Altec Lansing VS4121 Powered Audio System (Black)

by Altec Lansing

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 15.2 x 10.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TMI07O
• Item model number: VS4121BLK
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Speakers, 3-Piece Music and Gaming

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give them a Chance, March 3, 2008

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Melvin R. Cordova "El Boricua77" (Port Saint Lucie, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing VS4121 Powered Audio System (Black) (Personal Computers)

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 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs Up!, August 4, 2009

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Sandy - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Altec Lansing VS4121 Powered Audio System (Black) (Personal Computers)

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 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Work better tilted, July 10, 2009

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Doctor.Generosity (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing VS4121 Powered Audio System (Black) (Personal Computers)

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.