gaming department for a nearly unbelievable price. Too good to be true, I guessed, but I have always had good performance from ALtec Lansing gear. I got home, read the reviews here, and went back to get a pair. I was building a basement entertainment area for my 6th grader to play Wii and watch movies with his buddies. I had a 32" Visio LCD TV, a decent up conversion DVD player, a VHS tape player for legacy titles, a 10 band EQ, iPod docks and a pair of these Stage Gig speakers. I also added a Sony SA-W3000 sub woofer. The whole setup turned out better than I expected, and the kid is thrilled.

For movies, I leave the sub on, but for music, I turn the sub off, and run the EQ bypassed. The sound from the Altec Lansing speakers is sparkling, musical, colorless and effortless. These speakers would make a fine audio system for a budget home theater system - budget but no sacrifice in quality. They have enough clean and distortion free punch to be used in a variety of sound applications, including block parties, pool parties, etc. With the size, power and sound quality of these speakers, the potential uses are limited only by your imagination.

I tried a variety of music from metal to classical, concert piano, vocals, rock and country. All sounded exceptionally good, and the clarity and transparency is especially apparent on concert piano and female vocals, two of the toughest tests of a speaker.

SUMMARY:
This classical speaker design updated with modern materials, excellent 6 1/2" bass/midrange driver and crystal clear tweeter coupled to a muscular matched amplifier pumps out sound in impressive quantity and quality that will meet the high performance needs of many audio applications at a very attractive price. Don't let the low price and gaming orientation misdirect you - these are *serious* speakers. Buy a pair - the odd hook up is none the less pretty straightforward and works well. They are a pleasure to listen to. The longer you listen, the more you will appreciate the smooth, clean sound.

I got my Altec Lansing Stage Gig speaker today, and I LOVE IT! Straight out of the box, it looks and feels VERY professionally made, being crafted from durable, heavy-duty materials.

The grille over the woofer and tweeter is very clearly metal (steel, from what I can tell), the housing is made of heavy duty, thick plastic, and there are solid, thick rubber corner guards everywhere you might want them. It has a total continuous power of 40 watts, a 1" neodymium tweeter and a 6.5" midbass driver (woofer), a sound pressure level (SPL) of 100 decibels, and at 12.6" W x 10.4" D x 9.1" H, it won't take up much space to put out its high quality sound. Nothing is made on the cheap here, from what I can tell. The speaker weighs around fourteen pounds, so that should tell you something about whether it's a lightweight toy or not. It truly feels as if this speaker would be carried around with a band's professional sound equipment for tour performances, so it gets top ranking from me for truly feeling like a quality piece of equipment.

The audio cable that came with the speaker also has a nice length to it, to allow you some real distance to move it around the room. The cable connects to the speaker via male plugs, with female plugs at the opposite end requiring the connection of the male plugs from the audio components of your console's output cables. From the base of the audio plugs, the cord itself measures approximately 9 feet, 9 inches - not skimpy, in my opinion. There's also a 120 volt unswitched power outlet on the speaker underneath the sturdy, built-in handle, near the power switch, and I appreciate that the volume knob lights up when the power is on. Additionally, there's a red and white audio output port to allow you to connect one or more additional speakers to each other, chain-style, on the right-hand side of the speaker (where the volume knob is also located).

Upon hooking this speaker up to my Wii and listening to the sound coming from the console (before I inserted any discs), I could immediately tell the difference in sound quality between what my TV produced, and what this speaker presented. I popped in my Guitar Hero World Tour disc and played a few songs with it, and couldn't dispute the vast improvement in sound quality and range brought on by this speaker. I typically have my Wii connected to my Sharp HD TV via an HD component cable, which I thought already gave it pretty great sound, but the sound out of the single Altec Lansing Stage Gig speaker is SO much better. The sound is richer, deeper, and has a much wider range than what I heard just from the TV itself. The one thing that I DO have to say is that I wish I hadn't needed to disconnect the HD cable's audio components from the TV (since you have to connect those to the audio cord packaged with the speaker), but I'm sure that you can figure out how to keep everything connected and just add these in with a few HIGH quality connectors, with minimal loss of sound quality. More to the point, a Y-cable splitter that has a female plug and two male plugs leaving it (one to connect to the TV, the other to connect to the speaker's audio cable) should do the trick. You'd need two of them, if the rigging all worked right.

This speaker is advertised for use with video game consoles, but, looking at it, I see no reason whatsoever why you couldn't hook these up to your existing television setup, and boost the overall sound quality of what you view on your TV, if you don't already have additional external speakers. All that it requires are audio cables. With the right cables, and two or more of these speakers, you'd truly feel like you were "right there"! GREAT sound, GREAT craftsmanship - the only thing that would make one of these speakers better, is TWO of them! Good stuff!

This amp really makes Guitar Hero feel even more fun! When I read the pre-release reviews on various tech websites I wasn't expecting much. However, I admit I'm impressed. The volume this thing cranks out is enough to make enemies out of your neighbors, not a bad quality either. I wouldn't say that it's the same as a real amp, but for the size and the price, it's awesome!! It's nice looking and seems to be durable.I would recommend this amp for any hardcore guitar hero fan!