By Tikkler - November 14, 2000

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Product Reviewed: S4 MidiLand 4060M Product Page Manufacturer: MidiLand, Inc. Home Page MSRP: $149.95 Est. Street Price: $99.95

From the newest and coolest MP3 players to the complete theatre sound systems available for computers--complete with AC3 decoders--for the most enthused of sound enthusiasts, digital audio is everywhere. Even when one is in the everyday Windows environment, sound fills the ears of all computer users in the form of traditional CD's and the new-age MP3's. Furthermore, the major development in audio technology for personal computers comes when talking about games. More and more games utilize quality 3D sound to enrich the gamer into the coolest of virtual environments and 3D audio technologies such as Creative's EAX add depth to any sound. To fulfill the increasing acceptance of digital audio in everyone's daily computing lives, there are manufacturers like MidiLand to put out quality speaker systems-without pulling too much of that hard-earned money from the consumer's hands.

MidiLand can be considered to be one of the pioneers in manufacturing computer audio products. From its earliest beginnings during the 1990's, to their continuing innovation in the year 2000, MidiLand has always been there to develop some of the most-respected computer audio products in the industry--their new S4 MidiLand 4060M speaker system (which will be mentioned as the 4060M here forth) aims to continue that tradition.

Built upon the popular S4 MidiLand 4060 speaker system, the 4060M is a 2 satellite and 1 subwoofer (or 2.1 channel) multimedia speaker system. Both speaker systems utilize the same 2.5" satellite speakers for the mid-high tones; both include the same 6.5" subwoofer for the lowest of basses; and both include MidiLand's exclusive separate control module featuring controls for volume, tone and balance, but the main difference between the two lies in their-well, for a lack of better words to describe it-color.

The 4060M is made using MidiLand's patented Platallic material for enhanced durability and is, as MidiLand claims, the first computer multimedia speaker system to feature a metallic finish.

Today, we take a look at the new 4060M from MidiLand and tell you just what these speakers are made of.

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