Altec Lansing 2-PIECE Music & Gaming Speakers Black Stero Satellite Speakers

by Altec Lansing

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7 x 4.7 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009B0JWE
• Item model number: 120I
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 11, 2005

Product Description

Altec Lansing (120i) 2 pc. Black PC Speakers

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice speakers, September 18, 2007

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~Nightshadow~ "Graphics enthusiast" (Cape Coral, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Altec Lansing 2-PIECE Music & Gaming Speakers Black Stero Satellite Speakers (Personal Computers)

These little speakers are ideal if you have a space problem in your computer area. They are not suitable for the confirmed audiophile, but if all you want is to be able to hear your computer alert sounds, and play an occasional snippet of music when reviewing a CD these are perfect. They contain magnetic shielding and are amazingly compact. Since my computer is used as a computer and not a stereo system, these speakers are perfect for my needs.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As good as it gets for under $20., November 20, 2005

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W. E. Roberts "Billy" (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing 2-PIECE Music & Gaming Speakers Black Stero Satellite Speakers (Personal Computers)

The biggest pro of these speakers is the price. If you're on a tight budget, like I was when I bought them, you probably won't find a better deal. I found them at Walmart for about $15. The biggest downside is the volume control. If you turn them very low, you get a very poor quality sound. Turn them up to about midlevel and it sounds less artificial. You can't turn them up very loud because they quickly reach the distortion point, but they give an ok sound as long as you find the balance. Now, in the level that they work at, they do give a good contrast between high and low dynamics, so just fiddle with them for a while, find that balance, then leave the volume alone and rely on your computer or CD player's volume control.
I also am using them for my piano and CD player. Obviously, they don't give as good a sound for those uses as real studio monitors would, but I can have friends in my room and at least they can sort of hear what I'm doing that way. Connected to such equipment, they have to be plugged into the headphone jack, not the line level outputs that you would use for studio monitors.
Another drawback to these speakers is that the cables are all wired in. That means you can't just go out and buy longer or shorter cables to meet your needs. Of course, you can buy an extension cable if you are hooking your speakers up a great distance from your computer. In my setup, the computer is on the left, so the cable barely makes it from the computer to the right speaker, which is the one that connects to the computer. But that's a minor thing to deal with. I could flip flop them like some people do, but it bugs me when left and right are reversed. (That comes from playing piano with headphones for so long.) A greater drawback is that the right and left speaker are wired together, so you can only put them about four feet apart. But, four feet is enough to give you a fairly decent stereo experience. As I stated at the beginning of this review, you cannot expect a better deal for under $20. They are smaller, lighter weight, yet better sounding than the Harmon Kardon speakers connected to my PC at work. If these speakers are not good enough for you, then you'll just have to break your pocketbook a little more.

4.0 out of 5 stars exceptionally good for price range, October 15, 2005

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JD Osterman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing 2-PIECE Music & Gaming Speakers Black Stero Satellite Speakers (Personal Computers)

For the $10-15 price range, these are fine...I bought a pair for $12 somewhere and am going to order about 20 more to add sound to some office computers.

Very low profile, very light, kind of a classic look...not "incredible" sound, but I've heard worse in some $50 speakers. Blue power light brighter than any LED I've ever seen...that might irritate you a little.