Tuesday, July 20th 2010
Creative Announces Availability of Sound Blaster Rock Wireless Outdoor Speaker
Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced availability of the Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker, the latest addition to the Sound Blaster Wireless family of products, designed to be placed outside bringing the music playing from a Creative whole-home wireless audio system outside. The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is a high-quality stereo speaker encased in a granite-rock like exterior, which complements any landscape. The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is designed to withstand moderate weather conditions so it doesn't have to be brought in every time it rains.
"I've set the Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker up at my home and my friends can't believe that such great-sounding music is coming from a speaker that they thought was a rock," said Steve Erickson, VP and GM of audio at Creative. "It's such a fun addition to the party because the music is playing from right outside by the pool and patio and it's totally wireless, so I haven't had to install any systems in my yard to get music."
The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker works with the Sound Blaster Wireless USB audio system, which is available separately at www.us.creative.com. The Sound Blaster Wireless audio system is incredibly easy to use; simply plug it into a USB port on any desktop, notebook, netbook or laptop and instantly begin wirelessly streaming from iTunes, Pandora or any other music application. Now with the Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker, music can be heard from your PC outside, up to 100 feet away. Absolutely no cables or network configuration are required.
The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is powered by a removable rechargeable battery, which delivers up to six hours of continuous music playback. The battery recharges through a separate powered charging cradle, which is included. The battery plugs easily into the back of the speaker, so the speaker does not have to be moved in order to be charged.
Pricing and Availability
The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is available now at Creative.com for $199.99. For more information on all of Creative's Sound Blaster Wireless audio system, including all of the indoor wireless speakers and wireless headphones check out Soundblaster.com and click on wireless audio.
"I've set the Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker up at my home and my friends can't believe that such great-sounding music is coming from a speaker that they thought was a rock," said Steve Erickson, VP and GM of audio at Creative. "It's such a fun addition to the party because the music is playing from right outside by the pool and patio and it's totally wireless, so I haven't had to install any systems in my yard to get music."
The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is powered by a removable rechargeable battery, which delivers up to six hours of continuous music playback. The battery recharges through a separate powered charging cradle, which is included. The battery plugs easily into the back of the speaker, so the speaker does not have to be moved in order to be charged.
Pricing and Availability
The Sound Blaster Wireless Rock Speaker is available now at Creative.com for $199.99. For more information on all of Creative's Sound Blaster Wireless audio system, including all of the indoor wireless speakers and wireless headphones check out Soundblaster.com and click on wireless audio.
47 Comments on Creative Announces Availability of Sound Blaster Rock Wireless Outdoor Speaker
Key there being moderate...
*sigh*
$200? :wtf:
My company manufactures small, glowing, chubby, winged child-like creatures that sing tunes of your choice (they won't glow on any music though... please exclude rock or other "demonic" stuff if you want to see their unearthly shine). They sing through their trumpets (horn-type Focal tweeters). The woofer is positioned somewhere on the chubby area...
They are natively wireless. Can be used as many as you like, even in a 10.1 config.
People that try to steal them were electrocuted of some sorts... couldn't fix the problems even now many years into this business. Could be some original design flaw.
Thing is, how I can get some "Press release" advertisement on TPU for them?
i cant see a target market for these.
I'd say they should have made it modular, have the outer casing detachable and configure it depending on what you want like a rock, a duck, poo, etc.. have those 'skins' sell individually.
If you throw a real rock at the rock, it will 'pop'. (groan, that one was terrible)
I would actually consider something like this if it were $200 for 2 speakers.
Oh ... BTW, the wireless transmitter that is required to use this speaker is another $100.