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| Date Reviewed: 04/27/2006 |
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Strengths: Price. Compact size makes them an easy fit in most spaces. Base sound is adequate.
Weaknesses: Satellite speakers have little volume if you plan to use them in a large or loud room.
Summary: I bought these speakers at a great price and for the money, I really can't complain too much. I was surprised how small they are, especially the base box. Setup was simple, as expected for a speaker system. And sound quality was adequate. The base box has a volume control on the back which is nice to get the right "mix" of base and treble. As a teacher, I thought these would make a great replacement for the speakers that came with the desktop in my classroom, but the volume just couldn’t go loud enough. Yes, I could use the software volume controls in Windows, but even so, I maxed out the volume and the speakers still weren’t as loud as the speakers that came with my desktop PC.
I did like the sound quality, even if the volume wasn't up to my needs. These speakers would be great if you used them in a quiet room, or if you were using them in a close-up listening experience.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/21/2006 |
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 Not very good Strengths: Sleek design, compact size
Weaknesses: Very tinny sounding (too much treble), bass is muddy
Summary: I wouldn't recommend these speakers because they sound very underpowered and have a shallow sound. The subwoofer sounds very muddy. The design is very stylish, but I prefer quality sound over looks.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/10/2006 |
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Strengths: Cheap but produce decent sound.
Weaknesses: The bass gets distorted if the volume goes high.
Summary: For $10, this 2.1 speakers is a great buy. The sounds are clear and the price is unbelieveable but however, the bass gets disorted if you turn the volume too high. ALTEC, you have another winner.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/03/2004 |
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Strengths: Good sound quality. Control both on speaker and sub.
Weaknesses: Sounds is a little bit low. And control on speaker is not good.
Summary: 2004-07-06 17:34:20 Overall it's not too bad for this price. It's better than the latec I got before. But it's not convenient to control the sub, also I'd like two buttons on speaker instead of one: one for power and one for volume control.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/10/2006 |
- jackeymonkey
from NY
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 Altec 121 3PC Speakers Strengths: Stylish
Weaknesses: The power is too little but it's cheap, isn't?
Summary: I think this is a stylish speakers system although the total power is not good enough. However, the price of this system is nonresistant. It would be a nice choice if you just want a low price and stylish speakers system for your desktop.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/24/2006 |
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Strengths: Sleek Design, great price, easy installation.
Weaknesses: Not loud enough, sounds worse when at higher volumes.
Summary: 2006-04-25 23:57:53 Took less than 5 minutes to set up straight out of the box. The sound is pretty decent, considering its low wattage (2W @ 10% per Satellite, 4W @ 10% Subwoofer). Great for kids' computers or someone who's on a budget and sound quality isn't a top priority.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/27/2006 |
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Strengths: Size - Price - Easy to install
Weaknesses: NA
Summary: I bought these speakers for $10. They are a great investment for the price. Don't expect to fill your entire house with the sound but it is more than adequate for a room. They look good and are compact. I use them a lot for video conferencing (with MSN messenger) and they work great.
I definetely recommend them.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/01/2006 |
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Strengths: Gets the job done. Great design.
Weaknesses: None so far.
Summary: I got these speakers for about $10 shipped and love them. While they produce great sound, but don't expect these babies to sound as good as a home theater system. I especially love how the speaker itself has a headphone jack on them; now I don't have to search the back of my case in order to switch from speakers to headphones.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/02/2006 |
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Strengths: Good quality for the price, good size, all black
Weaknesses: Sound at louder volume
Summary: Picked these speakers up for my daughter. Just needed something to replace some older Altec speakers that were beige, wanted speakers that were black to match her new Dell. These are great for the price($10). Wasn't expecting much but have been suprised of the value for the price.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/24/2006 |
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Strengths: Price
Weaknesses: Controls
Summary: What more can you say, great price for decent speakers. They obviously aren't going to blow you away, but they serve the purpose of your everyday web surfer or for business applications.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/22/2006 |
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Strengths: Price, Headphone Jack, extra RCA cable included, ideal for apartment (not loud but produce clean sound)
Weaknesses: Bass, Headphone jack dies if the speakers are turned off
Summary: I bought these speakers for $10 and I must say they are very good. For this price I was surprised I got a subwoofer.
It's not the best one but this is what you get for the money.
This unit also comes with all cables needed to attach it to your PC. It also comes with RCA converter cable.
The sound they produce is clean and these speakers are fine for apartment use. If you live in a house I would suggest get some bigger ones.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/09/2006 |
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Strengths: Compact size, sleek design, easy setup
Weaknesses: none for the price of $10
Summary: I bought these speakers for my dell desktop, it is smaller than I expected but I really like the sleek design. It took 5 minute to set it up and the sound quality is good when listening to radio/music while I am working on the computer. Overall, I am happy with it.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/07/2006 |
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Strengths: Very cheap, simple to use, suitable for my bedroom
Weaknesses: None for this price!
Summary: I bought this set of speakers for $9.99 (with a $5 rebate). I use them for my laptop in my bedroom and so far they've been great. Do not expect to be able to blast your music or throw parties with these. These are only good for a small space, like a bedroom or office. But for the price I paid, I really have no complaints.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/07/2006 |
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ALTEC 121 3-PC 10 WT Speakers
Strengths: Sleek design, compact size, good sound.
Weaknesses: None at ten dollars shipped.
Summary: Bought this at ten dollars, really can't complain at all for the price. My daughter uses it as an home speaker set and it works as expected, delivering more than acceptable performance.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/30/2006 |
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Strengths: decent sound at normal listening levels
much better than most other speakers at this price
Weaknesses: weak low-to-mids at high volume
Summary: I picked these up for $10 (inc shipping), so wasn't
expecting too much. These tiny speakers are surprisingly
good, even compared to others at 3x that price point.
To give you an idea where I'm coming from, I've got
Paradigm reference studio speakers driven by a Denon 3802
as my living room home theater, a set of Sennheiser 580
headphones for listening to music, and a creative
i3300 (2.1) hooked up to my computer.
Just for kicks, I jury-rigged these to a TV tuner +
old monitor to serve as a bedroom TV in a 12' x 20' room,
and the 10W limitation really shows... these produce
passable quality sound at roughly conversation-level
volume when heard from half a room away.
When pushed louder, the low-to-mids are noticably
weaker than the upper ranges, so the overall sound
lacks fullness. That's pretty much expected for speakers
this size.
In a normal 2.1 desktop computer setting in my 12'x12' home
office, these still sound a bit tiny out-of-the-box.
I've tweaked my soundcard equalizer to balance out the sound
so these now sound pretty good for mp3s. At normal
listening levels, these are about on par with the i3300's
I bought at 5x the price, though at louder levels these
speakers tend to fall apart.
If you're looking for big sound for game sound effects
this is probably not for you, but if you need decent
sounding speakers for your computer on the cheap,
these are well worth the $10.
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