Altec Lansing iM-237 Orbit Ultraportable Speaker for MP3 Players (Silver) Reviews

Overall Rating :

(Average 4.5/5 from 322 Reviews)

Compact, portable iM-237 Orbit M speakers are a great way to share your MP3 player, CD music phone, laptop or music anytime, anywhere. Slip in your pocket or purse for a while 'audio transmission. Just plug and play - an incredibly powerful sound up to 360 degrees, you can give its clarity and scope. In the park, at a party, or just for the desk is the perfect companion device for music when you want to share your music with friends or taking a break on the laptop. And, with long battery life, music continues to play at night.

The compact, portable iM-237 Orbit M speaker system is an ideal way to share your MP3, CD player, music-enabled phone, or laptop tunes anytime, anywhere. Click to enlarge.

Full-bodied, 360-degree sound that will amaze your friends with its clarity and range. Click to enlarge.

Includes a protective carrying case. Click to enlarge.

Share Your Tunes--Anytime, Anywhere

Incredible Volume and Clarity
Enjoy clear, distortion-free sound wherever you need it. A single up-firing neodymium driver provides sound in a 360-degree pattern for impressive sound in all directions.

Total Connectivity
Easily connects to portable CD players, MP3 players, music-enabled phones, laptops, and other audio devices, including iPod and iPhone. Conveniently connects to any music player with a 3.5-mm connection and most music phones with the 2.5-mm adapter (not included).

Portable, Rugged Design
Handles whatever your mobile lifestyle dishes out. Plus, the Orbit's wrap-around design protects cord and connector. Just wrap it up and go. And its compact size fits any bag or pocket.

Battery Powered
Take it with you anywhere, no AC required. Plays up to 24 hours on 3 AAA batteries (not included). The LED indicates power on/off and battery status.

What's in the Box
Altec Lansing iM-237 Orbit M speaker with 3.5-mm connector, protective case, user's guide, and quick setup guide

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Altec Lansing iMT237 Features

• Compatibility: all MP3 players; iPod mini; iPod nano 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G; iPod classic 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G; iPod touch 1G, 2G
• Conveniently connects to any music player with 3.5-mm connection and music phones with 2.5-mm adapter (not included)
• Single up-firing neodymium driver provides sound in a 360-degree pattern to easily share the music
• Compact size and battery power for maximum portability; LED indicates power on/off and battery status
• Wrap around cable storage

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Altec Lansing iMT237 Customer Reviews

"Pretty good sound for a portable speaker!!"

This is a nice, somewhat little speaker for the price. It sounds much better than any phone speakers and definitely makes the ipod touch internal speakers sound like a whisper of sorts. If you turn the volume high enough, you can hear in a few rooms away, so yeah, its gets pretty loud. However, i only gave it 4 stars because of the fact that beyond 90% volume, it gets a little distorted and at MAX volume the distortion is clearly audible which makes it sound horrible. So the best way to listen to your music is to leave it at about 85-90% and it will sound good. In fact, thats what the manufacturer recommends, theres a paper in the box that tells u to leave it at 85-90% and disable any EQ for best quality. I, however found that if i enable treble booster on my ipod it sounds much better and much clearer.

Another thing i found that is somewhat an annoyance to me is the short plug that it comes with. It wraps nicely on the bottom of the speaker and i don't find it that big of a problem to be considered a deal breaker. Just that, if they designed it so that the plug is not integrated and it could be removed, then we could easily replace the plug with our own longer cords. Although i suspect if you needed a longer cord for whatever reasons you could always buy an extension cable. The plug is about 8 or so inches fully extended so it's not so bad. So because its such a minor problem for me i didn't mark it down a star.

The power button is simple, you depress the button to turn it on and vice versa. You have to depress it a little farther than usual so it'll be difficult for it to automatically turn on while traveling with. When its on, there is an LED next to the power button which turns green, when it is running low on battery the quality of the music gets distorted and the LED will turn to an amber LED.

The battery is inserted at the base of the speaker. All you have to do is twist the cap at the base slightly to the left and it pops right off,no hassle.

It comes with a belt clip which attaches to the zipper case, and also comes with a lanyard for the speaker. Overall its solidly built, but the zipper case that comes with it could be better. It fits in the case very snugly, a little too snugly if you asked me, but it still better than nothing. Anyways, i think i covered just about everything there is to know, hope this helps future buyers!

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"Nice little unit"

This is an awesome speaker. Great, great, great sound quality for the price. Good buy!

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"Broke after 3 hours"

Went into this "super loud tirade" all by itself and stopped working. Also putting the batteries in was a bad design it feels like its gonna break and the wire is gonna get cut off.

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"great sound"

easy to use sounds wonderful! I use it for my phone(non I phone) and it sounds great

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"cool product"

I like it. It could be louder but it could be the iPhone's fault not the speaker.

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