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LG's UltraGear Gaming Speaker Brings Immersion to Gaming
LG announces a first gaming-specific sound solution. The LG UltraGear Gaming Speaker (model GP9) is the perfect match for LG's premium UltraGear gaming displays, delivering immersive, game-optimized sound.
The LG GP9 is easy to use, compatible with PCs and the newest gaming consoles, and beautiful yet unobtrusive. The new speaker will be available in September in South Korea, the US, and select European countries.
LG UltraGear Gaming Speaker is a key component of LG’s strategy to expand its UltraGear ecosystem with new innovations that take the gaming experience to exhilarating new heights. With the rapid growth of the gaming industry, the need for premium gaming sound is rising as well. Leveraging its expertise in audio technology, LG’s first UltraGear sound solution product incorporated actual insights from real gamers throughout the development process. The result is a superb sounding product that frees users from headphones, a key component of the gaming experience that gamers identified as inconvenient and uncomfortable after marathon gaming sessions.
The ideal choice for anyone seeking to elevate their gaming setup and experience next-level immersion when playing the titles they love, the new speaker boasts LG’s proprietary 3D Gaming Sound technology which incorporates a specially-designed HRTF (head-related transfer function) algorithm to tailor a game’s audio according to genre. This results in users being able to experience stunningly detailed virtual surround sound complete with a realistic sense of space, position and directionality, all without a cumbersome headset.
Based on this innovative technology, the GP9 also features Game Genre Optimizer with two modes that can customize game audio to match what the user is playing. FPS Mode allows first-person shooter game fans to hear the smallest of details, allowing them to react even quicker to enemy stealthily closing in on their position. RTS Mode ramps up the realism with genuine spatial sound that can immerse players in their favorite real-time strategy (RTS), racing and all other games like never before. And thanks to support for DTS Headphone:X, LG UltraGear Gaming Speaker can provide convincing 7.1 virtual surround sound when using headsets or earphones.1
The GP9 is a one-of-a-kind “voice chat” gaming speaker that allows users to communicate with other players without the need for separate headsets or microphones. The built-in mics utilize LG’s unique echo-cancellation algorithm which can distinguish a user’s voice from game sounds and background noises. The advanced speaker can also perform the role of the discrete sound card many PC gamers prefer. Not only does it allow users to download professionally tuned EQ settings via a companion app, the speaker also lets users share custom sound settings for specific games with other gamers.
And because LG UltraGear Gaming Speaker is Hi-Res Audio certified, gamers only get first-class sound quality when playing their favorite titles. With higher sampling rates, Hi-Res Audio delivers a richer, more complete reproduction of original sound during gameplay. The impressive performance of the GP9 is taken to the next level by a built-in Hi-Fi Quad DAC (ES9038PRO), an advanced technology typically found only in high-end audio equipment.2 When connected to a PC, the speaker delivers the full benefit of its Hi-Fi Quad DAC – premium sound that makes every game feel far more real.
Every aspect of LG’s powerful yet space-saving speaker has been designed with gamers’ needs in mind. Its clean, all-in-one form factor is pleasing to the eye but won’t distract users when they’re battling it out for gaming supremacy. The GP9’s top-mounted control buttons make it easy to change microphone, volume and sound modes on the fly. It even comes with customizable RGB lighting that can display 16.8 million different colors to create a more immersive environment and enhance the overall gaming experience.
And with a variety of connectivity options including optical cable and USB-C, the versatile GP9 offers an easy way to connect to PCs and gaming consoles.3 Users can also opt to go wireless and connect to laptops, tablets or smartphones via Bluetooth to enjoy the speaker’s versatility and performance while listening to music or watching video content.
The UltraGear Gaming Speaker offers a unified, ultra-stylish aesthetic when paired with one of LG’s lightning-fast UltraGear gaming monitors as it’s designed to fit neatly between the legs of the monitor’s stand. But the GP9 was designed to pair well with any display, its “tactical” matte black finish and understated metallic elements looking great next to any device in any room.
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#5943087 Posted on: 09/01/2021 11:37 PM
I wasted a good 10 years with an awful Logitech "home theater", good for movies "yes" games "meh" for music ? "atrocious"
do yourself a favor and buy STUDIO MONITORS I wrote this in caps because if you don't know what their description is you will never find them, they are almost never proposed in electronic websites unless you know exactly what they are because you find them in the "pro audio" sections, not in computer hardware
several known youtubers use them on their real home pc, like jayztwocents and you can watch a lot of celebrity artists using them at home to create music before they go to the real studio
I'm running KRK Rokit RP5 G4 with a Behringer HD400 using quite a lot of cables to connect all, you need a noise killer like the behringer because modern gpus generate insane noise through analogic outputs
compared to computer speakers, it's another universe, I'm not an audio freak I listen to whatever quality mp3s..yes mp3s..i can find but still, with some track it's like the singer or musician is hiding behind my screen, hugely better sound, as an ex-dj I absolutely love them
since I'm at recommandations here's a way to add a real serious equalizer to windows (very useful for TRX40 and X570 motherboards who replace the equalizer by a logo of their brand ?!)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/
https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-equalizer-apo-not-working-on-windows-10/
equalizerapo can also use VST plugins and allows full customisation of your frequencies, by the way of a txt file you can have a 200 band equalization if you want to
I wasted a good 10 years with an awful Logitech "home theater", good for movies "yes" games "meh" for music ? "atrocious"
do yourself a favor and buy STUDIO MONITORS I wrote this in caps because if you don't know what their description is you will never find them, they are almost never proposed in electronic websites unless you know exactly what they are because you find them in the "pro audio" sections, not in computer hardware
several known youtubers use them on their real home pc, like jayztwocents and you can watch a lot of celebrity artists using them at home to create music before they go to the real studio
I'm running KRK Rokit RP5 G4 with a Behringer HD400 using quite a lot of cables to connect all, you need a noise killer like the behringer because modern gpus generate insane noise through analogic outputs
compared to computer speakers, it's another universe, I'm not an audio freak I listen to whatever quality mp3s..yes mp3s..i can find but still, with some track it's like the singer or musician is hiding behind my screen, hugely better sound, as an ex-dj I absolutely love them
since I'm at recommandations here's a way to add a real serious equalizer to windows (very useful for TRX40 and X570 motherboards who replace the equalizer by a logo of their brand ?!)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/
https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-equalizer-apo-not-working-on-windows-10/
equalizerapo can also use VST plugins and allows full customisation of your frequencies, by the way of a txt file you can have a 200 band equalization if you want to
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#5943101 Posted on: 09/02/2021 12:11 AM
I wasted a good 10 years with an awful Logitech "home theater", good for movies "yes" games "meh" for music ? "atrocious"
do yourself a favor and buy STUDIO MONITORS I wrote this in caps because if you don't know what their description is you will never find them, they are almost never proposed in electronic websites unless you know exactly what they are because you find them in the "pro audio" sections, not in computer hardware
several known youtubers use them on their real home pc, like jayztwocents and you can watch a lot of celebrity artists using them at home to create music before they go to the real studio
I'm running KRK Rokit RP5 G4 with a Behringer HD400 using quite a lot of cables to connect all, you need a noise killer like the behringer because modern gpus generate insane noise through analogic outputs
compared to computer speakers, it's another universe, I'm not an audio freak I listen to whatever quality mp3s..yes mp3s..i can find but still, with some track it's like the singer or musician is hiding behind my screen, hugely better sound, as an ex-dj I absolutely love them
since I'm at recommandations here's a way to add a real serious equalizer to windows (very useful for TRX40 and X570 motherboards who replace the equalizer by a logo of their brand ?!)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/
https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-equalizer-apo-not-working-on-windows-10/
equalizerapo can also use VST plugins and allows full customisation of your frequencies, by the way of a txt file you can have a 200 band equalization if you want to
Well... another option is to connect the PC to a decent amp, and the amp to a decent TV, and voilà! Home Cinema Dolby Atmos Gaming!
Not many games work very well with Atmos (height speakers get unused), but 7.1 seems to work OK on most.
I wasted a good 10 years with an awful Logitech "home theater", good for movies "yes" games "meh" for music ? "atrocious"
do yourself a favor and buy STUDIO MONITORS I wrote this in caps because if you don't know what their description is you will never find them, they are almost never proposed in electronic websites unless you know exactly what they are because you find them in the "pro audio" sections, not in computer hardware
several known youtubers use them on their real home pc, like jayztwocents and you can watch a lot of celebrity artists using them at home to create music before they go to the real studio
I'm running KRK Rokit RP5 G4 with a Behringer HD400 using quite a lot of cables to connect all, you need a noise killer like the behringer because modern gpus generate insane noise through analogic outputs
compared to computer speakers, it's another universe, I'm not an audio freak I listen to whatever quality mp3s..yes mp3s..i can find but still, with some track it's like the singer or musician is hiding behind my screen, hugely better sound, as an ex-dj I absolutely love them
since I'm at recommandations here's a way to add a real serious equalizer to windows (very useful for TRX40 and X570 motherboards who replace the equalizer by a logo of their brand ?!)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/
https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-equalizer-apo-not-working-on-windows-10/
equalizerapo can also use VST plugins and allows full customisation of your frequencies, by the way of a txt file you can have a 200 band equalization if you want to
Well... another option is to connect the PC to a decent amp, and the amp to a decent TV, and voilà! Home Cinema Dolby Atmos Gaming!
Not many games work very well with Atmos (height speakers get unused), but 7.1 seems to work OK on most.
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#5943124 Posted on: 09/02/2021 01:33 AM
i am of the opinion no one and i mean no one care how bad or good monitor/tv speakers are, cause most have there own pc speakers/tv surround setups that worlds better.
That said I do want my next monitor to have speaker but just cause I refuse to by new speakers for my pc to replace 25+ yearold 2.1 altec system i have that no good. that and i use headphones mostly now. but have speakers on my monitor would be nice for the odd video play here and there
i am of the opinion no one and i mean no one care how bad or good monitor/tv speakers are, cause most have there own pc speakers/tv surround setups that worlds better.
That said I do want my next monitor to have speaker but just cause I refuse to by new speakers for my pc to replace 25+ yearold 2.1 altec system i have that no good. that and i use headphones mostly now. but have speakers on my monitor would be nice for the odd video play here and there
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#5943373 Posted on: 09/02/2021 05:27 PM
i agree with that definition, but you are wrong about LG
my v60thinQ(and it's predecessors) has been tested superior to all DAC's under 1k and better than most under 2.5k by Audiophile magazine.
not only have i worked in consumer electronics for over 35 years, i'm also talented with a soldering iron and have made mods to legendary pieces of kit.
i can afford anything i want in the audio space, indeed my main speakers cost more than most peoples entire collection of electronics combined (pc & audio/video).
i've equalized room responses long before there were algorithms for that making my own parametric EQ's.
my main DAC is a Chord Hugo TT (which costs more than a 3090)
my LG phone outperforms the Chord Mojo at the same price.
What I mean "good audio" is audio capable of handling close to the full frequency range (20hz -20khz @ +/- 3db). Which I'm sure no sound bar or portable audio player can ever reproduce. Only dedicated Hi-Fi components can do that.
i agree with that definition, but you are wrong about LG
my v60thinQ(and it's predecessors) has been tested superior to all DAC's under 1k and better than most under 2.5k by Audiophile magazine.
not only have i worked in consumer electronics for over 35 years, i'm also talented with a soldering iron and have made mods to legendary pieces of kit.
i can afford anything i want in the audio space, indeed my main speakers cost more than most peoples entire collection of electronics combined (pc & audio/video).
i've equalized room responses long before there were algorithms for that making my own parametric EQ's.
my main DAC is a Chord Hugo TT (which costs more than a 3090)
my LG phone outperforms the Chord Mojo at the same price.
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What I mean "good audio" is audio capable of handling close to the full frequency range (20hz -20khz @ +/- 3db). Which I'm sure no sound bar or portable audio player can ever reproduce. Only dedicated Hi-Fi components can do that.