Laser Vibe

Features:

• Comes with 2 audio inputs for left and right speaker channels.
• 2 image controls for controlling the size and shape of the image displayed.
• 3 audio controls included to help connect to ANY audio source. (Additional cables available)
• Laser Vibe comes with 1 DC power supply.
• Connects directly to ANY audio source. (CD, Stereo, MP3 Player, etc.)

Customer Reviews:

Worth having a look at [Posted on 2007-02-01]
The Laser Vibe is a new addition to my lighting effects. I have the red-laser version of Laser Vibe; the green-laser version, inexplicably, is about 3 times as much. I have my Laser Vibe hooked up to low-level outputs from my stereo.

Laser Vibe is designed to only respond to frequencies at 500 Hz or below. If you're fond of listening to a lot of classical music you may not find Laser Vibe suitable because the visuals don't track the audio that well, due to the preponderance of high notes in many classical pieces. However, Laser Vibe seems to be made for rock and roll, where there is lots of bass guitar, heavy drum beats, and low-frequency vocals.

With rock music, Laser Vibe will produce a frenzied tangle of red lines on the wall; and it's designed to project on the wall, not the ceiling. Picture a tangle of string which keeps changing, and occasionally manages to unravel its self for a moment or two. The sounds and the Laser Vibe stay in sync very nicely. Unlike some other laser light show units which claim that they react to sound (by simply changing a preset pattern), Laser Vibe produces a continously changing pattern which is anything but preset.

There are a couple of considerations before committing to the Laser Vibe. First is that you need to get the audio signal to the unit somehow. I wired my living room for surround sound and while I was at it I ran an extra set of (shielded) wires so I could bring low-level audio signals to the back wall of my living room. That is a BIG plus if you're fond of gadgets like Laser Vibe, because I can just plug the audio into the back wall of the living room and enjoy the show on the front wall. If, on the other hand, you don't have your living room wired like this then you have to figure out some graceful way to get the audio signal to the Laser Vibe unit; it does not have a built-in microphone.

A second consideration is the image size. I am projecting the Laser Vibe image across a distance of 15 feet (they say it's good for 10 to 25 feet) and I've got both gain controls adjusted for maximum image size, but it's still not excessively large. If you want to fill an entire wall with an ever-changing image then Laser Vibe will probably not suit your needs. However, after getting used to it for a short spell, I think that it's fine at the size I'm getting now. If it gets too big then you can't really see it all at once and appreciate it's delightful complexity.

If you've got a few bucks to drop on a fun gadget which will let you watch your music as well as listen to it, and if you can figure out a graceful way to get the audio signal to the unit, then I'd give this a hearty recommendation.

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