Altec Lansing Portable Speakers

The Bottom Line: The Altec Lansing inMotion Classic offers a stylish way play your iPod or iPhone around your home. It sounds remarkable for its size, but it lacks the low-end oomph of a larger system.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 13 in x 2 in x 6 in, Active

The Bottom Line: While its $50 list price is high, the Orbit USB iML237 portable speaker is an attractive option for laptop users who want a compact travel speaker that outperforms their internal laptop speakers.

The Bottom Line: We like the new and improved version of Altec Lansing's portable single speaker, the Orbit MP3, better than the previous model--but it costs a bit more.

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The Bottom Line: The Altec Lansing Orbit-MP3 is a great choice for any frequent flier, thanks to its travel-friendly design, low cost, and versatility--in the realm of portable speakers, this one's an excellent value.

Specs: portable speakers, Active

The Bottom Line: While it's missing a couple of key features found in competing models, the T612 distinguishes itself with a sleek design, decent sound, and some mobile phone anti-interference technology that makes the system particularly appealing to iPhone owners.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 13.9 in x 5.4 in x 8.2 in, Active

The Bottom Line: While it's hard to say where Altec Lansing's iMV712 mini home theater for the iPod fits into the home, it does up the ante for iPod speaker systems.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, Active

Editors' Take: Eager to share your iPod Mini's tunes without compromising the player's slender styling? Try Altec Lansing's iMmini.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 7 in x 1 in x 4.4 in, Active

The Bottom Line: The Altec Lansing iM7 offers good sound quality, flexible listening options, and handy features, making it a solid choice for any iPod owner in the market for a complementary sound system.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, White, Active

The Bottom Line: The Altec Lansing iM4 finally delivers the bass we've been craving in small portable speakers, and they're not iPod-centric, so you can use them with any MP3 player.

Specs: portable speakers, 10.3 in x 5.3 in x 1 in, Active, 2 Watt

The Bottom Line: This portable speaker set will mesh well with your iPod, but there are better-sounding alternatives.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 8 in x 1.1 in x 5.5 in, Active