5:36 "I love me a good thick jack." -LGR

1:02 "That Roland logo is grate!"

I work in animation and the previous studio I worked at (a pretty prominent one from the early days of CG) STILL had several pairs of these in a few of their editing suites. I don't know if that says more about their quality or the studio's unbelievable frugality (probably the latter), but the fact that these were used everyday professionally for that long and still sound great definitely shows how good they are.

Doubt they will be cheap now after this video

Your videos are always so well done, entertaining and informative in equal measure. Always compulsive viewing.

Sold! On the strength of your recommendation I bought a pair last week. You were spot on, as usual :) Thanks, Clint.

"I love me a good Thick Jack" LGR 2018

I swear just an hour or two before you uploaded, I came upon these very speakers on my local Craigslist! What a coincidence😯

I got a pair of the Roland MA-150U. Can’t tell how much I love them. 😍 Great video Clint! 👍

Hell yeah! Great video and what a piece of kit. Love the feeling of a quality 6.3mm jack. And that diagram in the manual took me back.

Man those Roland MA-12Cs sounnd amazing on my laptop speakers! j/k this video was BOSS I loved it, thank you for the video! More Please!

LGR is the best Channel on KZfaq.

I actually purchased a pair of these just last month largely in because of your videos. I LOVE THEM.

GOOD. THICK. JACK. 👌

Hey LGR! I love this type of video, and would enjoy more postings like it. Also, I am a retro hardware and radio enthusiasts in Winston-Salem. my brother and I really enjoy your content and have sought out Hardware that we have seen on your channel and now have some experience restoring it. Looking forward to your next video!

Clint i wanted to thank you for using the metric system in your videos along with your american system. It makes it easier to understand for us in the rest of the world and i don't have to wonder or search online to learn how many kilos was something in comparisson to your pounds, km/h for your miles etc. I appreciate it !

Finally, I’ve been waiting for the video on these for AGES!

There is nothing on the planet like the sound of retro computer speakers! Even today, when there are better sound options available I crave that sound. In my youth, I didn't have access to fancy Roland speakers, I had a very basic set, but that sound is something that still appeals to me. Kind of like the warm sound of a record player?

Awesome vid, and awesome speakers. I always loved the look of them on display at Microcenter.

I've always seen these in your videos and wondered about them. Thanks for reading my mind!

Hey MR. LGR, you asked if I would like more generally informative videos like this one from you. I say an emphatic "Yes." I enjoy all of your videos and encourage you to make as many as your heart desires.

OMG! I have a set of those! I have them set aside for my Son for when he starts College in 2 years. He is a musician, so they will be handy. BTW, awesome vid.

Clint, I love these sort of videos, please do some more 👍

Thanks for covering these speakers! Always interesting to hear about quality tech from any time period. Made me think of the MDR series Sony headphones

Hey Clint, after I saw your After Dark Games episode I immediately bought my own Flying Toasters shirt and it just came in the mail! I have to say it's pretty good, it looks and feels great and I caused a small scene on IRC by sharing a photo of it. Safe to say I'm pretty excited to wear it in public, and I would have never known about had it not been for you. Thanks Clint :)

Just picked up a pair, this review is spot on!

I have them too. I was lucky to get 230 VAC ones. I have built cables for it, as I always have 6.35 mm TS connectors flying around my flat^^ Love them. The best "one way" system I know and I am an audio guy!

Been waiting for this

Greetings, and welcome to an LGR thing!!!! 😁😁😁😁

As a sound/music guy, I love this. Thank you, sincerely, for this.

As soon as I saw the title, I knew I'd see my comment about your Roland watermark filter lol. I've been immortalized in an LGR video!

Like you, I was always mesmerized everytime I came across roland peripherals back in my youth, but never had the money to buy stuff from them. Even nowadways is so freaking hard to find these things! Great vid, Clint! Thanks!

I saw a pair of these at a Goodwill 2 weeks before o first saw these in one of your videos. I regret not getting them.

Nice, I had a Panasonic Boombox(don't remember the model #) back in the 90's with a 5 band equalizer that I used for my PC speakers, but I had to use a 3.5mm to RCA stereo cable, but the benefit of having the boombox as a headphone amp was really nice, and I miss that Boombox as it had a really nice auto reverse tape deck.

Oozing style here Clint!, loving it!

Would love to see more videos like this, thanks!

The fact that you are still using these speakers today really goes to show you the build quality with these. Honestly, it's really impressive.

Really Cool! Love this stuff!

Good quality video, as usual Love your vids, keep up the good work ^•^

Amazing! I was so curious about them!

Nice that’s two in a row good retro hardware. Would like to see more. Btw I’ve been watching your videos since 2013 and only now I noticed that I haven’t subscribed yet. Clicked the subscribed button immediately lol. You deserve 1M subs. 😃

i have some harman/kardons from back in 1998, and i'm listening to your video through the same speakers.they still have excellent sound quality.

I've been admiring your retro speakers for a while! Old school Rolands, completey forgot about the brand!

ayyy 900k subs congrats

I almost always learn alot from LRG videos. This video actually made me do some research my self and I think I found my own sweet spot when it comes to older PC speakers. I recently found a white pair of Roland MA-8 in good condition, and a black pair which the seller said left speaker not working. I am going to see if I can fix that left Speaker.

Just eating my pizza after a long day. Time to indulge in a new LGR video. Thank you so much for your content. Long time viewer from the uk.

I agree. I had a pair of these back in the day. I recently picked up a pair of Altec Lansing ACS-295 and they are a 2.1 and they have great sound as well. I was actually able to use them with a CD Player and an adapter from RCA to 3.5mm to play music at a car show... lol They were loud enough. Now I have them hooked up to my secondary guest gaming PC at my house and they sound great.

I do miss the days of people actually buying and caring about computer speakers. Hearing names like Altec Lansing and Cambridge Soundworks feels like times long forgotten. It was cool to see these Roland speakers considering their products are geared towards musicians. Seeing them release computer speakers specifically is pretty cool and unique. I do dig the Mackie's. I use the CR5's which I'm stoked with. Headphones seem to be more important to the average consumer these days. Or they just use their crappy built-in laptop/phone speakers. Back in the day I had some monster pyramid-looking speakers. I can't remember what brand. Perhaps a white label product. But they looked rectangular and slanted from the front, and looked like a pyramid tipped on its side from the side profile. I probably sound crazy but I'd give a dollar to someone that knows wtf I'm talking about.

These bring back great PC memories from my childhood! 🖥🔉😊

"Greetings, welcome to an LGR thing." Always like that opening line! Thumbs up!

Great video. Thanks.

I work in the video production world and we have quite a few pairs of these. They're great for monitoring audio anywhere in the facility. Plug it into a camera or mixer for instant replay of a take.

Last week, my father picked up Yamaha computer speakers from the same era as these, and yes, they do sound like nothing else. True Hi-Fi, as we don't see that much these days.

I had 6 pairs of these until 2 months ago. These were the Go-To speakers for AVID video editors in Los Angeles for over a decade. They were in edit bays all over Hollywood.

Interesting video! I'm glad you compared these to lower-range "studio" monitors (Mackie CR4s) so there's a point of reference.

Those actually look very cool

I had a pair of those back in the day. Super quality.

It looks like your production quality has gone up. Keep up the good work, LGR

Niiiiice! If I need some new speakers one day, I will keep these in mind!

I'd love to see more, that style of editing is a nice change of pace! However LGR is kinda my "Watch while waking up in the morning eating breakfast" "show" so maybe don't fully switch away from the calm videos :)

I always wondered what model those Roland speakers were in your other videos. Thanks for the video!

We enjoyed it!

Those speakers caught my eye on one of your latest videos when I saw that big 'ol Roland logo. They make some super quality stuff. And also some cheaper budget options that are pretty good.

I end up buying a pair today!!! Thanks to you lol

I love the gateway too, It reminds me of when my grandmother had one many years ago.

OH MY GOD, YOU'RE TAKING ME ON A JOURNEY!

These speakers have become part of LGRs brand these past two years.

Great sounding speakers. Had them myself. The range is ridiculous for such small speakers. WIth crisp bass, mid and treble. With the bess at max level being perfect for, what was, my bedroom. It sounded better than my parents hi-fi, with my parents often shouting at me to turn them down so they could listen to the radio.

I have a single one of these speakers! Love it!

Great video! In the 90's I bought Cambridge Soundwords by Henry Kloss (CSW200) and they're still much more powerful than today's PC speakers.

My cousin had a set of these when I was a kid and I can definitely attest to how good they sound.

I just picked up four of these off FB marketplace for $30! I have two hooked up to my i7 PC right now through a focusrite DAC, the video sounds great through them. the other two are probably going to be used for a Windows 98 setup once I collect all the parts!

Marching toward one million pretty quickly!

Love your stuff, Clint! Always informative. And.... Crystal Caves coming soon?

being a guitar geek as well as a computer geek.....seeing the boss (Roland's guitar division) brand name on your channel gives me warm fuzzy feelings.

These speakers shipped with a complete Avid setup (back then it was hardware based and you got a complete set up) in the early 90's and we used them for editing as well as rough mixing. The magnetic shielding was a must when dealing with video of CRT's.

We had a pair of these in my high school's Music Composition class. Since the class had no room of its own, the class computer was on a cart. One afternoon this cart was left in the computer lab after school, so I hooked up my Walkman to the MIDI box's line-in, and... WOW.

I had these speakers as a kid! They were epic!

After numerous pc upgrades my 20 year old altec lansing acs-340 still going strong and sounds awesome.

We still use these exact ones at school!

I've been using the same Sony PCVA-SP2 PC speakers for almost 20 years, I got them with my old Sony Vaio in 2001, they still sound great and I don't plan on getting rid of them any time soon either.

I liked this video and would like to see more like it.

Damn. I can feel the price for these rising on eBay already after this video. I'm glad I bought a pair last week! Thanks Clint!

Retro speaker comparison!!! Those old altecs took me back

Yes more please Thank you

Clint... These are my favourite speakers. They are eye catching, i found one pair of them at a goodwill for about 5$

Loving the toasters!

I've had a pair of Altec Lansing ACS-5 speakers for a while, and they've been amazing as well. Retro computer speakers are great.

LOL! You make us hear the sound of your speakers with our own speakers! ^^ It's like the ads for TV!

dangit now i really want these... why do i watch this channel? i always end up wanting to buy stuff i dont really need!

4:18 on the bottom right of the monitor were those Flying Toasters Humping LOL XD love you'r videos keep them coming

I am also rocking the MA-12Cs. They sound great and work fine sitting next to a CRT.

"recommend the crap out of them" a phrase of pure delight thank you for this gem

They are awesome speakers.

I have a set of boston acoustics (2.1) that were quite often bundled with gateway computers back around 2000 - these sound great too! Perhaps not on the Roland level but certainly respectable

I love my newcom 300 speakers, I bought them at a flea market a few years ago, I originally bought a set 100% identical back in the mid 90s under a different brand (but they was stolen), I was happy that I found them again because they do sound awesome. The case is a mix of plastic and wood, has two inputs (one 3.5mm jack and left and right RCA), a line out for the other speaker, a subwoofer out. Each speaker has two 3 inch woofers, and a 1 inch tweeter.

At last man. I'm always staring at those speakers while you are talking

Had a friend who’s Dad had a pair of those hooked to his Yamaha keyboard and some other equipment. I think he played in a church band. One time while I was hanging out, his dad was recording some bits and pieces of music I’d never heard. All I remember is how good those speakers sounded. They weren’t awe inspiring like my Dads 4channel Sansui receiver and Teac RTR playing through Bose 901s in the front and 501s at the rear. Woah. Sorry man, I guess your vid took me down memory lane a bit.

I love that Roland Juno-106 beeing in the manual for possible connections.

My father gave me a pair of those when i was 9 and i still use them every Day and they sound amazing for being from 1990