Introduction

Altec Lansing or AL have been a dominant force in professional and home audio for some time and are a very well respected one at that. It's only of recent times that AL have branched out into multimedia solutions, including small stereo iPod systems and much larger full surround systems for games, music and movies.

These days AL are focusing on more affordable systems that are very functional without entering into a higher pricing bracket. Now, I'm not sure about AL's exact reasons for concentrating on the lower end of the spectrum, but let's hope they can combine value with performance, which is admittedly not an easy nut to crack for any company.