Laptop audio system are a type of PC merchandise that see very gradual growth, with merchandise typically hanging round for many years. There’s hardly a finer instance of that than the Klipsch ProMedia. The primary iteration of this 2.1 speaker design – the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX – launched all the best way again in 1999. Whereas a drastically different-looking ProMedia 2.1 Heritage model was launched a number of years in the past, it is solely now, with the discharge of the model new Klipsch ProMedia Lumina, that the set is getting a real successor.
This new 2.1 speaker set combines a 6.5-inch subwoofer and two satellite tv for pc audio system, every containing a 3-inch mid-range driver and a 1-inch tweeter. Klipsch does not point out a mixed energy output for the combo, however we would guess the time period “loud” would cowl it. Not most of the present choices in our greatest laptop speaker information are going to be extra highly effective.
As you would possibly count on, this is not an ultra-compact speaker system with a subwoofer the dimensions of a shoebox and satellites the dimensions of a Rubik’s dice. The subwoofer right here measures 14 x 6 x 13 7/8 inches (35.6 x 15.3 x 35.4cm) and weighs 11lbs (4.99kg), whereas every satellite tv for pc is sort of ten inches (25cm) tall with a footprint of 6.5 x 4 inches (16.5 x 10.2cm). It is a severe speaker system for individuals who need some severe audio, and with Klipsch’s repute for highly effective bass, you will not be left wanting in that division both.
That mentioned, this new model of the Promedia is not fairly as highly effective as its predecessor. Klipsch charges the system as delivering as much as 98dB SPL with a frequency vary of 40-20,000Hz, whereas the older system may hit 118dB SPL with a frequency vary of 35-22,000Hz. As a substitute, the large adjustments listed here are within the design of the system and its connection comfort.
The subwoofer has modified from a cumbersome cube-like form to a slimmer however taller cuboid that might be a lot simpler to tuck in underneath your desk. In the meantime, the satellites have a a lot cleaner design, devoid of knobs and dials (energy and quantity is now managed through buttons on prime of the best speaker) and with an uncovered set of drivers – no speaker grilles this time.
In the meantime, on the connections entrance, the previous set was a easy analog system with a single 3.5mm jack enter. The brand new system, although, does nonetheless have an analog enter but additionally features a USB-C connection, which suggests you may plug these audio system instantly into your PC while not having to depend on having a sound card, USB audio interface, or high-quality onboard audio.
Bluetooth can also be included, so you may simply join your telephone or different cell gadgets, and inevitably this implies there’s an app that allows you to tweak the EQ of the audio system and management their lighting…
Sure, Klipsch has embraced 2010 and added some RGB lights to the again of every satellite tv for pc. Klipsch describes the lighting as together with an evening mode, music react mode, and three color-changing choices, suggesting that integration with RGB lighting methods from Razer, Corsair, and others is not included.
Nonetheless, it is simply nice to see a brand new set of laptop audio system hit the market, with new choices being so vanishingly uncommon today – I am nonetheless mourning the lack of the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 (my set stopped working just some weeks in the past). Arriving priced at $379.99, the Klipsch ProMedia Lumina needs to be available for purchase instantly.
