Product Review: Altec Lansing Orbit-MP3
Jeff Gedgaud
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The Orbit-MP3 speaker system from Altec Lansing is a great totally portable speaker for all your portable audio needs.
Ease of Use, Performance: 20/25, Look & Feel: 22/25,
Features 21/25, How much I enjoy 18/25 
Total: 81/100
The Altec Lansing Orbit-MP3 is a great little speaker system for all your portable audio needs. This great speaker is perfect for that on the go audio system like your iPod or other MP3 player and includes a great feature set.
Sound clarity with depth
Excellent musicality is powered by acoustic tayloring.
Fusion360 technology
Integrates a cone design with a custom-built Altec Lansing speaker to project a 360-degree sound field.
Long battery life
Plays for up to 24 hours on 3 AAA batteries.
Shock-resistant
The rugged Orbit is durable enough for the most intrepid traveler.
Personal configuration
Place the Orbit on its edge for directed, more personal listening.
Ultra-portable speaker system for iPod and other MP3 players
The Orbit speaker only comes with the speaker, a 3.5mm to 2.5 mm adapter and instructions. The speaker is an inch tall and about three and a half inches across with a nine inch audio cable. The cable wraps around the base of the speaker and is held for storage in a rubber encased slot on the side.
Inside the Orbit speaker is just one speaker and of course the batteries and a small circuit board but it does sound very good for that one speaker. The clear sound you get is nice and all the songs I listened to sounded very good. This did sound as good as the two laptop speakers I tried out, both an Acer and a HP with the Altec Lansing speaker system. The single speaker does not get the convenient surround type sound but it does good for being one speaker.
The single speaker puts out very clear sound but does not give you much bass so the unit is kind of limited. It works perfectly for that portable situation where you want a speaker but need a smaller one that does not require external power. The Orbit uses three AAA batteries and lasts a really long time by itself. The company says it lasts for 24 hours of play time and I can believe it.
Ease of Use, Performance: 20/25, Look & Feel: 22/25,
Features 21/25, How much I enjoy 18/25
Total: 81/100
The Altec Lansing Orbit-MP3 is a great little speaker system for all your portable audio needs. This great speaker is perfect for that on the go audio system like your iPod or other MP3 player and includes a great feature set.
Sound clarity with depth
Excellent musicality is powered by acoustic tayloring.
Fusion360 technology
Integrates a cone design with a custom-built Altec Lansing speaker to project a 360-degree sound field.
Long battery life
Plays for up to 24 hours on 3 AAA batteries.
Shock-resistant
The rugged Orbit is durable enough for the most intrepid traveler.
Personal configuration
Place the Orbit on its edge for directed, more personal listening.
Ultra-portable speaker system for iPod and other MP3 players
The Orbit speaker only comes with the speaker, a 3.5mm to 2.5 mm adapter and instructions. The speaker is an inch tall and about three and a half inches across with a nine inch audio cable. The cable wraps around the base of the speaker and is held for storage in a rubber encased slot on the side.
Inside the Orbit speaker is just one speaker and of course the batteries and a small circuit board but it does sound very good for that one speaker. The clear sound you get is nice and all the songs I listened to sounded very good. This did sound as good as the two laptop speakers I tried out, both an Acer and a HP with the Altec Lansing speaker system. The single speaker does not get the convenient surround type sound but it does good for being one speaker.
The single speaker puts out very clear sound but does not give you much bass so the unit is kind of limited. It works perfectly for that portable situation where you want a speaker but need a smaller one that does not require external power. The Orbit uses three AAA batteries and lasts a really long time by itself. The company says it lasts for 24 hours of play time and I can believe it.