Live your iPhone life to the fullest by pairing it with the extraordinary sound and intuitive convenience of the Altec Lansing T612. Made to complement iPhone’s command of the digital world, the T612 extends your iPhone’s high-end audio capabilities with beautifully transparent music reproduction. 60 Watts of power RMS (120 Watts Peak) fill the room while keeping you perfectly in touch – because with the T612 there’s no need to use “Flight Mode” while you listen to music. Instead, keep the phone turned on; when a call comes in the T612 gives priority to the call by interrupting the music.

When Altec created M602—a 14” wide, 8.2” high, and 5.4” deep silver and white plastic speaker dock with a full-width metal grille in front—it was obviously targeting Bose’s SoundDock with a similar, but slightly edgier design. T612 preserves M602’s shape, its silver top and sides, and its metal front grille, but strips out virtually all of the white and silver front and back coloration in favor of black. With the hints of its silver top and sides showing through on the front, it mimics the silver-rimmed iPhone, with the black metal grille and soft touch black rubberized plastic dominating the rest of the visual experience. T612 otherwise continues M602’s traditions: five blue lights are hidden behind the metal grille, providing a way for you to see the current volume level, while five buttons are on the unit’s top for power, volume, bass, and treble toggles. These lights and buttons perform like M602’s, while an included Infrared remote—also now black—features volume, bass, treble, and standard play/pause/track controls. Altec ships T612’s remote battery separately from the remote to avoid power drain, so you install it once you’re ready to use the system for the first time; the remote continues to work reliably from a distance of around 15 feet before commands become less predictable. The company again offers a wall mounting kit for T612 for only $3, the price of shipping and handling.

Before you look at the $199.95 Altec Lansing T612 speaker system and yawn, you should know it has an ace up its sleeve: the ability to work with an iPhone. More important, it works with the iPhone without having to switch the phone to Airplane mode—a first among docking speaker systems. Previous speaker systems either weren’t compatible with the iPhone or suffered from annoying GSM crackling. The T612 also works with iPods, of course, but merely average sound quality holds back this otherwise welcome product.

Setup is a 10-second affair: You just plug in the 8.2x14x5.4-inch (HWD) speakers and turn on the power. A plastic adapter in the dock makes the iPhone the default device, but you can remove the adapter and dock any iPod with a dock connector. The T612 charges the device while it’s resting in the dock.

You operate the T612 either by pressing buttons on top of the unit or via a small, easy-to-use remote control that lets you play or pause the music, turn the system on or off, and also adjust volume, bass, and treble settings. Altec Lansing has implemented a clever system to communicate volume, bass, and treble levels: A row of blue LEDs lies behind the speaker grille in the middle of the unit. Though they are not visible during normal operation, they briefly appear when you adjust volume, bass, or treble to show you the level of that setting. We’re happy for the visual feedback when making adjustments, and given how annoyingly bright blue LEDs can be, we’re also happy not to have to look at them all the time.

The Altec Lansing iMT620 inMotion Classic is a “Works with iPhone” and “Made for iPod” certified portable stereo system that includes a digital FM radio. Altec Lansing created the first portable iPod speaker and continues to push the standard with the iMT620, with special attention given to its portability, audio performance, and iPhone compatibility.

The versatile iMT620 is designed for extreme portability, letting you take your music anywhere. Compact and lightweight, the iMT620 folds to the size of a small, flat book to pack away.

The innovative handle is more than just a handle and serves three important roles: to swing up for grab-and-go transport, to swing back as a stand to securely kickback the speaker system, and to swing under in a “stowed” position. This stowed position electronically prohibits the system from turning ON and draining the on-board rechargeable Lithium-ion battery.

Since the iMT620 is sold as an iPhone stereo, one of the first things we tested was the phone-interference shielding, and we weren’t disappointed. The well-shielded entirety of the device meant we could enjoy respectable audio quality without any interruption from spontaneous bleeps and bloops. For us the speaker was great with mid-range and treble, bringing the sweet guitar-plucking action in Hotel California  right in front of us. The bass was just right for pop music in your bedroom — pretty good for a speaker of this form factor, but R&B and heavy metal fans may want to consider something more heavy duty like the Mix iMT800. Crank the volume up from the usual 16 to a maximum of 40 and you’ll have music for a small house party, but the lack of strong bass becomes more apparent with slight bass distortion above 35.

Later on we noticed an annoying bug: regardless of the previous volume setting, sometimes upon bootup the iMT620 automatically bumped the volume up to level 19 for no reason. Another problem (albeit a less severe one) was that there were times when song information didn’t get updated on the LCD screen, which you will see in the video to come. Hopefully these problems are just limited to our setup, but hey, it’s worth a mention.

The Moondance Glow is the audio device to set the mood, with unique features to wake you up, entertain or help you relax, all at the touch of a button. Its multicolour lighting feature illuminates from the back of the Moondance Glow to take the edge off a hard day or create just the right setting for a romantic evening. Compatible with all docking iPod models, a built-in FM radio and an auxiliary input jack offer additional audio flexibility for any occasion. When it’s time to start a new day, the Moondance Glow is ready with dual alarms to wake you with your favourite tune, FM radio station or standard alarm.

The Altec Lansing Moondance Glow iPod Clock Radio features a calming back light that lets you adjust colour and intensity and then splash it on the wall to set the mood of the room according to your mood. So we know it’s flashy but it also produces crystal-clear sound with the precision-engineered speakers delivering a full sound-spectrum.

Uniquely included with this speaker is a wireless snooze remote that’s easy to hit regardless of what state your vision is at 7 in the morning. The dual alarm system lets you wake to your iPod, FM radio or alarm and the enhanced remote control lets you adjust the speaker functions from anywhere in the room. A snazzy amber LCD with dimmer light finishes off this special new iPod clock-dock that will brighten up your lair.

Manufacturers Description
The Altec Lansing Moondance Glow iPod Clock Radio is the audio device to set the mood with unique features to wake you up, entertain or help you relax – all at the touch of a button. Its multicolour lighting feature illuminates from the back of the Moondance Glow to take the edge off a hard day or create just the right setting for a romantic evening. Compatible with all docking iPod models, a built-in FM radio and an auxiliary input jack offer additional audio flexibility for any occasion.

Features

• Two 3″ full-range drivers
• Dimensions:W 310 x D 80 x H 136 mm
• Crystal-clear sound
• Mood lighting
• FM radio
• Dual alarms
• Wireless snooze remote
• Enhanced remote
• Onboard controls
• Amber LCD with dimmer light
• Auxiliary Input for a second audio source (CD, DVD, MP3 etc)

Amazon.com Product Description Whether you prefer to wake to the sound of a symphony orchestra or the wail of a rock star, the Moondance Home speaker system delivers crystal-clear sound in a space-saving design. Wake to your iPod, radio, or alarm with progressive alert volume. The handy auxiliary input also lets you connect a CD, DVD, or other MP3 player. Use the onboard controls for the sleep timer, dual alarms, snooze, and radio tuning, or enjoy the convenience of the full-function remote. The Moondance Home speaker system also charges your iPod so it’s good to go for that morning jog or commute to work.

Whether you prefer to wake to the sound of symphony orchestra or the wail of a rock star, the Moondance Home speaker system delivers crystal clear sound in a space-saving design. Wake to your iPod, radio or alarm with progressive alert volume. The handy auxiliary input also lets you connect a CD, DVD or other MP3 player. Use the onboard controls for the sleep timer, dual alarms, snooze, radio tuning or enjoy the convenience of the full-function remote. The Moondance Home speaker system also charges your iPod so it’s good to go for that morning jog or commute to work.

Product Features

Technical Details

• Model: M302
• Display: LCD
• Speakers: Two 2-inch full-range drivers
• Dimensions: 11 x 2.3 x 3.5 inches (W x D x H) inches
• Power Supply: 110V-AC Adapter

Geared for desktop and laptop computers, Altec Lansing’s Octane Plus 2.1 Speaker System packs exceptional audio dispersion into a stylish, compact unit. Featuring a powerful subwoofer and down-firing mid-range drivers, the Octane Plus takes up minimal space on your desk, but fills your room with full-spectrum sound for your music, movies, gaming, and more.

This system is said to be tuned for music, movies and gaming sound thanks to the powerful subwoofer, down-firing 3″ mid-range (I’ll get back to that immediately) and dual 1″ micro-drivers. First of all, “tuned” for music, movies and gaming speakers are nothing but software-enhanced sound transducers that lack the part of the frequency range users wouldn’t notice anyway. Getting back to that down-firing 3″ mid-range, I really don’t understand it that much in a 2.1 sound-system because, usually, the high-range is the part that lacks omni-directionality, whereas the vocals (that’s the mid-range) should have more directionality.

A small system that takes on any challenge, the Octane 7 punches heavy sound. A lot more than meets the eye, this versatile system is packing seven custom-designed drivers. Unique down-firing midrange drivers hidden inside each satellite speaker blast waves which reflect from a hard surface, sending sound rocketing in all directions. A sharp, compact design lets this astonishing system fit in easily with your style. With the monster subwoofer pushing serious bass and the midrange drivers flooding the room with warm sound, this is a small system that delivers enormous sound. Plug in your computer or device and get serious audio in any situation