Cougar Shows New Gaming Keyboard with Integrated Speakers

[btarunr]

Probably the most oddball fusion of two components, Cougar unveiled a prototype gaming keyboard with integrated stereo speakers. The body design appears to be an evolution of the company's Attack X3, with a few polygonal cutouts along the side-walls. These speakers feature drivers found in notebooks, and take advantage of the hollow space inside the keyboard, and its metal base. The keyboard takes audio input from a standard 3.5 mm jack, while a USB connection drives the rest of it (probably including an amplifier for the speakers). There's also a downstream 3.5 mm jack to plug in your headphones, which probably mutes these tweeters integrated speakers, when your headphones are plugged in. How does it sound? Like your laptop. As a keyboard itself, you get a standard 104-key layout with RGB LED illumination, and special chrome keycaps over the WASD and arrow keys.



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[The Terrible Puddle]

Cougar plz

 

[Basard]

Only if it integrates explosion sound effects every keystroke....

 

[erixx]

Clear sign that this gaming keyboard market has drained any remaining idea!
It was G15 LCD (why this branch is dead, I don't know!) , then return to mechanical keys, and Flop! Lights off!

 

[INSTG8R]

Clear sign that this gaming keyboard market has drained any remaining idea!
It was G15 LCD (why this branch is dead, I don't know!) , then return to mechanical keys, and Flop! Lights off!

I started with a G15 and currently have a G19s. I honestly couldn’t live without it. Wish I’d bought 2 at the time and stored one.

 

[Caring1]

I'll admit, I like it.
But I only use cheap USB speakers anyway.

 

[NJM1564]

Integrated speakers, probably a bad idea. A headphone jack pass through. Not, a bad idea.