| | |  | Accessories | Home » » » Altec Lansing VS4121 2.1 Computer Speaker System | | | | | | | Description: | | Compact Design! Awesome Performance! When it come to awesome performance in a compact design, few speaker systems compare to the unique, down-firing midrange driver in each satellite uniformly disperses sound around the room - creating a warmer, more natural ambiance. The long-throw woofer brings out the thumps and bumps that make listening to music, watching movies and playing games truly intense. This versatile and compact system fits anywhere and sounds great everywhere. | | | Features: | |
• Serious Power
• Deep Bass subwoofer
• Crisp high end specially engineered micro drivers
• Exceptional Sound Dispersion from down-firing midrange driver
• Low-Profile Design
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.02 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.94 inches | | Package Width:
| 15.24 inches | | Package Height:
| 10.24 inches | | Package Weight:
| 13.14 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 73 reviews |
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 Real good cheap speakersJan 18, 2010
I purchased these with some hesitation after reading a lot of reviews. I read the sound quality on them has to much bass and there is no mid range. I also read the speakers have a bad hum that comes from the subwoofer. I must say that I have not experienced any of the problems people say they have had.I get great sounding music and there is no hum coming from the bass. I guess if the circuits are faulty in your house you will get that from the current or something. I must say the bass is very loud but I guess that is why there is a bass knob to turn it down? Also I barely adjusted the sound with an equalizer that took a whopping 10 seconds and fixed any mid range problem people say they have had and couldn't fix apparently?
Overall I am very pleased with this purchase. I bought the speakers for $33 and they blow my last 2 pairs of Logitechs out of the water that cost twice as much. You won't be disappointed with these.
Great gift!!Feb 06, 2009
These speakers are awesome. Couldn't get a better sound for the buck!!! The bass is incredible!
 Don't BuyJan 29, 2009
These are the worst speakers I have ever bought. The high's are flat, the sub is muddy. To top it off the first pair I bought had a loose connection. They sent me a replacment, but that one every once in ahwile will create a buzz. Waste of my time and my money.
disputable but goodJan 02, 2009
At first I have to claim that I am not a native English speaker, so I may use some descriptive words unproperly, sorry for that.
You may feel strange why I gave a "disputable" stuff a five star. Well, I should explain this. I bought this item directly from altec lansing by $33.00 and free shipping. (Hope the website manager would not delete my post since I just want somewhere to post my review to this item, so that more people can buy it based on other people's experience.) That is incredible price for this speaker I think. This speaker may have some defeats in design. As you may have read them from other reviewers, the most trouble one is definitely, for a customer like me, the boring low frequency noise. There are two possibilities for it to produce such noise. 1, to turn it on and keep it on high volume, and play no music. 2, to turn the bass to lowest volume. I have no idea if this has anything to do with integrated sound card on my computer. (Please be careful, in some cases, not necessarily my case, the low frequency noise is made by the low-quality sound card). But I have to keep the bass in a very low level in most of the time so that I would not experience a heart attack by simply playing some pop music. Anyway, there is a very easy solution to this issue. Just put the bass box or the so-called subwoofer to somewhere far from you, and, use a heavy clothes to cover it, or even place it in a box. I am serious. I think most of the 2.1 speakers have such trouble, the bass or low pitch sound is so loud and not clear that you can hardly get the mid-range, not mention that mit-range is a natural defeat of 2.1 system. Trust me, though this speaker's mid-range is not very ideal, it is totally acceptable, in particular if you are just looking for a "not bad" speaker. What you need is only to make the volume a little higher, and block the shocking wave from the subwoofer.
If you are an ear-sensitive listener, of course you should buy a 2.0 system, or a high-quality headphone, such as beyerdynamic.
If you are looking for a speaker for gangsta rap or party music, go for it. This speaker's bass can blast any people standing in
the front of it. If you are looking for a regular speaker, think before you buy it by the normal price $60-70, since you may have
other options on this money level. If you find a nice deal as I found, do not hesitate. What you need to do is just to find a proper position to place it. I saw many people placed their bass box near the monitor and complained its sound is too heavy. What a pity.
By the way, its mid-range is mostly from the bottom of satellites, but it does not matter too much since there is an angle between the bottom and the desk. Now I put the satellites on my desk and the subwoofer near the corner, with my poor clothes:) It works perfect for me and the control panel on satellites is very convenient, since the subwoofer is covered... :p
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 Problem with repairDec 07, 2008
I read through some of the reviews - the speakers do emit a hum. However, I was ok with it. But one day I tripped over wire plugged into the back of the woofer and the cable plug broke off in the receptor. I tried to scrap it out but could not. I found to my dismay that the woofer is built in such a way that it cannot be repaired. I brought it back to Best Buy to see if they could scrap out the remains of the cable plug in the receptor but they could not. The back of the woofer says that the unit can not be serviced. It should not be too hard to build a woofer so that it is relatively modular. I gave it a star since it is decent for its price, but I can't use it now.
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