WEBVTT 00:00:00.399 --> 00:00:07.000 today I'm going to be unboxing something that is of interest to me and absolutely 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:15.080 nobody else this is the legendary spherex Xbox 5.1 surround sound system 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:20.240 it is no longer available but as you can 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:23.840 see by the very old and very beat up box 00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:27.359 I managed to find one in our warehouse 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:28.279 and I bought it because I happened to 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:32.559 need some speakers I'm planning to move my cat 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:39.600 speakers that are on my computer over to my TV and so I needed 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:44.960 something for my computer and since it has a digital 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:47.239 input um I can make use of this so in 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.320 terms of the overall specs and features why don't we go over what's on the front 00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:57.160 here so we have five omnipolar satellite speakers so these use a pretty cool 00:00:53.199 --> 00:00:59.320 technology that actually only sends some 00:00:57.160 --> 00:01:04.439 of the sound directly to your ears the rest of it it bounces so you actually 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:09.680 hear it indirectly off the walls and off the uh the obstacles in the room and the 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:12.840 theory and from what I've heard it works really well is that it sounds much more 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:16.840 natural that way all right we have a powered 8 in subwoofer which uses some 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:21.600 kind of other technology to produce sounds that are uh as far as your 00:01:19.080 --> 00:01:28.280 perception goes much lower frequency than what an 8 in subwoofer can normally 00:01:23.479 --> 00:01:30.479 do we have a 300 W RMS digital 6 channel 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:36.759 amplifier so like I said digital which means Optical input and uh I don't 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:40.880 believe it accepts any analog input at all other than no it does it does it 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:46.439 accepts like RCA cables or something so nothing from a computer and certainly 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:51.320 nothing 5.1 it has a headphone output which is Handy USB connectivity future 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:55.439 expansion capability yeah I don't think that's going to be happening based on 00:01:53.520 --> 00:02:00.880 how out of production all of this stuff is uh remote control and IR receiver 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:06.600 included all speaker wearing included yeah like check this out the warranty is 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:08.119 also uh penned out on the box awesome so 00:02:06.600 --> 00:02:12.840 I don't think I'll be getting any kind of warranty support on this whatsoever 00:02:11.239 --> 00:02:18.000 and here actually here's something else that's on the outside of the box a little bit more detail about these 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:23.239 speakers so it creates a much larger Sweet Spot rather than having a very 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:32.319 very narrow place where the uh where the listening position is optimal so inside 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:35.760 we find a lingual setup 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:37.000 guide the paper's still white so it's uh 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:42.280 it's not that old I guess you guys should have seen how dusty this was when 00:02:38.959 --> 00:02:46.319 I uh when I first opened it up all right 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:50.440 we've got speaker cables which I will 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:53.440 need so one end is terminated in oh 00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:57.360 these are both ends are terminated in uh 00:02:53.440 --> 00:03:01.840 RCA cables so we have uh how many of 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.840 those five of those 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:11.680 so there's the five cables H they're kind of thin gauge but 00:03:08.959 --> 00:03:16.519 uh reasonably flexible so should be should be not too bad uh it looks like 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:20.159 there's two longer ones and then three shorter ones so that would be for the 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:25.120 front channels and the rear channels okay next we've got a packing 00:03:22.519 --> 00:03:30.239 foam and then we find the speakers so like I said these are really old like I 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:34.439 think this is a several years this inventory it was so dusty when I found 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:39.400 it uh but they are in brand new condition so I uh will show you guys one 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:45.519 of the satellites I'm not going to bother unboxing them all because they 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:47.680 are identical to each 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:55.239 other and I just want to show you guys the speaker design now I'm no um you 00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:57.159 know speaker engineer but I can try and 00:03:55.239 --> 00:04:03.840 explain the basic principles and show you guys sort of what I meant before 00:04:01.079 --> 00:04:09.920 so if I could get it out of the bag I mean okay here we go so that's the front 00:04:06.959 --> 00:04:13.760 of the speaker so you can see there's a here I hope you can see I think this 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:19.759 comes off yeah there we go okay so that's the front of the speaker so the 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:23.440 way it's designed it actually reflects 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:26.400 the sound off of this uh kind of cone 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:30.840 shaped Dome shaped thing and it reflects the right amount of sound directly at 00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:36.840 you and the rest of it to the walls so that proportionally you hear I think 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:39.160 it's something like 70% directly and 30% 00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:44.080 reflected at you by your surroundings and you can see there's another dome 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:50.080 right there for the Tweeter so that's um also reflecting that 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:54.240 sound towards you and also at the wall so actually here the speaker itself has 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:57.160 a nice like if you don't mind the Xbox branding I've heard they're just great 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:01.800 speakers although I haven't had a chance to listen yet so we've got a removable 00:04:59.080 --> 00:05:09.639 grill there than just the uh speakers themselves okay on the bottom we've got 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:12.199 uh screw in for a stand as well as 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:17.520 uh I wonder what that could be used for hard to say but there's our connection 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:19.240 for the audio cable all right so there's 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:23.400 one speaker let's see what else we've got in here in terms of 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.800 accessories so I actually haven't quite decided if these ones are going to end 00:05:24.919 --> 00:05:30.600 up downstairs or if these ones will end up 00:05:27.919 --> 00:05:35.080 upstairs and I move the receiver and uh ke speakers downstairs I guess it 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:39.880 depends on how everything sounds what looks 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:42.319 better not sure I bought these on a 00:05:39.880 --> 00:05:47.000 recommendation uh so I'll have to kind of play around with them myself and see 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:51.280 what I think before I make any decisions so this looks like some more accessories 00:05:49.080 --> 00:05:58.639 and whatnot here we find an optical audio 00:05:54.000 --> 00:06:01.560 cable noodles certified gaming gear okay 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:09.960 cool next we find uh yes the front control 00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:14.599 pod oh okay doesn't seem to have any controls on it just is a dis oh okay 00:06:12.280 --> 00:06:17.680 it's a display and an infrared receiver so you actually have to control these 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:22.639 with the remote they don't have any buttons right on the front so uh there 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:27.160 you go you can see all the stuff it says on there there's a bunch of 00:06:24.280 --> 00:06:32.240 certifications uh Dolby Digital pric 2 DTS surround Texas Instruments of all 00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:35.080 things on the top here all right you know what I'm going to turn these lights 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.280 around so hopefully you guys can actually see what I'm doing a little 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:45.160 better down here there we go maybe that'll help all 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:46.800 right next we've got uh kind of what 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:50.880 looks like kind of an S video cable but it's probably some proprietary thing for 00:06:48.440 --> 00:06:56.080 the control pod yep so that plugs into the control pod and then presumably the 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:58.960 sub and amp next we've got 00:06:56.080 --> 00:07:03.440 uh oh okay so that's just a coaxil digital cable which is just like any 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:06.479 other coaxil cable and then we have this is for using with your computer if you 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:11.960 only want to use two channel sound I'm guessing it'll up miix to 5.1 if you 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:15.240 want to go that route and then finally we have the Xbox 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:23.680 remote you know it's too bad that products like this are kind of dying out 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:28.280 like uh stuff that's designed for gamers but actually delivers excellent sound 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:32.680 quality like we used to have so many options you know creative clip Monsoon 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:38.280 if you want to go back a little bit further than that uh you know you've got 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:40.120 companies like this doing stuff and uh 00:07:38.280 --> 00:07:43.759 now we just have here's a couple AA batteries these are probably like 00:07:41.599 --> 00:07:48.919 expired let me see if there's a an expiry date on them but uh they the cold 00:07:46.919 --> 00:07:53.960 hard reality that I've come to face is that Gamers don't know the 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:58.520 difference between good 00:07:55.800 --> 00:08:03.440 audio and Loud audio and they aren't willing to pay for it so that's why we 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:08.000 see products like this just go EOL uh razor moo is another another great 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:15.720 example of just a phenomenal set of speakers that was marketed at Gamers but 00:08:10.599 --> 00:08:19.039 actually was just a a really neat audio 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.360 set but wasn't successful because uh 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:25.159 people weren't willing to pay the premium for something that's uh truly 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:30.520 wellmade and uh sounds really good in everything not 00:08:28.159 --> 00:08:36.880 just you know Boom game so I'm trying to get this sub 00:08:32.959 --> 00:08:39.519 open all right the Xbox branding I have 00:08:36.880 --> 00:08:44.279 to admit is a bit of a bit of a turnoff cuz it's kind of like a it's a weird 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:50.880 looking style and uh it's actually designed to match the old original Xbox 00:08:47.800 --> 00:08:53.880 not the Xbox 360 okay so here we go try 00:08:50.880 --> 00:08:55.760 to clear some room here so there's the 00:08:53.880 --> 00:09:01.399 sub uh kind of got your standard audio 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:05.079 equipment finish on it okay it comes with these little silver legs that are 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:09.560 going to lift it up off the ground a little bit so that as you can see if I 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:13.000 tip it a little bit further the 8in subwoofer down here will have a little 00:09:11.560 --> 00:09:17.200 bit of room between itself and the ground all right I'm going to turn it 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:25.160 around show you guys the back okay here we go so we've got our 00:09:19.880 --> 00:09:27.040 power switch got a fuse here okay cool 00:09:25.160 --> 00:09:30.640 then we've also got the infrared receiver in USB in I don't think this 00:09:29.079 --> 00:09:35.560 does anything I think it was one of those for future expansion things but 00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:39.279 this product disappeared so clearly there was no future for it then we've 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:42.920 got speakers only so this plugs into all of our speakers front left right 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:47.680 surround left right and Center then we've got Optical in up to two sources 00:09:44.920 --> 00:09:51.560 coaxial in as well as left and right analog in and we've got a power plug and 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:55.360 that's about it so thank you for checking out my unboxing that is 00:09:55.360 --> 00:10:01.519 uh of interest to nobody but me and don't forget to subscribe to Tech tips 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:05.200 for more unboxings reviews and other good technology videos