Introduction

Hercules XPS 2.1 50 Speaker Kit review

Heya fellas and welcome to a new review here at Guru3D.com, this time around it's time to have a peek at a product from Hercules, yes yes .. once known for their Radeon based graphics cards. After they moved out of the GPU industry they refocused on audio related products amongst others. Does anyone remember the DJ Console for example ?

Guillemot Corporation using the Hercules brand name has a vast array of hardware products available in 10 countries. They have been building hardware for over 25 years and they are a very well known name within the PC hardware community. Their diverse product range is comprised of Dj'ing and musical hardware, Wi-Fi gear, web cameras and speakers. Many of us own or have owned graphics cards or other hardware from this company at one point in time.

Today we will be looking at a new speaker system available from Hercules, in the lab we have the Hercules XPS 2.1 50. This system can be used with PC or Mac for MP3 players, CD Players, TV Set or a Game Console.

The system arrived in great shape even though the box was a little banged up by the postage and handling I have seen boxes and units in far worse shape. The box is fairly heavy for the size and the layout of pictures, descriptions and features is extensive without being too busy.

We have nice big logos and clear pictures of the unit along with a few illustrations regarding what the system can be used for. Let's have a look, next page please. But not before we peek at that tasty looking speaker kit.