Altec Lansing Expressionist Ultra Speakers

[Dane trethowan]

Hi!

O don't think there are any best speakers on the market, its all down to 
the ears and what sounds pleasing and pleasant to you.

I've had Altec Lansing speakers for my PC's and Mac's in the past, I've 
been happy to own them thus I've mentioned them here so other people may 
listen to or buy them as the case may be.

I have 2 model of altec Lansing speaker system here both of which I like 
very much.

I have the Expressionist Plus which I mentioned about a month ago and 
the Expressionist Ultra which I've been talking about over the last week 
or so.

The Expressionist ultra speakers are one of the very few sets of speaker 
system for computer systems where the sound is "All there", the 
mid-range, the treble and certainly the bass and it appears that no 
materr what volume you run this system at there's no distortion so its 
obvious that the 5 digital amps in the system are doing their job <smile>.

One thing that does annoy me about this system and its a very slight 
annoyance is the subwoofer, its huge! standing 15 inches high, looks 
more like a pollished wooden PC tower case so if big sub-woofers annoy 
you then don't bother with this system.

Yep, Creative and other company's have offerings which are very well 
reviewed but it will be up to other list members to comment on these as 
I don't have experience with them.

As far as accessibility goes? Well in the case of the speaker systems 
I've been discussing, w're talking speakers and not devices with screens 
one cannot read <smile>.



On 2/12/2011 6:45 PM, jason wrote:
Hello I want to know these speakers you are describing are they the 
best on the market that are accessible to us or is there sonie ones 
and creative labs ones as well I am just trying to find out everyone's 
opinion on here about speakers before purchasing them.

On 12/1/2011 5:54 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Okay, as I remember here's what's in the Altec Lansing Expressions 
Ultra Box apart from mounds of packing which is absolute proof that 
us humans are descended from apes<smile>.

2 satellite 2-way speakers
1 Sub-Woofer
1 control panel
1 3.5MM-3.5MM jack lead
1 manual
1 3.5MM socket to 2 RCA jack adapter

To the control panel, its round and consists of a number of controls.

As you'll see it looks like a mini witches hat, the hat itself turns 
in either direction, you'll hear or feel it click as you turn it, 
each time it clicks the faster the control.

For example by default the knob controls the volume, turn it to the 
first click clockwise and the volume increases slowly, turn to the 
next click and volume increase is more rapid and so on.

On the top of the controller are 3 buttons, 2 which are big and a 
middle button which is small.

The upper of the 2 big buttons is your treble, press once and then 
turn the knob to adjust treble.

The lower button is your bass, press once and then turn knob to 
adjust base.

The smaller button in the middle is your "power" button, press once 
to turn power on and press again to turn power off.

This button has another default, if held down for 3 seconds the 
speakers are reset to their default volume, bass and treble settings.

Now their could be more options and settings I don't know about, I 
mentioned that the manual isn't the readable type so everything I've 
mentioned here I've found out by playing around with the system.


On 02/12/2011, at 7:54 AM, Matthew and Edgar wrote:

    I did get the speakers and love them. I do need to get someone
sighted here because I basically know where the buttons are to 
change from
treble to base to mids but not exactly sure the difference between 
the mid
and the base. I can only tell two grooves so it looks like only two 
buttons
to me. Also does anyone have a list of exactly what comes with it? I am
paranoid. There is a little piece that looks like a splitter for 
input but
it is odd that it doesn't connect to a male piece. Do you need an extra
corde like the one that goes from the control to the pc to go from the
splitter to the controller? Also I am not finding the power button 
on the
sub woofer itself.

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Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 10:43 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Altec Lansing Expressions Plus Ultra Speaker Ssytem

Yeah, the alternative source input did strike me too! if it is then 
I can
find a way to switch to the thing, problem with the Altec Lansing 
manuals is
that they're very graphic and I can understand that, after all when 
dealing
with things like these speakers its probably much easier to show 
pictures of
how to connect and install rather than ramble on about the 
connection and
installation process, they're not too difficult to figure out anyway.

Now on another aspect of this speaker system, I found a page on the Net
which lists the actual specs of the system so if anyone's interested 
I'll
post to the list.


On 02/12/2011, at 12:58 AM, Clifford Blackwell wrote:

I don't have the speakers, but could it be simply an addition source
input? What about an alternative method of wiring the speakers or daisy
chainging another set?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
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Subject: Altec Lansing Expressions Plus Ultra Speaker Ssytem


Hi!

Did anyone else on the list end up getting this speaker system? I 
have it
here and I have 1 question, between all the sockets for the speakers 
and
control panel on the back of the sub-woofer is a small 3.5MM jack 
socket,
anyone know what this is supposed to be for?


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