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• Impressive bass: feel shakes and quakes from the front-firing, long-throw subwoofer housed in a solid-wood cabinet
• Crisp high end: specially engineered Micro drivers reproduce highs with thrilling clarity
• Exceptional sound dispersion: down-firing midrange driver fills the room with rich, accurate sound
• Revolutionary, low-profile design: looks great and fits virtually anywhere
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 16.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 15.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 15.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 10.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 12.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 68 reviews |
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34 of 35 found the following review helpful:
Give them a ChanceMar 03, 2008
By Melvin R. Cordova
"El Boricua77"
The speakers are quite nice looking. The left and right speakers connect independently to the subwoofer, thus giving you more flexibility to put the speakers far away from each other. People have said that the highs are not crisp and that this set has too much bass. That is true, which is the reason for the 4 stars. However, if you place the bass knob to the 9 o'clock possition and the trebble to the 3 o'clock possition, the system performs quite well. Some adjusting to the computer's equilizer is required, but the result is good sound. Amazon had this set cheaper than anywhere else when I purchased them, so good going there Amazon.
23 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Thumbs Up!Aug 05, 2009
By Sandy
Was a little hesitant after reading the reviews on this product. However, these are great looking speakers so I decided to take a chance anyways. Boy, I was surprised. Point blank, these are good speakers "by computer speaker standards", and this is coming from an audiophile. One should always keep in mind that a computer speaker system has its limits. If you want earth shattering bass, then this is definitely not the right product for you and in fact, in that case, you should not even be considering a computer speaker in the first place. I will not get into a discussion on midrange and stuff because that discussion is totally inappropriate here.........we are discussing a computer speaker system lets not forget that. The default bass setting is quite high as the other reviewers have mentioned. However, you can adjust the bass/treble settings to your liking. I don't listen to anything in max. volume, so I can't say how it performs at that level, but once you adjust the bass/treble and keep it at a reasonable volume, this baby sounds reeeeally nice. I did compare this with the BOSE 2.1 system. The only difference I noticed was the price premium for BOSE......both sounded pretty much the same to me. Maybe the BOSE is a tad better but that difference is not audible .......and definitely not worthy of such a horrendous price premium ($200 +!!!) The main reason for this purchase is to watch Netflix movies online, i.e., until I buy a Netflix ready device. The sound is great. Played some music just to test the sound (I don't normally listen to music on my computer) and was satisfied with that as well. The ON/OFF switch is not located at the back of the sub., which is a plus. Why the 4 rating instead of 5? (i) The plastic material could have been better .......piano black or something close to that would have been great. This is not a cheap speaker system by any means (any comp. speaker system >$50 is expensive) so Altec Lansing could have used better plastic. The sub. however is made of wood and looks ok. (ii) Metallic grille not cloth grille. Bottomline, reasonably good value for the price. I'm happy.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Work better tiltedJul 10, 2009
By Doctor.Generosity
These are not bad so long as you keep in mind that they cost only fifty bucks and Altec-Lansing labels them "gaming speakers," not high fidelity music.
Try this: The two side speakers are designed to direct down onto the table. But I've found they sound distinctly better if you tilt them up a bit with little blocks of wood.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Be carefulMar 25, 2008
By Charles Interrante
I don't know what i excepted for 85.00.The wire from the remote speaker is built into it and came up a little short for me so i had to buy some extension to make it work where i wanted it.Also the Base is not protected magnectly so put it at least two feet away like the manual directs you to.All in all for what i payed it's not bad.One more thing,i received no quick connect card with the guide.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great for low to moderate volumesJul 14, 2009
By Kenji
Overall a good sounding set of speakers. I find I have the volume lower (as to not disturb roommates in the rest of the house), but I can still hear my music better than with my old 2.1 setup.
I agree with the other reviewers, the bass needs to be turned down quite a bit for the speakers to sound balanced. I also find that the bass doesn't sound that crisp when the volume or bass is turned up. It sounds like I'm getting quite a bit of reverberation in the sub.
These don't have an auto off either. When there's no signal, the amp picks up electrical and produces a soft 60Hz hum. I don't know how standard a standby mode is, but I liked that my old speakers would put themselves into standby when there was no signal for a minute or two.
Overall a these sound great at low to moderate levels (what 99% of my listening is). They will go quite loud for their size, but then you start hearing the reverberation in the sub.
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