Altec Lansing iM-237 Orbit Ultraportable Speaker for MP3 Players (Silver)
by Altec Lansing Technologies
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Customer Review: LOUD!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a speaker to boost the volume of both my underpowered MacBook and decent sounding iPhone 3GS. I mostly use the MacBook to teleconference and the internal speaker just doesn't cut it. Often times it's drowned out by secondary noises like traffic and the television. The same goes with the speaker with the iPhone. So with that set of criteria, I was on a search for an inexpensive portable speaker to compliment the two items. I shopped around online and came across the reviews for the iM-237. With some skepticism I ended up ordering it since the price ($28 with delivery) was in my budget. After arrival, I plugged it in and was....TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY! This speaker is LOUD and relatively clear for a portable one piece unit! My skepticism was quickly brushed aside. Teleconferencing was much improved along with songs/videos played from the iPhone. It has decent bass and terrific clarity even when the volume is turned up all the way (which I haven't done much since it's plenty loud). All in all, I HIGHLY recommend this for an inexpensive, portable speaker option.Customer Review: Amazing sound quality!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember going to a concert and about 1/2 way through this tiny kid got up to sing a solo. She looked like she could be knocked over with a feather, but when she began to sing peoples jaws dropped, and you could hear peoples amazement! Her voice was so beautiful - it carried all the way to the back of the concert hall, and made my hair stand on end and tears well up in my eyes.
Well, I'm not going to get all teary and sappy over this speaker, but it really does deliver! I bought it for my husband for Christmas. He's pretty fussy about his music and components. He doesn't have to have anything fancy, but he loves good sound quality. After he'd had the speaker for awhile he confessed to me that when he opened the package he didn't expect much; he said he was "blown away" by how incredible the sound quality was and how loud it could get for such a small speaker. Now we've all had an opportunity to listen to music from the speaker, and we all agree - it's such a nice speaker I'm going to buy another to give to our oldest daughter before she leaves for college.
Customer Review: Another excellent product via Altec
Summary: 5 Stars
1. This is a top notch product for it's price and intended purpose. Here are a couple of my summary thoughts:
* Price: it's definitely a good value for the quality / sound / size etc...
* Quality of construction: lightweight (which is good for travel), yet feels solid and the construction seems to be sound.
* Ease of use: extremely a no brainer--> one button to turn off /on, the volume is controlled via the ipod. The cable is built into the speaker--> plug it into the ipod headphone hole.
* Sound quality: amazingly excellent. Supposedly this is not stereo (obviously because there's is only one speaker), but the sound is... well, it sounds like stereo. Don't expect this to be the sound system for your party, but when you need a very compact, yet quality speaker system for your ipod, you can't purchase a better product that this one.
2. Highly recommended for it's intended purpose (ie lightweight, very compact speaker for the ipod with excellent sound). Well done Altec Lansing.
Customer Review: Grab one when you can
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been on a search for a portable speaker for my travels
Had a small Bytech, too small, got the X-Mini now that's a good one
and one I'll also bring along since it has a rechargeable battery inside.
Had the iHome and X-Mini II Max, both were 'ok' but not as musical as I'd like.
I held off getting this one, mainly due to the need of carrying 3 batteries
but finally kicked in and picked one up, arrived tonight, ordered two more
one for each of my daughters, it is QUITE good and I'll not sweat having
to cough up 3 batteries at all.
Volumne is loud, as loud as I need it, fills a room pretty easily
Bass, well it is a small speaker but it does have some bass,
so the voices and instruments come across fairly accurately, to me at least.
So for my travels, the X-Mini for it's rechargeable battery and also pretty
good sound, not as FULL as the Altec but easy to listen too and this Altec
for it's superior overall sound.
Impressed and a happy buy with this,
G2
Customer Review: Great little portable speaker
Summary: 5 Stars
There isn't much to complain about this speaker. The sound is great. It's portable. You can sit it up on its side or lay it flat. Currently our speaker resides in our toddler's room as he's graduated to an iPod (an old one of ours), and it doesn't take up a lot of space at all and is perfect for his room. I plan on stealing it some day if I don't get my own....
The cons: It takes three AAA batteries to run the speaker. We use recharageble batteries, so this really isn't a big deal. It just can be a bit inconvenient if we forget to charge the batteries before bedtime rolls around (we've got our boy listening to jazz or classical at night).
The wire connection between the speaker and the iPod is very sort. I wish it were long, but I'm sure I could find something as a replacement. It's just something one has to get used to. And yes, there has be a lot of iPod dropping (thankfully on the carpet), but by the parents, not the kid.
Otherwise, this is a super-fantastic accessory for you ipod!