Altec Lansing Mini H20

Wireless & Bluetooth Speakers / Portable

A Altec Lansing wireless Bluetooth portable speaker system.

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What goes into the Overall Score?

Sound quality

/ 5

Ease of use

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Color

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Sound quality: Altec Lansing's Mini H20 2 had poor sound quality overall. What little bass there is has little impact is subdued and deep bass is lacking. Midrange is telephone-like, rough, congested and gritty. Doesn't do a good job recovering room ambience, sounds congested and is lacking in detail and is generally distorted getting worse at higher volume levels. Provides a decent volume level in a small room but is better suited for near field listening. The speaker is monophonic.

Ease of use: We found the Altec Lansing Mini H20 ease of use to be very good overall. Bluetooth pairing was excellent as the device is always in pairing mode when not paired. The volume controls are low contrast (+/-) buttons, has max volume audible indicator and are also unlabeled multi-function to skip tracks. Switching inputs involves plug unplug where the Bluetooth input has priority over line-in. Aux jack input is unlabeled.

About

A Bluetooth wireless portable speaker system from Altec Lansing with analog audio input.

Features & Specs

Features

IP rating

Claimed battery life (hrs.)

Adjustable tone settings

Yes

Wireless stereo pairing

Speaker phone w/built-in mic

Optional multi-room sharing

Remote

Power source

Battery/AC

Updatable software/firmware

Warranty (mos.): parts/labor

12/12

Other features

Claims IP67 waterproof, dustproof, snowproof rated and that it floats.

Included accessories

Auxiliary Cable, Micro USB Cable.

WiFi content sharing technology

Wake timer

Sleep timer

Specs

Wireless type

Bluetooth

Audio format

Mono

Height (in.)

Width (in.)

Depth (in.)

Weight (lbs.)

Dimensions HxWxD (in.)

3.5 x 4.25 x 1

Connections

Stereo analog audio input

Yes

Optical digital audio input

Headphone jack

Active subwoofer pre-amp out

Other connections

None.

iPod Docking

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Altec Lansing Mini H20

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