Altec Lansing intros a slew of audio output options

Altec Lansing is getting seriously serious about your output -- or rather, the lack thereof. The company -- known for making all kinds of funky gear to facilitate rockin' good times and totally bodacious partying -- has just released a handful of new products aimed at the iPod or PC user who needs to get his or her sound heard. First on the list is the $129.95 IMT521 Soundblade (pictured), a totally righteous device that uses your wireless waves to blast the latest Rihanna jam from whatever Bluetooth-equipped device you happen to have laying around (mobile phone, PMP, the truck from Maximum Overdrive... er, wait). Also in your musical future is the $39.95 IMT207 Orbit-M and the IM207 Orbit-MP3, circular speaker devices that let you pipe your 100,000-million-song playlists into an actual speaker (via the headphone jack) and rock for 24-hours straight on three AAA batteries. The company is also offering the cute-as-a-button IMT127 Nobi ($39.95), a small, square speaker that's aimed at Nokia XpressMusic users, and the $99.95, PC-centric SoundBar; a strip-speaker that sits between you and your monitor for full-blast audio action. No word on street dates, but rumor has it these are headed out sometime in October.

[xomero @ Sep 10th 2007 7:45PM]

Que bonito juguetito

[Nicholas Quixote @ Sep 10th 2007 8:47PM]

this thing is so cool. thanks for such a thorough post on these items.

[Daniel @ Sep 10th 2007 9:42PM]

"read" link is dead.

[Ryan @ Sep 11th 2007 1:54AM]

That's pretty interesting.

[iczer2 @ Sep 11th 2007 8:37AM]

Man so even the big, green, hobgoblin truck from Maximum Overdrive has Bluetooth!?

Someone needs to drop a note in the suggestion box at Apple to add it to the Touch....

As far as these docks go, I'm personally waiting for the true successor to the iM7, probably one of the best iPod docks out there. Now if they put out a new version of it with Bluetooth capabilities, that would be one awesome dock. Just don't drop the 5 drivers Altec! Keep the sound quality high!

[matt @ Oct 20th 2008 9:07AM]

Meh two(ish) words Osiris Gbag