Hercules

 

Select your product range

 

You might also like…

Speakers

 

Description

HiFi Inspired 2.0 Multimedia Speaker Set

• High end multimedia speakers with the look, feel and sound of top end HiFi speakers, featuring rich wooden casing, metal grates and a high quality piano black glossy finish with superior sound delivery.

• Total power output: 30 W RMS (2 x 15 W). Peak power: 60 W

• High-quality sound restitution based on an elaborate acoustic design comprising a tweeter system with a silk dome and broadband speakers for perfect bass and medium tones.

Bass Reflex Technology: a curved tube manages bass sounds perfectly by ensuring optimum air flow guidance.

Magnetically shielded speakers for an interference-free environment

Metal mesh with hexagonal holes for optimum driver performance and protection

External power supply: Not only more discrete but allows greater air volume thus better sound

Line In input at the back of the speaker for connecting the main audio source and auxiliary input (for connecting MP3 players etc.)

Stereo headphones connector located on the side of the right speaker

• All switches and knobs located on the front of the speaker - general volume control knob with Standby position, bass and treble volume control knobs

• A Port located at the back of each satellite increases the power of the bass tone when the speakers are located close to a wall in the home

1.8 metre & 3 metre cables for satellite connection. Plus hiFi style terminals

• Compact wooden satellites 21 cm (H) x 10.5 cm (W) x 13 cm (D). Still large enough to allow for optimum sound development within the wooden frame (20% more space than current market standards)

• Not wall mountable

 

* XPS: Extended Personal Sound 

 

 

Technical specifications

Total power output:

  • 30 W RMS
  • 60 W peak power

 

Compatible with:

  • PC
  • Mac®
  • MP3 players
  • CD/DVD players
  • TV
  • Games consoles

 

Box contents

• 2 wooden satellites featuring magnetic shielding
• Connection cable to audio source
• 2 connection cables between satellites
• 220-240V power supply
• Guarantee certificate and printed manual

 

Minimum configuration

  • PC with soundboard,
  • Mac®,
  • MP3 players,
  • CD/DVD players,
  • Games consoles

 

Technology

Speaker
Unit reproducing an acoustic wave from an electrical signal which vibrates one or more membranes, the movements creating a sound wave.
2.0 / Stereo
System for transmitting sound over two channels = stereo.
Satellite
Satellite is the name given to a speaker which does not reproduce bass frequencies: this speaker is therefore the satellite to a subwoofer. In a X.1 kit (2.1, 4.1, 5.1 , 6.1 or 7.1), the digit before the point 1, i.e. the 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7, represents the number of satellites in the speaker kit.
Driver
A driver is a device which transforms a signal into another signal: a speaker is a driver which transforms an electrical signal into a sound signal.
Watts RMS
Power in Watts RMS represents the continuous electrical power delivered by an amplifier to speakers.
Watts Peak Power
Watts Peak Power represents the peak electrical power delivered by an amplifier to speakers.
Line input
Analog audio input designed to receive an unamplified sound signal. There are 2 line levels: the general public line level, at -10dBv: this is the signal output level of a Hi-Fi component connected to an amplifier via a connector known as a line input. The professional line level, at +4dBu, is much more powerful, and is used to connect studio or public-address (PA) equipment.
Magnetic shielding
Magnetic shielding shields against the magnetic field generated by speakers, for example. If a speaker is touching a CRT screen (television or computer), magnetic shielding is necessary to avoid disturbing the display.
Headphone plug
Stereo audio output allowing for the connection of stereo headphones. A headphone plug uses a connector in 3.5mm mini-jack format.
Stereo
Abbreviation of stereophonic. A stereophonic signal is a signal transmitted over 2 channels: one channel on the left and one channel on the right, whereby the sound transmitted is different on each channel.
MP3
Le MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, plus connu sous son abréviation de MP3, est la spécification sonore du standard MPEG-1, du Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). C’est un algorithme de compression audio (voir aussi codec) capable de réduire drastiquement la quantité de données nécessaire pour restituer de l’audio, mais qui, pour l’auditeur, ressemble à une reproduction du son original non compressé, c’est-à-dire avec perte de qualité sonore significative mais acceptable pour l’oreille humaine.
 

Press

04/02/09 - FR - L’internaute publie le 02-04-2009 un comparatif de trois solutions 2.0, dont Hercules XPS 2.0 60.

L’internaute publie le 2 avril 2009 un comparatif de trois solutions 2.0, dont Hercules XPS 2.0 60.

L’article conclue que «Enfin, pour la qualité du son et de ses graves, sa puissance, son efficacité en film, musique, jeux... les enceintes Hercules XPS 2.0 60 sont clairement le meilleur choix à faire. » D’ailleurs le titre de la conclusion est : « Hercules d’abord ».

 
02/28/09 - BE-NL – Chip - XPS 2.1 50

Beoordeling: 4/5, Prijs/Prestatie: goed

 
02/10/09 - DE – SFT & XPS 2.060

„Insgesamt ist der Sound ausgewogen und kann für ein System dieser Größe durchaus überzeugen."
SFT, Februar 2009

 
02/10/09 - SP – Computer Hoy: Hercules XPS 2.060, ganador de la comparativa con 5 sistemas de altavoces 2.0
 
02/10/09 - SP – Computer Hoy: Hercules XPS 2.060, ganador de la comparativa con 5 sistemas de altavoces 2.0
 
01/20/09 - FR – Ere numerique attribue la note de 8/10 au système d’enceintes Hercules XPS 2.0 60.

Ere numerique attribue la très bonne note de 8/10 au système d’enceintes 2.0 Hercules XPS 2.0 60.

« Les XPS 2.0 60 offrent une réponse régulière avec un très bon équilibre global », « A leur prix, les Hercules XPS 2.0 60 sont assurément un bon choix », « Dans leur catégorie, elles sont même nos préférées »

 
12/15/08 - IT – Win Giochi Magazine: 4/5 Stars

« Equilibrate », « Una postazione a singolo giocatore, dove contano piu la qualité e l’equilibrio trale varie frequenze, che la potenza assol uta »

 
Fields indicated with an asterisk are mandatory
x