Advantages: Great sound quality, strong cord, carry case Disadvantages: Price
...After my Sennheiser CX 300's snapped a friend gave me his AltecLansings.
At first they did take some getting used to as they are bigger than the CX 300s, I would prefer them slightly smaller. Background noise isn't a problem but initially you may find the silicone tips take a bit of wiggling about to get them to fit exactly if you want them to block out all background noise. You'll get used to the positioning very quickly so it won't be a problem for long. The noise isolation level is 16dB which as far as I'm aware is more than those of the CX 300 which I think is around 12dB. If you need more than 16dB there's also a Professional set which have a noise isolation level of 26dB and generally higher spec.
The cable is a cloth cable making the durability greater. The earphones also come with a pouch to store them in and several sets...
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Advantages: Portable and lightweight Disadvantages: You have to be very careful with them.
...as the instructions don't tell you and if you put it in the wrong way it gets stuck in there!
5) A major design fault is the fact that when the speakers are charged via the batteries or mains supply it constantly charges your iPod and there is no auto-turn off to stop it doing this! I have found the more that my iPod is charged the quicker it runs out of batteries so I find this very annoying and unhelpful.
Customer Service
I can fault the design of the speakers but I cannot fault the customer service team at AltecLansing. Every time I have rang the company they have been very polite and helpful to somebody who is on their fourth set of speakers and I have not had to wait hours in a queue listening to music with the occasional "please hold". Another plus is the fact that the call centre is not based in India and so you a helped by an experienced...
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Bought these as replacement speakers for my PC. Easy to set up and sounds like a dream. Good clear sounds from all three speakers. The bass in particular is excellent and very powerful. Can deliver clear speech as well as music. The satellite speakers... more
Great 2.1 system with a huge sub which really does output a good deep rumbling bass. High output wattage for a multimedia speaker system. THX certified to prove high capabilities with a range of input systems. Satelitte speakers are larger than expected... more
I received these speakers as a Birthday present in March from a friend. I was thrilled with them as I had been desperate for a docking station or speakers to play my iPod on.
The speakers:
The speakers are very attractive and compact yet produce a more