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Professional Studio Monitors were very expensive these days until ATP3 came. ATP 3 was very ideal for a home songwriter/producer to monitor sounds in detail. It is not at all that good, there were some bad things about ATP3 like what other computer designed speakers. ATP3 is a complete piece of sound system, it has sub-woofer, treble and mid range speakers. The frequency of this speaker is wide from 45 - 18000 Hz, this allows home studio audio engineers to mix audio. As a rule in recording, mixing should be done with a sub-woofer because mistake in the absence of a sub-woofer can destroy the speakers because of excessive sub-frequency volume.Or in the other hand, it will result to such thin mix, in the absence of sub-sonic frequencies.

I can say that this speaker is versatile, in my home I use it in gaming, streaming’s, watching video and recording. It exceeds my expectations from the 1st time I set my plans in purchasing this speaker. One of the greatest advantages of this speaker aside from it’s versatility is superb sound quality. I have tested other type of speakers more expensive than this, and it just sounds the same. However, there were so much difference in quality for speakers lower the price of this one.

Here in Philippines, in 2004 I bought ATP 3 for around 4000 pesos and it is cheap already. Right now, it’s went down a little because of so many Altec Lansing speakers being released. I know the more expensive the better is the sound quality, maybe in the future I will purchase another Altec Lansing speaker ( a more modern one) but I will still kept my ATP 3 speaker.

One of the greatest advantages of this speaker is the slim design of the twin satellite speakers. This enable it to be placed in such crowded computer desk. As a rule of thumb, the sub-woofer should be placed within the room corners for best boost. Also, the higher the quality of your sound card, the better will be the resulting sound. Sound cards helps so much in audio processing, and pairing it with a high quality speaker gives a much better result.

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Below is the overall positive features of Altec Lansing ATP3:

1.) Wide frequency response: 45 - 18000 Hz
2.) 2.1 type speaker, one sub-woofer and 2 satellite speakers.
3.) Small and twin satellite speakers.
4.) Contains built-in amplifier - this is advantageous because it will make the sound louder.
5.) Has self on-off switch.
6.) Has treble and bass control.
7.) Standardized Color coded wiring for easy wiring between the speaker and the CPU.
8.) Has strong sub-woofer- this will be helpful if you are mixing music.
9.) The wires provided are long enough so that speakers can be placed in such remote location.
10.) Low cost speaker but quality is good.

Below are what I seen as negative features of this speaker:

1.) Do not have a perfect flat frequency response- only professional audio speakers have this. ATP 3 is not perfectly flat, it is why you should have good audio reference when you are doing mixing or else you might be mislead.
2.) It will create distortion in such very high volume- again mixing studio designed speakers won’t distort unless the signal itself is already distorted.

As you can see, there are more advantages compared to disadvantages of using this speaker. It is highly recommended for home studio use, however based on this review, do not purchase this speaker for professional recording studio use.

I am not sure if this type of speaker is still available in the market, I think it is.I have seen online stores still selling this type of speaker. If you are looking for a speaker for variety of purposes including your songwriting recordings, this one is recommended.

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