- published: 16 Mar 2016
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Altec Lansing is a line of professional, home, automotive, computer, and multimedia audio products first developed in 1936. They were used in many studios as monitor speakers. Altec Lansing loudspeakers were used in the sound system for the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
The current incarnation of the company, called Altec Lansing Technologies, is an OEM supplier to many computer makers such as Asus, Dell, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway.
In 1928, AT&T's Western Electric established a division for the specific purpose of installing and servicing their loudspeakers and electronic products for motion picture use. Called "E.R.P.I." (Electrical Research Products, Inc.), it was purchased as part of a consent decree in 1936 by a group of E.R.P.I. executives, including George Carrington, Sr. and Mike Conrow. They changed the name to "All Technical Service Company".
The All Technical Service Company purchased the nearly bankrupt Lansing Manufacturing Company (named after its founder James B. Lansing) and melded the two names, forming the Altec Lansing Corporation on May 1, 1941. James Lansing went on to found the James B. Lansing Company (JBL), another manufacturer of high-quality professional loudspeakers, which competed with Altec. The first Altec Lansing power amplifier, Model 142B, was produced that same year.
I feel you
You know me
I'm movin' in
Your empathy
I'm moving in
Your empathy
The people come
You go with them
Bring me back
Something of theirs
Bring me back
Something of theirs
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Description blue
It comes from me
It comes from you
It comes from you
It comes from you
It comes from you