Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #14970 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Altec Lansing
- Model: MA5000
- Original language:
English - Dimensions: 7.50" h x
19.00" w x
6.75" l,
8.50 pounds
Features
- Award Winning Product At 2012 CES Show!
- Wireless Speaker for iOS & iTunes, Includes Wireless Remote Control
- Uses Apple AirPlay to Access iTunes, Tri-Amplified Design
- Mid-Range, Tweeter & Subwoofer Speakers
- Premium Sound Quality, Easy to Use & Setup, USB, Headphone, Ethernet & Aux Jacks
Altec Lansing inAir 5000 Wireless AirPlay Speaker MA5000
Product Description
The Altec Lansing inAir 5000 Wireless AirPlay Speaker is a sleek, attractive wireless speaker built specifically for use with Apple iTunes on iPads, iPhones, iPods, or computers running iTunes 10.2 or later. The inAir 5000 Wireless AirPlay Speaker features a carefully crafted cabinet which features a perpendicular design and rounded edges to eliminate artifacts associated with boxed speaker designs.
Inside the stylish cabinet lies a tri-amplified speaker system rated at 110 watts (peak). A 3" mid-range speaker, 4" subwoofer and 1" tweeter, combined with active digital signal processing (DSP) result in pristine audio fidelity at home or in your office. Its active DSP controls high frequencies and bass response in order to maintain a uniform, tonal quality throughout the entire range.
Setup is straightforward and fast. The inAir 5000 uses Apple AirPlay to access playlists and files on iTunes. Minimal setup is required for your iOS device or computer, and multiple inAir 5000 Wireless AirPlay Speakers may be networked for a full sound experience in large spaces or multiple rooms. Additional features include a USB input for charging and wired playback, 1/8" (3.5mm) mini headphone jack, auxiliary audio input jack and Ethernet network connection.
AirPlay Convenience
Wirelessly stream music over Wi-Fi from any iOS device or computer running iTunes.
Premium Sound
Unique, non-parallel walls deliver clarity and minimal loss through the entire tonal range. Adaptive DSP widens the sound field, tames high frequencies and offers lower bass-response.
Distinct Ease-of-Use
The inAir Guide iOS app walks users through a quick set-up that will have your music playing in minutes.
Elegant Design
The contemporary, minimalist design with premium materials, accents and finish is striking and attractive.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By JKX0
I was looking for a fairly portable, high quality wireless speaker for my room when I came across this product. I was almost ready to pull the trigger on the Bose SoundLink, which is a bluetooth speaker with excellent sound quality (according to reviews, anyway), but I realized the inAir5000 was the same price (around $300)! AirPlay, in my opinion, is superior to bluetooth for wireless streaming, since there is no signal compression when sound is transferred to the destination device, and honestly, it's also much easier to use. Of course, if you don't own any Apple products, this point is moot. I, though, own a fair number of them, and this looked like the perfect product, especially since most AirPlay speakers are fairly expensive; the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air, for example, is priced around 600. (By the way, you CAN turn this into a bluetooth speaker by purchasing one of many bluetooth adapters and connecting the adapter to the inAir 5000 via the aux jack.)So, I purchased it from Amazon, received it within 2 days (thanks, Prime!), and, so far, I couldn't be happier. The inAir 500 looks elegant and sounds amazing (it's very LOUD, surprisingly... in a good way). I am no audiophile, admittedly, but this product has surpassed my expectations: setup was painless (connect the speaker to a power outlet, turn it on, connect your iDevice, download an app, and walk though the instructions to connect to a WiFi network) and I was listening to my entire collection is less than 5 minutes... wirelessly! I am a bass fiend, and I am glad to report that bass sounds fantastic, and overall sound quality is superb. I can send music to the inAir 5000 from my iPad, iPhone, iMac, and even my Windows laptop (via AirFoil - which, by the way, is an amazing product: try it!). The only negatives I have come across so far are that the sound gets distorted at higher volumes (>80-90%), and, for some strange reason, the default volume level is automatically set to 100% when the signal source is anything other than an iDevice (this, however, is easily controlled).Pros- Looks and feels like a well put together, high quality product- Easy setup- Sounds amazing- Slick remote (although you'll probably never use it)- Reasonably pricedCons- Not super portable (this is not something you just disconnect and take with you to a party, but I wasn't looking for that)- Sound distortion at high volume (I rarely ever go over 50%, so this is not a big deal to me. Anyway, if you have the volume turned all the way up, it wouldn't matter, since you'd go deaf.)- Volume defaults to the highest level when streaming via laptop (or any non-iDevice); this is easy to control via AirFoil, or whatever mechanism you're sending the signal throughAll in all, this is a great buy, in my opinion: highly recommended!
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Jonathan Locke
Setup was a breeze. No problems there. The unit also sounds very nice. But after playing a few songs I tried to adjust the volume while a song was playing. Doing any adjustment to a playing song with AirPlay causes a lot of UI lag (things happen a while after you ask for them to happen). This is fairly annoying but workable. Unfortunately, adjusting the volume while a song was playing subsequently caused the InAir 5000 to start skipping sections of the song randomly and frequently. The skipping didn't actually stop until I reset the speaker by turning the power off and on. Although I've only seen the problem the one time, it would appear to be a great big bug in their firmware. As a software engineer, I expect a lot more from firmware programmers than this. Firmware for consumer devices needs to be bullet proof, not "kinda working".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
By Spencer
Love this speaker system. It came very well packed in a good strong box. Very simple to set up. The sound quality is amazing and best of all was the price. I saw this online on other sites for double the price so definitely a good deal. Volume adjustment works just fine. I use this with my iPad. The elegant design goes really well on my desk.Overall, excellent purchase, great item, great price.
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