The good: The Altec Lansing M602 is an attractively designed stereo speaker system with a built-in dock that recharges your iPod as well as a composite video output for displaying iPod videos on TVs. Its line-in jack and included patch cable lets you attach any audio device, not just iPods, and it offers decent sound, with richer bass than you'd expect from a speaker system that's this compact.
The bad: The sound can be overly bright. The wireless remote offers limited functionality, and setting the bass/treble levels is trickier than it should be.
The bottom line: The Altec Lansing M602 may not deliver high-end sound, but as far as iPod speaker systems go, it's a pretty solid choice for the money.
The market for iPod-centric speaker systems seems almost infinite. Altec Lansing already offers roughly seven portable iPod speakers, but the company is turning to the home market with the release of the M602 Powered Audio System. Billed as a "high-end home system," the M602 ($199 list) is designed to sit on a table or shelf, or it can be mounted on a wall. (The latter requires mailing in a $3 check to cover shipping and handling charges for a "free" mounting bracket.) It's not as heavy as the boombox-esque Altec Lansing iM7, but it weighs in at 5 pounds and measures 14 inches wide, 5.4 inches deep, and 8.2 inches high. The upright single chassis design is relatively compact, but it feels reasonably substantial when you take it out of the box.
Most iPod speakers are attractively designed, and the Altec Lansing M602 is no exception. It's silver-and-white motif lends itself more to white iPods, but there's enough black showing through the grille to make it work with models in that hue, too. And while Altec Lansing markets the M602 as a "Made for iPod" speaker system, it hasn't excluded other MP3 players from the mix: the company includes a universal stand that allows you to prop up non-Apple MP3 players in the center-front tray. Of course, you won't get the dock connection or the recharging option that the iPod connector offers--non-Apple MP3 players are connected via their headphone jacks with an included analog cable that's stored under the speaker and plugs into an input on the unit's backside--but it's a slightly more elegant solution for attaching another brand of MP3 player.
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The bad: The sound can be overly bright. The wireless remote offers limited functionality, and setting the bass/treble levels is trickier than it should be.
The bottom line: The Altec Lansing M602 may not deliver high-end sound, but as far as iPod speaker systems go, it's a pretty solid choice for the money.
The market for iPod-centric speaker systems seems almost infinite. Altec Lansing already offers roughly seven portable iPod speakers, but the company is turning to the home market with the release of the M602 Powered Audio System. Billed as a "high-end home system," the M602 ($199 list) is designed to sit on a table or shelf, or it can be mounted on a wall. (The latter requires mailing in a $3 check to cover shipping and handling charges for a "free" mounting bracket.) It's not as heavy as the boombox-esque Altec Lansing iM7, but it weighs in at 5 pounds and measures 14 inches wide, 5.4 inches deep, and 8.2 inches high. The upright single chassis design is relatively compact, but it feels reasonably substantial when you take it out of the box.
Most iPod speakers are attractively designed, and the Altec Lansing M602 is no exception. It's silver-and-white motif lends itself more to white iPods, but there's enough black showing through the grille to make it work with models in that hue, too. And while Altec Lansing markets the M602 as a "Made for iPod" speaker system, it hasn't excluded other MP3 players from the mix: the company includes a universal stand that allows you to prop up non-Apple MP3 players in the center-front tray. Of course, you won't get the dock connection or the recharging option that the iPod connector offers--non-Apple MP3 players are connected via their headphone jacks with an included analog cable that's stored under the speaker and plugs into an input on the unit's backside--but it's a slightly more elegant solution for attaching another brand of MP3 player.
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