Altec Lansing FX4021

90% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

This is a smart set of speakers using a novel bass speaker design, which gives a good thumping bass while not overpowering the mid-range and treble frequencies provided by the two reasonable satellites. While not in the true hi-fi class, the FX4021...

Good sound with certain types of music, Looks good

Sub sounds hollow and distorted at loud volumes, Sub often sounds boomy

The FX4021 is a competent set of PC speakers that is very much suited to bass-heavy music.

Deep, thunderous subwoofer. Nice "SFX" function for gamers. Good overall audio quality for music and DVDs. Useful, small remote. Powerful output.

Subwoofer is pretty big. Hard to tell whether "loudness" or "SFX" is selected at times. Mid-high frequencies seem a bit muffled when EQ is flat.

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Fast and easy set up, powerful bass, satellites can hang on a wall or stand on a desk, control pod's accessibility, multiple inputs

Best suited for only certain types of music, wall-mounts not included

The FX4021 is a decently-priced, more competitive alternative to its more expensive sibling, the FX6021.

Not much can be said about the installation process, except that it was easy. Could it be anything but, really? 5.1 systems require more cords to be used, but that's not a problem here. The most difficult part would be finding a spot for the satellites...

Very clear sounds, the sfx button does awesome things, bass is good until you turn it way up, remote and control pod very useful, good price

sub rattles at very high levels and bass becomes very distorted and weak at high levels. Must keep the loudness button on most of the time for sastisfactory sounds. lights on control pod hard to see from further away

Sounds good to me

No digital audio, small remote

This sub is better than the one in my S550

The satellites are not mind blowing, the sub is. i dont see much of a diff from the sfx and loud settings. on one note i do hear slight hissing from the satellites, very slight, only something i would pick up. but they def do give a hiss even wen u...

The sound was so great especially when listening to music & ; playing games. No regret choosing this over Logitech Z-2300 which has very strong base and at higher price. The design was excellent, looks cool and compact. Can adjust the base and...

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