{"video_id":"3S30wuI14ws","title":"Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Computer Speakers Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2011-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":470,"segments":[{"start_s":0.719,"end_s":7.919,"text":"this is the sound science rocket 3D this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.76,"end_s":9.84,"text":"is a 2.1 speaker system with a Twist","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":7.919,"end_s":14.44,"text":"okay so let's start with the outside of the box and then I'll get into a little","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.48,"end_s":18.72,"text":"bit more detail about what is unique about the rockus so here oh we actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.56,"end_s":23.32,"text":"find absolutely no information whatsoever okay moving around to the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.92,"end_s":28.0,"text":"other side we will find absolutely no information whatsoever except 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about what is unique about the rockus so here oh we actually find absolutely no information whatsoever okay moving around to the other side we will find absolutely no information whatsoever except for a small sticker that says it is the sound science rocket so I'm going to go ahead get my knife out here and let's get this baby open and show you guys what is going down in plain empty cardboard box town and last one there we are ah we have a retail box in there I could have actually started the unboxing with the proper retail box rather than this well I didn't know cameraman's giving me that look it's like how was I supposed to know okay there we go now we're going to learn about features and basically what it looks like so it's a speaker system okay if a 2.1 didn't give that away before then uh you might as well unsubscribe to the channel now because there's no hope for you um specifications here we go 2.1 5.7 in Satellite speakers we've got a 13.8 in subwoofer oh no hold on 13.8 in height subwoofer with a 6.5 in diameter subwoofer uh driver okay we've got a total weight of 8.5 kg output is 150 w Watts that is 25 watts each to the satellites and 100 watts to the sub and what all do we have here okay here's some specs in terms of how you hook it up so it actually features optical audio input as well as 3.5 mm and RCA so it has digital audio input these are digital speakers which is pretty cool here we've got some little buttons so we got 3D mode oh I gave I gave away the twist okay we'll talk more about 3D mode later don't look at that yet okay then we've got the remote control to switch between 3D and music a we're talking about 3D again okay music mode is for High Fidelity music and 3D mode is for 3D techn okay for movies and games that's what they're saying okay we'll talk about it more later more later here let's start getting this opened up cameraman can go amuse himself by looking at that while I break the seals on this side of the box and get closer to the actual meat and potatoes of this unboxing that is the part where we remov the Box cameraman says stop talking did I break it oh no it's okay that was close okay guys so when you are opening the rockus be very careful uh we appreciate very much sound science's method of packing the rockus with styr nice thick styrofoam so when you drop your subwoofer by accident it will actually land on a perfectly shaped piece of Styrofoam that will prevent it from being damaged so the first thing we find inside the box is the subwoofer itself so we're going to go ahead and open this guy up there we are oh no we got another there we are so it has a pretty typical sort of speaker finish on it that is it's very matte black actually feels quite nice and looks very very durable okay just going to flip this over so you guys can see it better so it's not a very huge subwoofer by any stretch of the imagination and it looks like it actually has a little instruction sheet attached to it how to use the sound science rocket speaker system so it shows you how to turn it on how to uh do some troubleshooting Stuff how to connect the uh an optical device okay here it comes with okay so there's a connector for the uh control pod okay so you'll plug that in here uh you've also got uh a three position switch for base level there's your digital optical audio input sorry about that guys then we've got our analog connectors both RCA as well as 3.5 auxiliary then we have our connectors to the speaker so it looks like we're using standard speaker wire but there's only one way to find out for sure and then we've got an onoff switch as well as a power cord that is a built-in power cord so then let's have a look at what we've got in terms of accessories so here we have RCA cables so those are RCA to speaker wire cables really okay okay well we'll have a closer look at that in a minute okay then we have RCA to headphone jack okay next we have just headphone jack to headphone jack so this is the one that you're likely to use to connect to your PC okay then we have the satellite speakers themselves so we're just going to take out one of them to show you guys actually we'll take that both okay so there you go it comes with protective film on the front of the speakers cuz they are quite shiny indeed there we are very neat very different shape for these speakers I haven't seen anything like that before them very stylish looking okay so there's the other one and then we've got our little control pod so this is how we can switch to between 3D mode music mode okay we've also got a volume control as well as a mute control okay and it looks like that is it for what is included inside the box so the speakers are connected to the back of the subwoofer right here via this cable so we actually use an RCA connection at the back of the speakers themselves see and then we use speaker wire to connect into the subwoofer so you can see here we've got sorry guys with big items it's always challenging to do a a quick unboxing because here we are aha there okay so here we've got this labeled white so that'll go ahead and go into the oh really okay well I guess there's no particular Rhyme or Reason to the labels so you just plug these in and then you go ahead and plug them into wherever it is that you happen to have them positioned so that can be the left one okay so that's our left speaker and then we also have a right speaker and that one will plug in like that and go into the other side instead okay and then all you have to do is plug in your control pod there we are make sure those are in there nice and good then you plug in your control pod plug in your selected audio input turn it on and enjoy the sound so the 3D mode I've actually seen a demo of it it is pretty cool the way it works is it uses the subtle differences in timing of the delivery of the sound to create a 3D sounding effect out of two speakers so it's kind of similar to how some of the uh some of the headphones that have virtual 3D modes work except this is a desktop speaker that features that technology so that's pretty much it for the rockus 3D thank you for checking out my unboxing and don't forget to subscribe to lonus Tech tips I've actually got one more thing these speakers are made of anodized aluminum and the subwoofer is an active subwoofer with a passive radiator so there's no annoying fan sound coming out of the subwofer"}