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Summary: Best speaker for 50 bucks (CDN)!!!!!!
Review: I love these speakers better than some $150(CDN) speakers in the store i tested. All who gave these speaks a bad review are all stupid F*** HEADS!
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Summary: Not for the refined in taste
Review: I picked up this speaker system because I needed a 3-piece for my computer. At the time, I really didn't know what really good sound was, but after hooking these up I could tell something was wrong. The tweeters are really nice, unbelievable crisp and clear. However, the sub was really funky. Something must have literally been wrong with this thing. It not only lacked a volume control, but the thing was literally off-key and out-of-tune. It was merely a thumper-in-a-box. The sub was so bad I returned it and got the Logitech Z-340's and was very satisfied. The sub was so horrible on this 221 set it just killed my music and made it sound horrible. I listened to my 8 buck headphones until I returned these because they sounded so bad. Really dissappointing speakers from such a high quality speaker manufacturer. Altec Lansing makes such nice speakers, but these speakers in partilcular were horrible. Considering the AL 621 is such an awesome system, I'm guessing the budget limited this system's quality.bottom line: Don't buy. ....
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Summary: the bass bin a real loser
Review: i was taking my old Altec ACS45.2 speakers home so these new ones were to replace them on the office machine. you would think that the same [money amount](Canadian) 3 years later would get you something better, not worse. the bass is farty and there wasn't any amount of mp3 player eq tweaking i could do to get it to sound even remotely as warm as the older ACS45.2s did. very dissapointing.
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Summary: GREAT FOR ONLY 9 BUCKS
Review: just got it for 9 bucks from Staples... excellent workmanship... bass is really powerful so I had to hide it... you need a stereo coupler and y adapter to be able to connect it to rca audio outputs
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Summary: BADE
Review: No base control the base over powers the rest of the sound I have worked in sound all my life and i must say these must be the worst thout out speakers sound is good if there was no base
i do not recommend you get these speakers.
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Summary: 50 Watts for [price]
Review: Perhaps the most wattage you will find for [price]. The sound output is crisp, yet there is enough boom from the subwoofer for games and mp3s with bass. The speakers look pretty cool too.
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Summary: excellent treble, disappointing bass
Review: surprisingly crisp and crystal clear, way way too bad that the bass was not complimentary. quite powerful for its size, too powerful actually to turn that power into good sound. looks good, but that really does not matter does it. even at low volume the bass sounds like a banging on the bottom of a plastic pail. i've done all i could to tweak it digitally for better results but still no good. i played music of various range, it performed the best when i played enya, the speakers beautifully reproduces her voice. but when you get to those orchestral soundracks with flooding drumbeats it is hardly tolerable to hear. i really hate giving anything a bad review. but this one deserved it. i love music and i think that my sounds deserve a better conduit. this one's going right back.
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Summary: altec speakers
Review: The altec lansing 221 amplified speakers sound really good.It sounds clear, really good for playing games, or just listening to music.
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Summary: Great Sound, too much bass
Review: The satelite speakers sound great and have great treble. Although the sub pumps out sweet bass for the price, there is no onboard bass control (which makes the bass overpower the satelites with some audio sources that do not have an equalizer). One way to fix the bass problem is to do as I did. I took apart the sub enclosure, cut the positive wire leading to the sub speaker, then spliced in a good sized variable resister (same device used for the included volume knob, but a little bigger), then drilled a hole in the side of the sub enclosure and mounted the variable resistor, then reassembled the sub. I also put a black plastic knob on the variable resister for a better look. I now have a perfectly working bass control knob on the side of the sub, and it looks and works like it came with the system.
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Summary: Great Sound, too much bass
Review: The satelite speakers sound great and have great treble. Although the sub pumps out sweet bass for the price, there is no onboard bass control (which makes the bass overpower the satelites with some audio sources that do not have an equalizer). One way to fix the bass problem is to do as I did. I took apart the sub enclosure, cut the positive wire leading to the sub speaker, then spliced in a good sized variable resister (same device used for the included volume knob, but a little bigger), then drilled a hole in the side of the sub enclosure and mounted the variable resistor, then reassembled the sub. I also put a black plastic knob on the variable resister for a better look. I now have a perfectly working bass control knob on the side of the sub, and it looks and works like it came with the system.
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