Altec Lansing VS 4121

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31 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Quick review of Altec Lansing VS4121BLK by carlocarlo 24/01/2009

I'm not at all happy with my VS4121. But again, I'm not happy with any speaker that relfects the mid frequencies on a surface. A lot of detail is lost with this design. And I just can't live witht the annoying hum and the wild bass of this thing. No sefl-respecting recording engineer would ever approve of a speaker system with this kind of bottom-heavy setup--it's totally unbalanced. When speaker manufacturers give-in to the uneducated taste of consumers, the product is no different from illegal substances: "Never mind if it kills them as long as their happy and we're making lots ... more
5 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

henery

Member since 08/07/2004

Reviews written: 2

Altec Lansing V4121 10/12/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages Excellent sound quality and looks.
Disadvantages Bass hum at low levels

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 are excellent considering their size. Having had these speakers for a little while now, the only fault I can find is that when you turn the bass volume down, it emits an audible hum which is hugely annoying. Therefore, when watching films/programs, you either have to put up with the audible hum or ridiculous amount of bass. There doesn't seem to ... more
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Ariandana

£££ Mid Class Speaker £££ 04/04/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Good sound
Disadvantages Mid sound wavesare not heard

Speaker is quite unique with the style midrange driver facing down, rembering me on the Altec Lansing series of the ATP-3 with the design similar satellites. The lack of this type of design is mid sound wavesare not heard directly but the reflection, so that cause unsynchronized phase. However this design has advantages, namely voice sounded mid evenly throughout the room. Each satellite has two microdriver to handle the high frequency and a driver for the midrange-frequency middle. This unique design is able to deceive the eye. Sound as if will come from which the microdriver listener, and ... more