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Henry B said:
Where did you buy it from was it reasonably priced. thanks...henry.
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Hi Henry,

I bought it from a company called Advanced mp3. Their mail-order sales page for the speaker is here: http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk..._360_Degree_Portable_Speaker_System.2716.html

The speaker gets fairly good reviews with the major criticism being the lack of an on/off light & a fiddly on/off switch (involves rotating the speaker unit rim -a task that would be troublesome for anyone with arthritis or poor manual dexterity). Currently it's on special offer -presumably to shift the stock as Altec-Lansing are due to bring out a new model shortly which will have a power-on light & a much easier-to-use on/off switch.

I needed mine for next month so bought it now. You can buy now getting the old model at a reduced rate or wait a few weeks & expect to pay £30+ for the new version.

Sound quality is good with 360 degree sound output & reasonable base/good volume. Volume is controlled by the input device & the speaker uses 3x AAA batteries.

I'm impressed & happy with mine.

Cheers,

Steve
 
On a slightly different tack - I've used my walkman phone loaded with bird song mp3s with great success just using the built-in speaker. Seeing as I'm carrying the phone anyway it saves having to also carry an mp3 plus an external speaker plus batteries! ...just an idea!
Dave C
 
David Caudwell said:
On a slightly different tack - I've used my walkman phone loaded with bird song mp3s with great success just using the built-in speaker. Seeing as I'm carrying the phone anyway it saves having to also carry an mp3 plus an external speaker plus batteries! ...just an idea!
Dave C
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im using my cellphone as a backup to my ipod and also the built in camera quite good for hand held digiscoping too :king:
 
The Creative Zen mosiac has a built in speaker anyone know if this is loud enough to be any use? Sorry I know I'm going a bit off topic here.
 
Hi there, I just found this thread and will say that I got that Altec-Lansing Orbit speaker a couple of weeks ago, to use in South Africa with a portable CD player. The sound quality seems to be realy good but the on/off switch is not easy to use.
 
Steve G said:
Recently bought an Altec-Lansing Orbit speaker to go with a mp3 player (Creative Zen) > very impressed with the sound output in both terms of quality & volume. The speaker is small & compact running on 3xAAA.
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I've just ordered one of these, also from AdvancedMP3Players.co.uk - the price dropped a further few quid since I first looked at them a couple of weeks back, now under £20.
 
SiG said:
I've just ordered one of these, also from AdvancedMP3Players.co.uk - the price dropped a further few quid since I first looked at them a couple of weeks back, now under £20.
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And it arrived today: currently freaking out my co-workers with Kruper's Nuthatch apparently calling from beneath my desk ... Impressive service, and gadget.
 
Steve Babbs said:
The Creative Zen mosiac has a built in speaker anyone know if this is loud enough to be any use? Sorry I know I'm going a bit off topic here.
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Hi Steve.

I got a Creative Zen Mosiac and a X-mini external speaker as a present. The X-mini has a built in battery that lasts about 8 hours. It's superb. The built in speaker on the Mosiac works extreamly well, almost as good as the X-mini speker. I tried the Mosiac without the X-mini locally and in Spain with better than expected results.

Regards.

Joe
 
Hi - just bumping this up in the hope of any recent updates - just about to buy (yet another) new speaker ahead of a trip.

cheers, alan
 
Oh well, just ordered a Altec-Lansing Orbit speaker anyway - at £20 I just hope it lasts the trip.

Are there any truly good portable speakers out there? Think trawling for eagle owls and hummers - I'm not asking for much really!!
 
Look for the IMainGo2 speakers. Very good sound and really portable. Certainly available in North America, and Maybe also in the UK.

Two Jugs
 
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