ada-305. its after acs 45.1. i myself been using acs 45.1 till today. initially wanted to get ada-305 but then because of the compatibility issue where it cannot work on win2000, i stay with 45.1 model

the speaker looks like ada885 but the upper portion surround speaker cannot be dismantel. there are 2 cables involve. the audio jack and the usb. the usb is plainly to synconize the sound with the windows. so instead of controlling the hardware and software manually. you get to do it both in one setting. overall the speaker has dolby surround and is quite nice during its era.

atp3 is crisp clear but the base is on the loosing side. so if you're more on to music, atp3 is the best choice last time. Things were different for atp5. i fell in love with it when my roomate played star wars episode 1. close your eyes and you can feel the ship crusing from the front right to the left back.

This post has been edited by Vervain: Jun 9 2006, 10:54 PM

i hope altec will develop more digital controls rather the normal variable resistor which tends to fail after prolong of usage.

what can i say, MX-5021 has a better clariy than the ada885. i've heard the quality and back in those old days. altec only focus on bass back then.

FX6021 rocks. even when the shop is filled with people, the clarity of the speaker still manage to be heard on the far end

my 45.1 is made out of wood. i dun think its fiber glass consider the weigh and the sound. owh your sub died? i tried killing my sub woofer the 3rd day after purchasing it. blast so loud that i heard piak.. then it was continuous broken sound. off it. let it rest for a day. then its back to the normal sound. quite good la.

then when you've decide to change. let me know la. cause i might be interested on purchasing your speaker. i'm a die hard altec fanboy